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The influx of natural gas in the Northeast brought on by ramped-up Marcellus Shale development is keeping the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) busy, as evidenced by two new authorizations for gas transportation projects.

The influx of natural gas in the Northeast brought on by ramped-up Marcellus Shale development is keeping the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) busy, as evidenced by two new authorizations for gas transportation projects.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has rejected a motion by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss a case brought by independent producers alleging that the agency failed to go through the proper channels to regulate diesel fuel used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process.

Natural gas cash point averages across the country ballooned on Monday as a storm that brought multiple feet of snow as well as temperatures in the teens to the Midwest moved toward eastern markets. Most points across the country for Tuesday delivery climbed between a dime and 20 cents, while some spots in the Northeast shot higher by $7 to $11.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has 100 wells, “maybe a few more,” in the Marcellus Shale alone that are not completed or tied in as they await infrastructure, a company executive said Tuesday.

Despite three days of meetings that brought together members of both chambers and both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, along with representatives from the gas industry, agreement on a proposed natural gas severance tax bill remained elusive, and the state’s Senate ended its last scheduled work day before the Nov. 2 election without voting on the legislation.

Despite meetings that brought together members of both chambers and both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and representatives from the gas industry at the Governor’s Mansion in Harrisburg Monday and Tuesday, agreement on a proposed natural gas severance tax bill remains elusive, according to Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson).

Despite meetings that brought together members of both chambers and both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and representatives from the gas industry at the Governor’s Mansion in Harrisburg Monday and Tuesday, agreement on a proposed natural gas severance tax bill remains elusive, according to Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson).

The state of Alaska last Thursday brought a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a federal court that seeks to overturn the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).