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With time running out before the summer recess, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to conference with the House to reconcile differences between two versions of an omnibus energy bill.

A bill that would shield Pennsylvania landowners from post-production costs by requiring a minimum royalty payment of 12.5%, or one-eighth of the value of oil and gas produced, has again passed the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.

A pipeline safety bill is headed to President Obama’s desk for his signature after the U.S. Senate agreed to a House amendment to the measure by unanimous consent late Monday.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed an omnibus energy policy bill that avoided most controversial measures and won broad support from the energy community, including those representing the natural gas industry.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed an omnibus energy policy bill that avoided most controversial measures and won broad support from the energy community, including those representing the natural gas industry.

The West Virginia Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would sharply reduce the state’s severance tax rate on oil, natural gas and coal production.

Lawmakers in the Oklahoma House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to extend the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) program to plug abandoned oil and gas wells for another five years, but budget cuts and lower tax revenues from oil and gas are forcing the commission to divert well-plugging funds for other uses.

The West Virginia Senate on Monday rejected a bill that would have given natural gas companies the right to survey on private property without the owner’s consent.

For the fifth time in the last six years, the West Virginia legislature is considering a bill that would allow forced pooling in the Marcellus Shale and other shallow formations.