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FERC has to conduct a “vigorous and exhaustive” needs analysis for the proposed Constitution Pipeline before it allows the Marcellus-to-New York natural gas project to go forth, said an environmental law practice representing the grassroots coalition “Stop the Pipeline (STP).”

FERC has to conduct a “vigorous and exhaustive” needs analysis for the proposed Constitution Pipeline before it allows the Marcellus-to-New York natural gas project to go forth, said an environmental law practice representing the grassroots coalition “Stop the Pipeline (STP).”

The West Virginia legislature overwhelmingly approved a landmark Marcellus Shale regulatory reform bill on Wednesday, opening a new chapter for natural gas development in the state.

Although the dogs are still barking in Pennsylvania, the caravan for imposing a fee on natural gas drillers in the most active shale gas state appears to be moving on.

As Ohio awaits results of preliminary Utica Shale wells, industry leaders told an audience in Columbus last week that the play, if successful, could revive the state’s manufacturing sector.

The former chief of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), who was ousted in October by Gov. David Paterson, has joined an environmental conservation group that has questioned the state’s ability to regulate shale gas extraction.

Parallel Petroleum, which holds a 35% stake in 34,500 acres of the Barnett Shale, has struck a deal that allows its leasehold partner, Chesapeake Energy Corp., to take care of all of the drilling and development commitments in the play through 2016.

Parallel Petroleum, which holds a 35% stake in 34,500 acres of the Barnett Shale, has struck a deal that allows its leasehold partner, Chesapeake Energy Corp., to take care of all of the drilling and development commitments in the play through 2016.

Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Friday published a final rule that allows it to charge oil and natural gas pipelines, power transmission companies and fiber optics firms higher rental fees for linear rights-of-way (ROW) to reflect the changes in land values over the past two decades.