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Cimarex Energy Co. will spend $1.4-1.6 billion on capital expenditures (capex) in fiscal 2012, with nearly all of it devoted to drilling for oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Permian Basin and the Cana-Woodford Shale, company officials said Wednesday.

GeoSouthern Energy Corp. will use the proceeds from a $1 billion credit facility that closed Thursday to continue the development of its 173,000 gross acre position in the condensate and oil windows of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the privately held independent exploration and production company said.

GeoSouthern Energy Corp. will use the proceeds from a $1 billion credit facility that closed Thursday to continue the development of its 173,000 gross acre position in the condensate and oil windows of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the privately held independent exploration and production company said.

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. is expanding its operations in the liquids-rich Marcellus Shale.

Earthquakes such as the one that forced a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown, OH, to be closed at the beginning of the year can be avoided if oil, natural gas and service companies are more knowledgeable of the local and regional geology.

Earthquakes such as the one that forced a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown, OH, to be closed at the beginning of the year can be avoided if oil, natural gas and service companies are more knowledgeable of the local and regional geology, according to an energy expert.

February natural gas closed modestly higher Tuesday as prices generally ignored soaring oil and equity markets and posted an ominous new low during the session. Traders suggested that further price declines were likely. At the close February had risen 0.4 cent to $2.993 and March had inched higher 0.6 cent to $3.022. February crude oil bounded higher by $4.13 to $102.96/bbl.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP has closed on its acquisition of partner The Energy and Minerals Group’s (EMG) 49% stake in MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) and Enbridge Inc. will hold concurrent open seasons Jan. 4-Feb. 10 to solicit capacity commitments from shippers for an expansion of their Seaway crude oil pipeline and an extension of the pipeline into the Port Arthur/Beaumont refining market in southeast Texas, the companies said.