Energy news in brief

** An Exxon Mobil Corp. natural gas well in Ohio released more methane into the atmosphere during a blowout in 2018 than some countries do in a year, according to a team of American and Dutch scientists. Using data from satellites, the researchers found that a well explosion in Belmont county on Feb. 15 of that year discharged the potent greenhouse gas at a rate of about 80 tons an hour and lasted for nearly 20 days. The end result was more methane in the air than the oil and gas industries of France, Norway and the Netherlands emit over a 12-month period, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

** Noble Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: NBLX) (the “Partnership” or “Noble Midstream”) announced that it will voluntarily transfer its stock exchange listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from the New York Stock Exchange, effective December 27, 2019 after market close. Noble Midstream units are expected to begin trading as a Nasdaq-listed security on December 30, 2019. The Partnership will retain its current ticker symbol “NBLX”.

** The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC, a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has, on behalf of two clients, successfully purchased approximately 86,605 acres of timberland in east Texas.

** U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan introduces legislation to create a National Climate Bank that could mobilize up to $1 trillion in investment over a decade.

** Activists protest at PG&E’s headquarters, demanding that Gov. Newsom take over the beleaguered utility.