Enterprise extends commitment period for Pennsylvania-Texas pipeline
Enterprise Product Partners is looking for more commitments from shippers for its proposed 1,230-mile Appalachia to Texas pipeline, known as the ATEX Express.
View ArticleEPA says some homes’ water meets health standards
Water belonging to 11 homes in a Pennsylvania township met federal health standards, the Environmental Protection Agency said late Thursday, amid residents’ concerns about whether hydraulic fracturing...
View ArticleGrowth in natural gas supply brings benefits and risks to pipelines
Low natural gas prices and the growth in its supply has been a boon for pipeline companies, according to a recent Moody’s investor report.
View ArticleDisposal of hydraulic fracturing wastewater biggest possible contaminator
Current wastewater disposal methods for water used in hydraulic fracturing could put nearby drinking water in the Marcellus Shale at risk, according to a study issued on Tuesday.
View ArticleShale video talks jobs, not fracking or traffic
A group supporting shale drilling released a 7-minute video today filled with sound bites from industry proponents about the benefits of increasing natural gas production from shale, but didn't address...
View ArticleCarrizo Oil & Gas releases $500 million spending plan
The Houston-based exploration and production company plans to focuses on tight oil in domestic shales to meet its goal of increasing oil production 28 percent in 2013.
View ArticleContractor accuses embattled Chesapeake of skirting bills
Houston Chronicle columnist Loren Steffy finds that some contractors working for Chesapeake Energy in the Marcellus shale are having a hard time getting paid by the natural gas company.
View ArticleWater flows through panel’s fracturing discussion
CERAWeek panelists said the industry is working to reduce the amount of water requiring disposal after hydraulic fracturing operations.
View ArticleCabot Oil & Gas uses natural gas to power fracturing
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. says it has begun using natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale to fracture wells there, displacing up to 70 percent of the diesel fuel used to operate fracturing...
View ArticleStudies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
A Duke University study released Monday found high levels of methane pollution in some Pennsylvania water wells within a half-mile from drilling, while another from the U.S. Geological Survey found...
View ArticleFervent foes devote their lives to fracking fight
The anti-fracking movement has inspired a legion of people — idiosyncratic true believers, many of them middle-aged women, who have made it the central mission of their lives to stop gas drilling using...
View ArticleNew wells proliferate across the Eagle Ford Shale
In the second quarter of this year, there were 1,050 new Eagle Ford wells – which means each rig working in the region drilled 4.56 wells.
View ArticleLabor Dept. monitoring shale gas work issues
The Labor Department has been targeting oil and gas firms because the industry has shown a pattern of labor law violations, including improperly label their workers as independent contractors,...
View ArticleColbert slams oil industry for gag order on children (video)
Late-night satirical newsman Stephen Colbert took aim at Range Resources and the hydraulic fracturing business Thursday, calling out a gag order placed on two children whose parents had claimed the...
View ArticleSome anti-drilling activists change tactics, tone
For years, activists have warned that fracking can have disastrous consequences. Now some critics are doing what was once unthinkable: working with the industry.
View ArticleFormer Chesapeake exec tapped to lead shale group
The Marcellus Shale Coalition picked its second president to represent the high-profile group of companies that are active in Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry.
View ArticleFirm drops plan for gas drilling Pennsylvania amid opposition
A Michigan-based energy company has given up a six-year battle to drill for natural gas in southeastern Pennsylvania's upper Bucks County, citing opposition from local government.
View ArticleEconomist: Exports will have moderate effect on US natural gas price
The chemical industry fears exporting liquefied natural gas will increase the price of gas it buys, but U.S. producers could start pumping a lot more natural gas if international markets opened up, and...
View ArticleBoom city keeps optimism as gas drilling slows
The Marcellus Shale industry, which turned Williamsport into the seventh-fastest-growing area in the nation, appears to have lost some momentum.
View ArticleChina’s largest coal company to learn shale in U.S. deal
China’s state-owned coal behemoth is heading to Pennsylvania to learn how to tap into natural gas embedded in shale.
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