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The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) has filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted for his recent decision to invalidate petitions in three counties across the state that sought to ban oil and gas development.

In a long-standing war zone for energy developers and environmentalists fighting over proposed drilling in the Thompson Divide area of western Colorado, local county, industry and environmental officials are working on a land exchange proposal that could resolve the ongoing warfare through congressional action endorsed by Colorado’s two U.S. senators and a House member.

Population change varied notably across four Pennsylvania counties and in nearby cities and towns that are home to a majority of the state’s Marcellus Shale development from 2000 to 2010, suggesting such trends are not linked to the level of economic activities in the areas examined, according to a new study.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has authorized the proposed Alaska LNG project (see Daily GPI, Nov. 19; July 21) to export to countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement (FTA).

There will be no big decline in North Dakota oil and natural gas production over the next two years, the state’s chief oil/gas regulatory told an association of the state’s county energy officials on Thursday. Major production will remain concentrated in four counties: Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams.

Researchers at Cleveland State University (CSU) have released their latest study assessing the rate of growth in the Utica Shale play, showing that its impact on the state’s economy is truly beginning to show itself, while stressing that much of the play’s economics hinge on natural gas liquids (NGL) production.

Aubrey McClendon’s American Energy Partners LLC is gearing up to test Utica Shale deposits in Guernsey and Harrison counties, a new partner said Tuesday.

In the fourth paragraph of a story published Sept. 23, 2013 “U.S. West Coast LNG Seen Leading Canadian Terminal Projects” (seeDaily GPI,Sept. 23), the status of the two LNG plants in Oregon was incorrectly stated. Neither of the plants has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy for exports to non-FTA (free trade agreement) countries. That paragraph should read: As likely candidates to beat the BC pack of terminal and pipeline schemes Prentice pointed to two Oregon projects: Jordan Cove and Oregon LNG. Both have received authorization for exports to the limited number of countries that have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. They are among at least 13 U.S. projects still seeking export authorization to non-FTA countries.NGIregrets the error.

Cheniere Energy Inc. unit Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SPL) has filed with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export up to 314 Bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year for a term of 20 years from the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project in Louisiana to countries that have free trade agreements (FTA) with the United States and to non-FTA countries.