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Quicksilver Resources Inc. set another production record in the second quarter and rebounded from a 1Q2011 net loss with net income of $109 million (61 cents/share) in 2Q2011. Production in the Barnett Shale, which has been a primary driver of the company’s recent growth, is expected to ramp up through at least the end of the year.

An independent producer group has called on the House to approve a $27.5 billion Interior Department-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2012 that is pro-oil and natural gas.

An independent producer group Monday called on the House to approve a $27.5 billion Interior Department-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2012 that is pro-oil and natural gas.

Affiliate of Peoples Natural Gas Co. LLC seeks to have storage facility operating by start of winter heating season.

Despite a recommendation from its presiding members’ committee to approve the project, the California Energy Commission (CEC) on Thursday unanimously agreed to reopen the regulatory process for a long-standing proposal by Princeton, NJ-based NRG Energy Inc. to build a smaller natural gas-fired generation plant on part of its existing 100-acre coastal generation plant site in Carlsbad, CA.

In a state that currently has only three natural gas transportation fueling outlets, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) on Thursday asked state regulators to approve its plans to invest up to $15 million in building an infrastructure for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle fuels in three counties: Monmouth, Ocean and Morris.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Wednesday asked California regulators to approve an agreement the utility made with regulatory staff on an accelerated compliance plan and payment of up to $6 million in penalties.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Wednesday asked California regulators to approve an agreement the utility made with regulatory staff on an accelerated compliance plan and payment of up $6 million in penalties.

Former natural gas industry executive Sheffield Nelson has filed a ballot initiative in Arkansas to raise the state’s severance tax on natural gas production to 7% from the current 5% of market value.