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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country District in eastern Utah will do additional planning and analysis for new leasing of oil, natural gas and potash (mined salt) on about 783,000 acres of public lands within the Moab and Monticello planning areas in the eastern part of the state.

An environmental group is challenging how Pennsylvania combines air emissions from interconnected Marcellus Shale infrastructure for regulatory purposes.

North America’s natural gas producers lately have been taking a licking but Encana Corp. is succeeding by continuing to optimize its portfolio and its operations, an executive said this week.

Portland General Electric (PGE) issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) Thursday seeking bids in the second quarter for up to 950 MW of additional generating capacity that would be mostly natural gas-fueled. The new power sources are expected to come online during a five-year period (2013-2017).

Because of increased flow on Algonquin and its resulting ability to blend additional supplies, Millennium said it was permitted Thursday to increase deliveries from 250,000 Dth/d to 325,000 Dth/d. Millennium said it planned to carry out the scheduled work Friday aimed at improving its moisture levels and restoring the Ramapo delivery point into Algonquin to full capacity.

An Encana Corp. official Tuesday delivered a blistering response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent draft report linking water contamination in Pavillion, WY, to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

British Columbia will eclipse Alberta as Canada’s top gas producing province by tapping prolific shale deposits, the National Energy Board said.

Dynegy Inc. announced that its holding company and four additional subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after reaching an agreement with its major investors, including billionaire Carl Icahn and Seneca Capital.

More than two months after a judge ruled that its ordinance banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) was illegal, the city of Morgantown, WV, has decided to table, not outright rescind, the measure as it looks for other ways to restrict the practice.