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Petrohawk Energy Corp. on Tuesday announced it has conducted successful tests using a new flow-channel fracturing technique called HiWAY, created by Houston-based Schlumberger Ltd. The producer said 10-12 test wells in the Hawkville Field area of the Eagle Ford Shale play yielded increased production, which will lead to expanded use of the technology.

Petrohawk Energy Corp. announced Tuesday that test wells using a new flow-channel fracturing technique called HiWAY — created by Houston-based Schlumberger Ltd. — yielded increased production and it plans to expand use of the technology.

A nonutility unit of New Hampshire-based energy holding company Unitil Corp. has created a statewide natural gas and power-buying group with the state’s 10 counties to get them discounts on their ongoing energy bills. The deal involves Unitil’s Usource unit and the New Hampshire Association of Counties.

Questar Pipeline Co. (QPC) is holding a binding open season through Feb. 18 for firm capacity that would be created by modifying and installing facilities on its system for delivery of higher-Btu gas to Chipeta Processing LLC or other Uinta Basin processors, the pipeline said.

The agency overseeing the regulating and inspection of oil and natural gas rigs has created a new online and telephone hotline for reporting misconduct and unethical behavior by both agency and industry employees.

Although most points continued to drop Monday, mild firmness at several points created a mixed market and indicated slightly more firmness than on the preceding Friday when all points were down. Except for high temperatures with peaks from the mid 90s to the mid 100s forecast for Tuesday from the Southeast through the desert Southwest, most areas were expected to have relatively moderate temperatures around 90 or lower.

Hercules Offshore Inc.’s CEO said last week he’s hopeful that the permitting logjam created after U.S. officials imposed a moratorium on offshore drilling soon will be expedited, leading to a “flurry” of offshore permits for shallow-water projects over the coming months.

Hercules Offshore Inc.’s CEO said Tuesday he’s hopeful that the permitting logjam created after U.S. officials imposed a moratorium on offshore drilling soon will be expedited, leading to a “flurry” of offshore permits for shallow-water projects over the coming months.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) agreed Monday to invest up to $400 million in Hilcorp Resources Inc., a newly formed partnership created to own and develop 100,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale trend of South Texas leased by privately held Hilcorp Energy Co.