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ExxonMobil Fracking Impacts Face Investor Scrutiny Again

ExxonMobil Corp.’s shareholders once again will see a resolution on their proxy statements that would force the largest U.S. natural gas producer to issue a report about the financial impact from regulatory and community impacts associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) within its drilling operations.

April 5, 2012

Alaska House Gets O&G Tax Bill; Shell Proposes Marketing Gas

The Alaska Senate completed action Tuesday on its bill to reform state taxes on oil and natural gas, picking up two more affirmative votes on reconsideration for a 16-4 endorsement of a 22.5% net production tax on oil and 7.5%, or one-third of that, for natural gas. The bill has gone to the Finance Committee in the Alaska House and is expected to make it to the House floor by Monday.

April 27, 2006