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Energy XXI Ltd. has a deal with Apache Corp. to explore some salt dome structures on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

Workers brought a malfunctioning natural gas well in Wyoming County, PA, under control on Thursday, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

The big spenders for natural gas in 2011 were Texans who paid $14.7 billion at the burner tip, Californians who paid $14.4 billion and New Yorkers, who paid $11.2 billion, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) tally, released earlier this month of 2011 state natural gas consumption statistics, which include residential, commercial, industrial, electric power and transportation customers.

The policy landscape of shale gas development has been “dominated” by contradictory opinions, but there are “pathways” to a consensus, according to an analysis by Resources for the Future (RFF).

The big spenders for natural gas in 2011 were Texans who paid $14.7 billion at the burner tip, Californians who paid $14.4 billion and New Yorkers, who paid $11.2 billion, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) tally, released last Friday of 2011 state natural gas consumption statistics, which include residential, commercial, industrial, electric power and transportation customers.

Keeping U.S. natural gas at home would yield more economic bang per molecule than liquefying and exporting it, according to a study conducted by Charles River Associates and paid for by The Dow Chemical Co., which has lobbied hard against exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Investors face an array of social and environmental shareholder resolutions in upcoming annual meetings, according to Proxy Review 2013, which was issued on Thursday.

In the past 10 years the cost of building natural gas pipelines in North America has tripled, with the U.S. Northeast being the most costly area, according to a report published Friday by Calgary-based Ziff Energy. The implications are clear for burgeoning shale plays where much new takeaway infrastructure still needs to be built.

A federal investigation into Chesapeake Energy Corp. and outgoing CEO Aubrey McClendon is continuing, according to a regulatory filing Friday.