Jamison Cocklin joined the staff of NGI in November 2013 to cover the Appalachian Basin. He was appointed Senior Editor, LNG in October 2019, and then to Managing Editor, LNG in February 2024. Prior to joining NGI, he worked as a business and energy reporter at the Youngstown Vindicator, covering the regional economy and the Utica Shale play. He also served as a city reporter at the Bangor Daily News and did freelance work for the Associated Press. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Maine.
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Silverback Exploration LLC, a newly formed oil and gas exploration company, has received a $350 million equity commitment fromEnCap Investments. San Antonio-based Silverback will use the capital to pursue and develop unconventional resource play opportunities in the United States. Silverback is led by CEO George M. Young Jr., who most recently served as president of Collins and Young LLC.
November 27, 2013
Summit Natural Gas of Maine Announces Expansion Plans
Summit Natural Gas of Maine announced Monday its plan to go forward with a $110 million expansion next year that will extend natural gas service to the towns of Cumberland, Falmouth and Yarmouth — all near Portland, ME. in the southern part of the state.
November 26, 2013
Jones Energy Adds to Anadarko Basin Assets
Jones Energy Inc. has agreed with an undisclosed private company to acquire both producing and undeveloped oil and gas assets in the Anadarko Basin for $195 million.
November 26, 2013
More E&Ps Expected to Go Public in 2014
After the immense success of Denver-based Antero Resources’ initial public offering (IPO) in October, and with impressive well results in the Appalachian and Permian Basins continuing to stoke the equity market’s interest in the exploration and production sector, analysts expect more IPOs from small independents in the year ahead.
November 25, 2013
Utica Midstream Projects on Track, Report Says
A report released earlier this month that details activity in Ohio’s Utica Shale play underscores the rapid rate at which midstream companies are working to catch-up with exploration and production companies that have a backlog of wells shut-in and waiting to come online.
November 22, 2013
New Report Says Oil, Gas Industry Less than Honest About Job Creation
The Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative, a group of nonpartisan, state-level research organizations, has released an economic study showing that far fewer new jobs have been created in states where Marcellus and Utica shale development is underway than previously reported.
November 22, 2013
PA Regulators Juggle ‘Forced Pooling’ Hot Potato
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hearing Board on Wednesday ruled that it does not have “original jurisdiction” to approve orders for well spacing and drilling units — or requests for forced pooling — as they’re referred to in the state.
November 21, 2013
Utica Activity in 2012 Boosts Ohio’s Oil, Gas Industry
A report released late Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) appears to show how much shale exploration in the Utica/Point Pleasant formation lifted the state’s historic oil and gas industry in 2012.
November 20, 2013
D&L Energy Asset Sale Approved by Bankruptcy Court
A Denver company has been approved to purchase the assets of embattled D&L Energy Inc., the Youngstown, OH-based company. Former owner Ben. W. Lupo in February was charged with violating the U.S. Clean Water Act.
November 20, 2013
Ohio Utica Operations Expand to the South
The parameters of Ohio’s Utica shale play are extending beyond a three-county swath in the eastern part of the state, spreading south as more exploration and production companies set out to validate their acreage and gain a better understanding of what the play holds.
November 19, 2013