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An air quality study conducted near Marcellus Shale natural gas operations in northeastern Pennsylvania during four separate weeks last year found no emission levels that would constitute a concern to the health of residents living nearby, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Monday.

Having enjoyed success in the Haynesville Shale in DeSoto Parish, LA, Houston-based Mainland Resources Inc. heard a call to go east — to Mississippi, where as it turns out the Haynesville “expands significantly,” CEO Nicholas Atencio told NGI’s Shale Daily.

Domestic natural gas production in the Lower 48 states fell 0.2%, or 0.15 MMcf/d, in October, the latest month for which statistics are available, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported last Tuesday. All onshore areas of the Lower 48 experienced a drop in output, including Louisiana where production fell for the first time since December 2009.

Domestic natural gas production in the Lower 48 states fell 0.2%, or 0.15 MMcf/d, in October, the latest month for which statistics are available, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Tuesday. All onshore areas of the Lower 48 experienced a drop in output, including Louisiana where production fell for the first time since December 2009.

The Obama administration fully supports a cumulative study of the effects of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, but it also supports the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) decision to release proposed rules that would allow some natural gas development projects before that study is completed, according to a letter written by Brigadier Gen. Peter A. DeLuca.

In the first approval of its kind in the state, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) last week signed off on a request bythe city of Warren, OH, to accept pre-treated natural gas well wastewater.

To provide an early warning system for potential natural gas drilling incidents, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) on Tuesday said it would expand its network of electronic water quality monitors on streams that flow through the Marcellus Shale region of New York and Pennsylvania.

Enstor Inc. is accepting binding bids for firm storage capacity at its four U.S. facilities from Wednesday through Dec. 15. Terms of one to five years are available for service beginning April 1, 2011.

A recently announced acquisition by California-based water handling company Heckmann Corp. is intended to expand the range of water and wastewater services available to producers in the Haynesville Shale in East Texas, and there are plans to take the business to other shale plays.