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Halcon Resources Corp. said an exploratory well targeting the Utica Shale has been producing more than 2,000 boe/d. The company said it plans to spend “significant time” in the play, where it has the acreage to drill up to 500 gross wells.

Capacity recontracting continued to weigh on Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP revenues during the second quarter, but “every year, we seem to work out a little bit more of the problem,” CEO Stan Horton told analysts during an earnings conference call.

Williams on Thursday restricted some natural gas pipeline services on its mainstay Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line LLC (aka Transco) because of capacity constraints in the Pennsylvania portion of the Marcellus Shale.

Two big U.S. independents took too different paths in the second quarter, one showing solid natural gas gains — mostly in the Marcellus Shale — while the other saw climbing oil and liquids output from from its onshore plays, and in particular, the Eagle Ford Shale.

Backlog for capital equipment orders in National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV) rig technology segment was $13.95 billion at the end of 2Q2013, a record high, 8% higher than at the end of 1Q2013 and 24% higher than at the end of 2Q2012, the company said.

A study of Barnett Shale region water wells has found elevated levels of heavy metals near natural gas extraction sites, but a link to drilling/production activity has not been determined and may not be, researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) said.

FERC last Tuesday approved a stipulation and consent agreement ordering JP Morgan Ventures Energy Corp. (JPMVEC) to pay $410 million in penalties and disgorge profits for allegedly manipulating power markets in California and the Midwest.

In a litmus test on the costs to utility consumers for natural gas lost through leaky distribution pipeline systems and other sources, Massachusetts consumers paid as much as $1.5 billion more in the last decade just for the leaks, a congressional study has found.

Centrica plc North American subsidiary Direct Energy Business has agreed to acquire Hess’s New Jersey-based energy marketing business for $731 million in cash and approximately $300 million in net working capital, the UK utility said Tuesday.