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Texas will get 22 more seismic monitoring stations to supplement the 17 units already in place as part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program administered by the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Ottawa, Canada-based Nanometrics recently signed a US$1.98 million contract to supply and help deploy equipment.

Texas will get 22 more seismic monitoring stations to supplement the 17 units already in place as part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program administered by the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Ottawa, Canada-based Nanometrics recently signed a US$1.98 million contract to supply and help deploy equipment.

Natural gas and oil exploration firms hung on to free access to Canadian offshore and northern geological treasure maps in a landmark Alberta court verdict against a property rights crusade by a Calgary seismic survey enterprise.

Natural gas and oil exploration firms hung on to free access to Canadian offshore and northern geological treasure maps in a landmark Alberta court verdict against a property rights crusade by a Calgary seismic survey enterprise.

March natural gas is called 8 cents higher Friday morning at $2.05 as weather forecasts trend in the cooler direction past mid-month. Overnight oil markets were mixed.

Drought-sensitive California oil/gas regulators on Friday issued violation notices to 56 operators in the state for failing to report water data on time.

Under increasing criticism for being too soft on oil and natural gas operators, California regulators on Monday ordered the exploration unit of Freeport-McMoRan Corp. to provide additional data on the Inglewood Oilfield in the greater Los Angeles area.

November natural gas is expected to open 2 cents higher Wednesday morning at $2.49 as weather forecasters attempt to understand widely varying model interpretations for the second half of October. Overnight oil markets rose.

The revamp of domestic natural gas storage reports compiled weekly by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) should be unveiled “any day now,” the assistant administrator for Energy Statistics told a Houston audience Tuesday.