Controlling

Canada’s environment minister indicated that the federal government in Ottawa was keeping a close eye on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and was prepared to intervene if it thought either the provincial or territorial governments weren’t doing enough to safely regulate the procedure.

A pair of water advocacy groups claim that two Pittsburgh-area treatment plants have been discharging oil and gas wastewater without proper permits.

A “stripout” notice is scheduled to go to all of Texas’ natural gas, oil and pipeline operators in March to inform them to be “diligent” in controlling potential air emission releases, particularly volatile organic compounds like benzene, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) said last week.

A “stripout” notice will go to all of Texas’ natural gas, oil and pipeline operators in March to inform them to be “diligent” in controlling potential air emission releases, particularly volatile organic compounds like benzene, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) said late Tuesday.

A “stripout” notice will go to all of Texas’ natural gas, oil and pipeline operators in March to inform them to be “diligent” in controlling potential air emission releases, particularly volatile organic compounds like benzene, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) said late Tuesday.

Houston-based Ultra Petroleum Corp. stepped up production in the second quarter and set a company record, while a focus on controlling costs preserved margins in the ongoing low commodity price environment, the company said last Tuesday.

Houston-based Ultra Petroleum Corp. stepped up production in the second quarter and set a company record, while a focus on controlling costs preserved margins in the ongoing low commodity price environment, the company said Tuesday.

The cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse gas emissions that is being promoted by the Obama administration and congressional Democrats is a “dead end” and “an enormous threat to our economy,” according to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Private equity fund Tiberius Capital LLC has launched a tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Petrosearch Energy Corp. to prevent Double Eagle Petroleum Co. from purchasing the company.