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Water samples taken downstream of facilities authorized to treat wastewater from natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale had elevated concentrations of chloride but not total suspended solids (TSS), although the obverse was true in samples collected downstream of watersheds with shale gas wells drilled on them, according to a report published in the Proceedings of National Academies of Sciences (PNAS).

The South Texas Energy and Economic Roundtable (Steer), which is claimed to be “the most comprehensive Eagle Ford Shale resource in the region,” has opened its offices in San Antonio, TX.

Crosstex Energy Inc. and former management of Enerven Compression Services are forming a company called E2 that will serve Utica Shale producers with natural gas compression and condensate stabilization facilities for their liquids-rich production.

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance on Tuesday called on his colleagues to make the case for “smart” regulations and government collaboration to ensure the shale revolution is not suppressed by uninformed critics.

In rebuttal comments filed at the Department of Energy (DOE), producers have called on the department to proceed with review and approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications expeditiously, saying the nation has more than enough natural gas to meet domestic demand and supply exports.While producers favor exports, large gas users and environmentalists are mostly opposed to them.

Houston-based Wild Well Control Inc., an oil and gas well fire company, was called in Wednesday to help assist in controlling a fire at a natural gas well that blew out just after midnight Tuesday in Utah (see Daily GPI, Jan. 24).

Two power groups have called on FERC to reject ISO New England Inc.’s (ISO-NE) proposal to share real-time information on individual natural gas-fired power generators with interstate gas pipelines serving the region. The ISO has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve its proposal quickly to head off concerns about unreliable generation dispatch this winter in an increasingly gas-dependent region.

Top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee have called on Houston-based Black Elk Energy LLC to provide them with answers on the fatal explosion and fire earlier this month onboard a shallow-water production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two power groups have called on FERC to reject ISO New England Inc.’s (ISO-NE) proposal to share real-time information on individual natural gas-fired power generators with interstate gas pipelines serving the region. The ISO has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve its proposal quickly to head off concerns about unreliable generation dispatch this winter in an increasingly gas-dependent region.