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Inergy Midstream LP, UGI Energy Services Inc. and Capitol Energy Ventures Corp., a unit of WGL Holdings Inc., are conducting a non binding open season for shippers to transport natural gas volumes on the proposed Commonwealth Pipeline, which would carry Marcellus and Utica Shale production to market.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been conducting inspections of natural gas development in Washington County, PA, to make sure it complies with federal environmental laws.

Transco said it is conducting unplanned maintenance to repair a leak on its Southeast Louisiana Lateral in Terrebonne Parish, LA, and asked operators of receipt points upstream of the affected area to shut in immediately. The outage affects flows of about 100,000 Dth/d, and Transco said effective Tuesday it was not scheduling or confirming quantities at the upstream points until the maintenance is complete, which it estimated will take seven days.

Following through on his threat, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued the federal government last Tuesday for not conducting a full environmental review of proposed regulations for Marcellus Shale development in the Delaware River Basin.

Following through on his threat (see Shale Daily, May 31), New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued the federal government Tuesday for not conducting a full environmental review of proposed regulations for Marcellus Shale development in the Delaware River Basin.

After months of conducting their own research into the booming oil and gas industry, thousands of landowners with the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley (ALOV) have recently signed Marcellus Shale lease agreements with Chesapeake Energy Corp.

After months of conducting their own research into the booming oil and gas industry, thousands of landowners with the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley (ALOV) have recently signed Marcellus Shale lease agreements with Chesapeake Energy Corp.

A breakthrough technology using an absorbent form of silica removed nearly all of the petrochemicals from water produced by hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) in natural gas shale wells and other geologic formations, Energy Department scientists reported late last week.

Several environmental groups are asking the government of British Columbia to follow the example of Quebec in conducting an environmental assessment of shale gas production.