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According to media reports, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) is the front-runner to succeed Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) as chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee.

A court injunction against placing a federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule into effect could still happen, an attorney representing the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) told an industry audience in Houston Thursday night.

While deconstructing some of the latest regulatory moves by the Obama administration, and trading strategies for surviving in a low oil price environment, three industry players Thursday urged pushback in the regulatory/political arena and prudent planning in the oil/natural gas patch. The trio addressed a shale symposium in Houston hosted by the law firm BakerHostetler.

A court injunction against placing a federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rule into effect could still happen, an attorney representing the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) told an industry audience in Houston Thursday night.

While deconstructing some of the latest regulatory moves by the Obama administration, and trading strategies for surviving in a low oil price environment, three industry players Thursday urged pushback in the regulatory/political arena and prudent planning in the oil/natural gas patch. The trio addressed a shale symposium in Houston hosted by the law firm BakerHostetler.

Rice University scientists are on to an environmentally friendly carbon-capture method that may be equally adept at drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from natural gas wells and industrial flue gases.

The answer to some of the environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Pennsylvania is a homegrown synthetic proppant that could be used instead of sand, according to Nittany Extraction Technologies, a company founded by two Pennsylvania State University engineering professors.