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Petrohawk Energy Corp. on Tuesday announced it has conducted successful tests using a new flow-channel fracturing technique called HiWAY, created by Houston-based Schlumberger Ltd. The producer said 10-12 test wells in the Hawkville Field area of the Eagle Ford Shale play yielded increased production, which will lead to expanded use of the technology.

Eight out of nine major national and regional hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) service providers have agreed to submit “timely and complete information” to help the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conduct its study on hydrofracking and its impact on drinking water quality, the EPA said Tuesday. Halliburton, after failing to comply with the agency’s voluntary requests for information, has been subpoenaed.

EnCana Corp. instituted new safety procedures and conducted a risk assessment review at 500 drilling sites ahead of a report issued Thursday by the British Columbia (BC) Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) that said the producer failed to properly execute its emergency response plan following a natural gas leak last November at a shale drilling site.

EnCana Corp. instituted new safety procedures and conducted a risk assessment review at 500 drilling sites ahead of a report issued Thursday by the British Columbia (BC) Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) that said the producer failed to properly execute its emergency response plan following a natural gas leak last November at a shale drilling site.

EnCana Corp. instituted new safety procedures and conducted a risk assessment review at 500 drilling sites ahead of a report issued Thursday by the British Columbia (BC) Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) that said the producer failed to properly execute its emergency response plan following a natural gas leak last November at a shale drilling site.

Offshore lease owners and operators will be subject to new fees to recover costs of inspections conducted during fiscal 2010, the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) said.

An analysis conducted by the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS) disputes the findings of an Interior Department report that concluded that the majority of the Utah leases yanked by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in February should not be reissued (see Daily GPI, Feb. 6).

A quarterly oil and natural gas lease sale conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last Wednesday netted about $13.3 million in revenues from the sale of leases on 48 federal parcels in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.

A quarterly oil and natural gas lease sale conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wednesday netted about $13.3 million in revenues from the sale of leases on 48 federal parcels in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.