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While current lower prices and potentially boundless natural gas resources are helping to make the United States once again an attractive manufacturing site, companies like Dow Chemical are withholding new commitments until they see government policies leading to a stable market for the long term.

Calling the deal “a strategic entry point into one of the largest emerging natural gas plays in North America at an attractive price,” Williams on Monday closed a joint venture agreement with Atlas Pipeline Partners LP that provides the company access to the Marcellus Shale.

More stringent drilling requirements and other onerous regulations have cost Colorado its ranking as the most attractive destination worldwide for oil and natural gas investment, according to the Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey 2008. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan is now the jewel of Canada’s oil patch, surpassing Alberta as the preferred choice for upstream investment.

More stringent drilling requirements and other onerous regulations have cost Colorado its ranking as the most attractive destination worldwide for oil and natural gas investment, according to the Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey 2008. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan is now the jewel of Canada’s oil patch, surpassing Alberta as the preferred choice for upstream investment.

The Senate passed comprehensive energy legislation (HR 6) late Thursday that is considerably more attractive to oil and natural gas producers and electric utilities than it was a few hours earlier that day.

The Senate passed comprehensive energy legislation (HR 6) late Thursday that is considerably more attractive to oil and natural gas producers and electric utilities than it was a few hours earlier that day.

The Senate passed comprehensive energy legislation (HR 6) late Thursday that is considerably more attractive to oil and natural gas producers and electric utilities than it was a few hours earlier that day.

Venture capitalists, which found energy an attractive investment during 2006, are expected to look favorably upon the sector again in the New Year, according to the results of a survey released by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) last Monday.

Venture capitalists, which found energy an attractive investment during 2006, are expected to look favorably upon the sector again in the New Year, according to the results of a survey released by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Monday.