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Lifted by prices and successful well tests from an extension of the emerging Mississippian Lime play, oil production in Kansas rose last year, according to new estimates by the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. Natural gas production in 2011, however, declined by more than 6%.

EnCana Corp. last Thursday said it doubled its reward to $1 million for information that “significantly” contributes to the investigation and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the bombings of the company’s natural gas pipeline and production facilities in the Dawson Creek area in northeastern British Columbia.

EnCana Corp. Thursday said it has doubled its reward to $1 million for information that “significantly” contributes to the investigation and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for the bombings of the company’s natural gas pipeline and production facilities in the Dawson Creek area in northeastern British Columbia.

The oil and gas industry contributes significantly to Colorado’s economy, accounting for $22.9 billion in economic output, or 6.1% of the state’s economy, and providing employment for 71,000 people, according to a study released Thursday by the Colorado Energy Research Institute.

The oil and gas industry contributes significantly to Colorado’s economy, accounting for $22.9 billion in economic output, or 6.1% of the state’s economy, and providing employment for 71,000 people, according to a study released last week by the Colorado Energy Research Institute.

Frisco, TX-based Comstock Resources is contributing about 300 Bcfe of estimated proved Gulf of Mexico oil and gas reserves and about $102.7 million in related debt to newly created exploration and production venture Bois d’Arc Energy LLC for a 59.9% stake in the new company.

Frisco, TX-based Comstock Resources is contributing about 300 Bcfe of estimated proved Gulf of Mexico oil and gas reserves and about $102.7 million in related debt to newly created exploration and production venture Bois d’Arc Energy LLC for a 59.9% stake in the new company.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is adding two new projects to its program to develop new technologies that can increase natural gas production from low-permeability, or “tight,” reservoirs. The new projects, to be carried out by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, VA, and Cementing Solutions of Houston, were selected for federal cost-sharing when Congress increased DOE’s budget for natural gas research in fiscal year 2002. They will join two projects selected last August. All four had been proposed in an industry-wide competition earlier this year.

The Department of Energy is adding two new projects to its program to develop new technologies that can increase natural gas production from low-permeability, or “tight,” reservoirs. The new projects, to be carried out by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, VA, and Cementing Solutions of Houston, were selected for federal cost-sharing when Congress increased DOE’s budget for natural gas research in fiscal year 2002. They will join two projects selected last August. All four had been proposed in an industry-wide competition earlier this year.