Jamison Cocklin

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.’s motion to dismiss what could be a class action lawsuit filed against it last year for allegedly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments in the state.

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. (CPGX) has filed its applications with FERC to construct and operate its Mountaineer XPress (MXP) and Gulf XPress (GXP) pipeline projects, which would provide additional takeaway capacity from the Appalachian Basin.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.’s motion to dismiss what could be a class action lawsuit filed against it last year for allegedly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments in the state.

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. (CPGX) has filed its applications with FERC to construct and operate its Mountaineer XPress (MXP) and Gulf XPress (GXP) pipeline projects, which would provide additional takeaway capacity from the Appalachian Basin.

The U.S. Deptartment of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Pennsylvania State University to lead a six-year, $20 million project that will bring together eight other universities to research and advance the more efficient and clean use of fossil fuels, including shale oil and natural gas.

Private landowners in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest are growing increasingly restive with the federal government’s four-year effort to lease parts of the forest for shale drilling, with two mineral rights organizations recently criticizing ongoing delays and urging a variety of stakeholders to file public comments.

A combination of coal-fired power plant retirements and increasing production from the Marcellus and Utica shales has led to the approval of more than 30 natural gas-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia alone over the last five years, according to data obtained by NGI from state agencies.

The U.S. Deptartment of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Pennsylvania State University to lead a six-year, $20 million project that will bring together eight other universities to research and advance the more efficient and clean use of fossil fuels, including shale oil and natural gas.

Private landowners in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest are growing increasingly restive with the federal government’s four-year effort to lease parts of the forest for shale drilling, with two mineral rights organizations recently criticizing ongoing delays and urging a variety of stakeholders to file public comments.