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Chevron Corp. plans to continue to make acquisitions in unconventional plays around the world but the company likely will go it alone when it does, CEO John Watson said Friday.

North Dakota continues to set all-time records for oil and gas production based on the most recent statistics available as of the end of October, according to Lynn Helms, director of the state Industrial Commission’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). He noted that the oil and gas industry still plans to invest more than $3 billion in the state through 2013.

States take a harder line on natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety than the federal government does, and most exceed federal requirements on pipeline operations, maintenance, and reporting provisions, according to new research by the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (NAPSR).

States take a harder line on natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety than the federal government does, and most exceed federal requirements on pipeline operations, maintenance, and reporting provisions, according to new research by the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (NAPSR).

Shareholder proposals requesting information on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) practices, which received an average 30.3% shareholder support in 2010, are becoming more popular, receiving an average 40.7% support this year, according to Institutional Shareholder Services. The corporate proxy firm has proposed a policy calling on shareholders to vote for proposals requesting greater disclosure of fracking operations, including measures companies have taken to mitigate potential community and environmental impacts. Current ISS policy does not specifically address fracking-related shareholder proposals.

How many U.S. government agencies does it take to frack a well?

How many U.S. government agencies does it take to frack a well?

Moving the ball forward on instituting new rules to govern how Wall Street does business in order to lower risk, promote transparency and protect the American public, federal regulators last week advanced the so-called Volcker Rule, which is part of the larger Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Moving the ball forward on instituting new rules to govern how Wall Street does business in order to lower risk, promote transparency and protect the American public, federal regulators this week have advanced the so-called Volcker Rule, which is part of the larger Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.