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Although Pennsylvania does not have severance tax on natural gas production, the state is starting to collect more tax revenues from counties with significant Marcellus Shale development activity than from counties without it, according to a new report from Penn State University.

While the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has taken steps to collect agencywide data related to protests of oil and natural gas lease sales, the protest data it maintains and makes publicly available still are limited and of poor quality, according to a report that was publicly released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last Monday.

While the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has taken steps to collect agencywide data related to protests of oil and natural gas lease sales, the protest data it maintains and makes publicly available still are limited and of poor quality, according to a report that was publicly released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Monday.

In recently filed motions, Virginia’s two leading gas producers blasted would-be class action lawsuits by landowners that seek to collect billions of dollars based on claims that the companies produced coalbed methane gas to which they were not entitled.

In recently filed motions, Virginia’s two leading gas producers blasted would-be class action lawsuits by landowners that seek to collect billions of dollars based on claims that the companies produced coalbed methane gas to which they were not entitled.

BP plc’s latest attempt to collect some of the oil leaking from its crippled Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was showing promise Friday morning, but it was too early to say whether the effort will be a success, the company said.

BP plc’s latest attempt to collect some of the oil leaking from its crippled Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was showing promise Friday morning, but it was too early to say whether the effort will be a success, the company said.

ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing and Hess Corp. have filed a protest at FERC against an attempt by Sea Robin Pipeline Co. LLC to collect a surcharge for extensive damages it incurred during Hurricane Ike last September and to install a mechanism to regularly institute surcharges for costs to repair damage from disasters beyond amounts covered by insurance.

ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing and Hess Corp. have filed a protest at FERC against an attempt by Sea Robin Pipeline Co. LLC to collect a surcharge for extensive damages it incurred during Hurricane Ike last September and to install a mechanism to regularly institute surcharges for costs to repair damage from disasters beyond amounts covered by insurance.