Assessment

A confluence of factors is setting this summer up to be a soft one for natural gas prices, according to analysts at Credit Suisse.

Quebec said Thursday a new royalty regime for shale gas will take effect in the province once it concludes a two-year strategic environmental assessment of the industry.

The Quebec government should impose a moratorium on offshore natural gas and oil drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence until a risk assessment review is completed and after public consultation, a coalition of environmental groups said Tuesday.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is soliciting comments on an environmental assessment (EA) of the first supplemental exploration plan (EP) in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is soliciting comments on an environmental assessment (EA) of the first supplemental exploration plan (EP) in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Magnum Gas Storage LLC’s Utah project that will provide storage capacity to markets throughout the western United States via the Kern River Gas Transmission and Questar Pipeline systems.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Magnum Gas Storage LLC’s Utah project that will provide storage capacity to markets throughout the western United States via the Kern River Gas Transmission and Questar Pipeline systems.

Rick Smead, a director in Navigant Consulting Inc.’s Energy Practice, co-authored the firm’s 2008 North American Natural Gas Supply Assessment, which was considered a breakthrough in recognizing the potential of unconventional natural gas supplies. However, many of the two-year-old supply assumptions already need to be updated because of remarkable advancements in technology, he said Wednesday.

A comprehensive research plan that would provide guidelines and an assessment tool for regulators should be conducted in order to minimize the environmental impact of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, according to researchers at the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS).