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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency order against Range Resources Corp. that claims at least two drinking water wells in Parker County, TX, “have been significantly impacted by…methane contamination” from its oil and gas production facilities in the region.

Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulator Review Commission (IRRC) on Thursday approved regulations that would significantly lower the amount of total dissolved solids (TDS) permitted in wastewater discharges from drilling operations in the state’s prolific Marcellus Shale area.

Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulator Review Commission (IRRC) on Thursday approved regulations that would significantly lower the amount of total dissolved solids (TDS) permitted in wastewater discharges from drilling operations in the state’s prolific Marcellus Shale area.

Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has approved new regulations that would significantly lower the amount of total dissolved solids (TDS) permitted in wastewater discharges from drilling operations in the state’s prolific Marcellus shale area.

Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has approved new regulations that would significantly lower the amount of total dissolved solids (TDS) permitted in wastewater discharges from drilling operations in the state’s prolific Marcellus shale area.

With litigation from California’s energy crisis a decade ago now settled and an exit from commodity trading imminent, Sempra Energy’s remaining businesses face a mixture of challenges and opportunities as outlined by Sempra senior executives last Tuesday during a conference call with financial analysts.

Sempra Energy’s once-lucrative joint venture commodities business with the Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS Sempra Commodities, should be dissolved by the end of August, CEO Donald Felsinger said Tuesday while the company reported greatly reduced earnings for the first quarter. The exit from trading and a one-time earnings hit from a settlement with California state entities contributed to the earnings decline.