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American Midstream Partners LP said it has started decommissioning its Midla pipeline system in Louisiana and Mississippi after customers broke off negotiations over repairs to the 88-year-old system and the company received no response to an open season at the end of last year.

Investors dreaming of big returns from exporting North American natural gas may have to wait for a payoff because of overbuilding, a leading authority said in a new analysis.

ExxonMobil Corp.’s onshore U.S. subsidiary on Monday agreed to buy oily land in the Permian Basin of Texas and sell natural gas-weighted Utica Shale property in Ohio.

President Obama, in the State of the Union (SOTU) speech Tuesday night before Congress, praised natural gas and oil development in the United States, as well as its importance in fueling energy independence and creating jobs, but said $4 billion in fossil fuel subsidies could be better deployed elsewhere.

A group of companies, including at least two electric utilities, has begun a discussion to possibly build a large natural gas pipeline that would connect Marcellus Shale supplies with Philadelphia customers.

Aubrey McClendon’s American Energy Partners LLC is gearing up to test Utica Shale deposits in Guernsey and Harrison counties, a new partner said Tuesday.

The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a notice on whether to expand integrity management program (IMP) requirements for natural gas pipelines beyond high-consequence (HCA) or high-population areas.

The only thing holding back the country’s tremendous opportunity in shale gas is permitting — for petrochemical facilities, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects and drilling in some states — according to ExxonMobil Chemical’s President Stephen D. Pryor.

The only thing holding back the country’s tremendous opportunity in shale gas is permitting — for petrochemical facilities, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects and drilling in some states — according to ExxonMobil Chemical’s President Stephen D. Pryor.