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Elected officials from Monongalia County, WV, will meet their counterparts from the cities of Morgantown and Westover for a work session Wednesday to discuss Morgantown’s proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).

Like its counterparts in Northern California, San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s two utilities operating the intrastate natural gas transmission pipeline system in the southern half of the state face the prospect of additional hydrostatic pressure testing on several hundred miles of transmission pipeline for which the company cannot verify past testing to support current operating pressures.

While unconventional energy plays require more water than their conventional counterparts, it’s the rapid growth of those new plays that is shining a spotlight on how the oil and gas industries use water, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor told attendees at CERAWeek 2011 in Houston on March 9.

While unconventional energy plays require more water than their conventional counterparts, it’s the rapid growth of those new plays that is shining a spotlight on how the oil and gas industries use water, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor told attendees at CERAWeek 2011 in Houston last week.

Former natural gas company executive and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sheffield Nelson has said he may push to allow the state’s voters to decide next year whether the severance tax on natural gas production should be raised to 7%, according to press reports.

Producers in Canada could be forgiven if they feel like they’re in a boxing match with their U.S. counterparts. Marcellus Shale production and the coming Ruby Pipeline offer a one-two punch that will knock Canadian gas out of the Lower 48 ring, according to Bentek Energy LLC.

Producers in Canada could be forgiven if they feel like they’re in a boxing match with their U.S. counterparts. Marcellus Shale production and the coming Ruby Pipeline offer a one-two punch that will knock Canadian gas out of the Lower 48 ring, according to Bentek Energy LLC.

Like many of their U.S. counterparts, Canadian producers are switching exploration and development targets from natural gas to oil. However, natural gas supplies remain strong, a byproduct of increased drilling and improved technology that has raised the output of both commodities.

Like many of their U.S. counterparts, Canadian producers are switching exploration and development targets from natural gas to oil. However, natural gas supplies remain strong, a byproduct of increased drilling and improved technology that has raised the output of both commodities.