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A bill that would have changed West Virginia’s regulation of Marcellus Shale drilling was not brought up for a final vote by the House of Delegates during the final day of its 2011 regular session Friday and so will not become law this year.

A bill that would increase horizontal drilling permit fees in West Virginia to $5,000 from the current $650 that all drillers pay was passed out of committee and sent to the full House Thursday afternoon.

Veterans of Canada’s Atlantic industry administered a stiff dose of realism when the national expert panel on science issues rendered a verdict on technical aspects of plans to open up Pacific coastal waters offshore of British Columbia to natural gas development.

Veterans of Canada’s Atlantic industry administered a stiff dose of realism when the national expert panel on science issues rendered a verdict on technical aspects of plans to open up Pacific coastal waters offshore of British Columbia to natural gas development.

California’s $45 million state-administered group natural gaspurchasing program for major state facilities is growing andflourishing, while a newer electricity buying program, althoughestablished, is not operating because of insufficient potentialsavings, according to the prime administrator for both programs inthe California General Services Department (GSD), who spoke at anindustry meeting last week outside Los Angeles.