Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Marcellus/Utica Growth Continues for Rice Energy; Adds 22,000 Net Acres from Chesapeake

Rice Energy (ticker: RICE) is an independent natural gas and oil company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of hydrocarbons in the Appalachian Basin. The company filed its initial public offering in January 2014. Approximately 33% of the company’s shares are owned by management following the closing of $900 million in unsecured senior notes in April 2014. Proceeds from

Fueling Truck Fleet with Natural Gas Would Eliminate 3 MMBOPD of Crude Oil Imports: Pickens

Energy Entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens revisited CNBC on Monday, reiterating his call for natural gas as widespread transportation fuel. Pickens told CNBC that energy independence would come much faster if the country’s over-the-road truck fleet were converted to natural gas from diesel. “We’re down to 4 million barrels a day of OPEC oil [from 7 million] … and we can