Aerial

Based on production data verifiable to date, the Marcellus Shale will become the “King of the Gas Shales” by 2015 at the latest, U.S. energy analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc. said in a new report.

There are no detectable concentrations of natural gas or chemicals and no elevated radiation in the area of a swampy sinkhole in South Louisiana, according to a recent aerial survey, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told Louisiana officials. However, the sinkhole is requiring a natural gas pipeline operator to relocate facilities.

The state of Alaska said it will employ laser profiling as part of a major aerial survey of proposed routes for potential pipelines that would carry North Slope gas supplies to in-state and/or Lower 48 markets.