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Triana Energy LLC and a unit of Marathon Oil Corp. will develop 82,000 acres of Marcellus Shale prospects in Fayette County, PA, and several counties in northern West Virginia, Triana said Thursday.

Wyoming requires a “balanced approach” to protect the state’s wildlife and environment while allowing for all types of energy development, incoming Gov. Matt Mead said last week.

Wyoming requires a “balanced approach” to protect the state’s wildlife and environment while allowing for all types of energy development, incoming Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday.

Pacific Gas and Electric issued a customer-specific Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for Wednesday but is allowing it to expire Thursday.

Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday three-fourths of drilling wastewater haulers that were stopped by troopers late last month were issued citations and 207 trucks were placed out of service due to violations.

Atlas Resources has been fined $97,350 by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for allowing used hydraulic fracturing fluids to overfill a wastewater pit and contaminate a watershed in Washington County, PA, last year.

An amendment by Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) seeking to strike a provision allowing federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) activities on federal lands fueled an extensive debate during mark-up of a broader bill by the House Natural Resources Committee.

After allowing a previous high-linepack OFO to expire Monday, Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) declared a new one for Wednesday, setting a positive daily imbalance tolerance of 10%. However, the e-mailed OFO notice did not get sent until shortly after 7:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday morning. Spokeswoman Denise King confirmed that despite the late announcement, Wednesday was the effective date of the OFO. SoCalGas also said Wednesday it had completed the final tie-in of field Line 159 at its Goleta storage facility; the work previously had been expected to last through Friday. The early finish allowed the utility to restore 140 MMcf/d of withdrawal capacity and 60 MMcf/d of injection capacity at Goleta.

After allowing a high-linepack OFO to expire Monday, Southern California Gas declared a new one for Wednesday with a 10% tolerance for positive daily imbalances.