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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.

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EPA 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...

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Growth 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.

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Disposal 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.

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Shale 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...

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Carrizo 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.

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Contractor 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.

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Water 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.

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Cabot 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...

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Studies 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...

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Fervent 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...

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New 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.

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Labor 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,...

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Colbert 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...

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Some 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.

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Former 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.

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Firm 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.

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Economist: 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...

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Boom 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.

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China’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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