Q3 Appalachian Gas Outlook: LNG, data centers, and new pipelines risk locking in exponential production growth
Gas-powered data centers and LNG exports are fueling a new wave of investment in pipelines to ship fracked gas out of Appalachia.
Q2 Appalachia Gas Outlook
Gas companies, emboldened by regulatory rollbacks, are driving forward new investments in power plants, LNG export terminals, and the pipelines that connect them.
The Borealis pipeline will bring more Appalachian gas to the Midwest and Gulf Coast
New gas pipeline projects could open the valve of Appalachia gas even wider, fueling the buildout of power plants and data centers.
New, overlapping pipeline proposals are redundant–and unnecessary
Two competing pipeline proposals would increase Appalachian natural gas flows to southern Virginia and North Carolina.
Frackalachia Update 2025
New gas development for data centers and LNG is “destined to disappoint” as Appalachia’s fracking counties continue their economic spiral.
Data centers are driving pipeline expansions and production growth in Appalachia
Appalachian gas production has been hamstrung by a slowdown in pipeline construction; data center demand could change that. A planned buildout of new, AI-specialized data centers could unlock enough energy demand across the eastern half of the US to drive up Appalachian gas production and spur expansion of the pipelines to transport it. Appalachian gas […]
What could Trump’s expanded LNG exports mean for consumer prices, Appalachian gas production, and local economies?
Joanne Kilgour: Today’s discussion comes on the heels of an executive order signed by President Trump reversing the Biden administration’s pause on pending and future applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects. We’ve gathered a panel of experts today to help us unpack what this new political landscape might mean for consumers and local […]
What does Appalachia have to do with LNG?
The Biden administration’s pause on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits is over. On February 14, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order conditionally granting Commonwealth LNG to export liquefied natural gas from its proposed terminal near Cameron, Louisiana. So now the LNG buildout is steamrolling ahead, emboldened by the Trump administration’s vow […]
Load Growth Fever, LNG, and the Risk of Higher Electric Rates
Meeting load growth forecasts with new natural gas generation could cause double-digit hikes in the price of electricity.
DOE Report Finds LNG Development Imposes “Triple-Cost Increase” on Americans
