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Shale Boom: Supply, Prices Tough to Call

Technology advances have driven the shale boom and the industry’s ability to analyze markets, but it isn’t any easier to answer the question of how long abundant supplies and low prices will characterize the natural gas industry. That was one of conclusions from three experts on a panel at the LDC Forum: Rockies & West conference on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

October 14, 2011

Bakken Play Bigger Than Prudhoe Bay, E&P CEO Says

The Bakken play in North Dakota and parts of Montana holds a potential 24 billion boe in oil, liquids and natural gas, according to the CEO of one of the Bakken’s pioneering independent exploration and production (E&P) companies.

June 10, 2011

Sponsor Sees Limits to New York Fracking Ban

New York state lawmakers have no plans to extend their proposed ban on the issuance of new permits for drilling involving hydraulic fracturing (fracking) beyond the May 15 deadline included in a bill recently passed by both chambers of the state’s legislature, according to Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (D-Suffolk County).

December 2, 2010

Other Shale Towns Could Learn From Fort Worth, Resident Says

Some residents of Fort Worth, TX — which sits atop the Barnett Shale — would like to see their city and state reconsider policies on siting and regulation of natural gas pipelines. A group of neighborhood associations said Thursday that citizens of other shale gas towns could learn from mistakes made in their city.

October 25, 2010

Fitch: Little Risk for Gas Utilities

Low gas prices mean residential gas bills will be lower, making them easier to pay by cash-strapped consumers, noted analysts at Fitch Ratings. This should alleviate some risk of rising bad debt expense among gas utilities.

December 14, 2009

Fitch Posits Low-Risk Outlook for Gas Utilities

Low gas prices mean residential gas bills will be lower, making them easier to pay by cash-strapped consumers, noted analysts at Fitch Ratings. This should alleviate some risk of rising bad debt expense among gas utilities.

December 9, 2009

Enogex’s Pipe to Serve Woodford Shale Producers by 3Q2008

Woodford Shale natural gas producers will soon have easier access to markets as OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Enogex Inc. has completed construction on the first phase — 22 miles — of a new 30-mile pipeline that will connect the company’s Hughes, Coal and Pittsburgh county gathering system with the 30-inch diameter Enogex mainline to Bennington, OK, and the 24-inch Enogex mainline to Wilburton, OK.

February 11, 2008

Enogex’s Pipe to Serve Woodford Shale Producers by 3Q2008

Woodford Shale natural gas producers will soon have easier access to markets as OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Enogex Inc. has completed construction on the first phase — 22 miles — of a new 30-mile pipeline that will connect the company’s Hughes, Coal and Pittsburgh county gathering system with the 30-inch diameter Enogex mainline to Bennington, OK, and the 24-inch Enogex mainline to Wilburton, OK.

February 6, 2008

Texas Railroad Commissioner Calls Offshore Bonding Rules Essential

Although it would be easier for oil and natural gas operators to look for new resources, the Texas Railroad Commission has no intention of reducing the financial assurance bonding requirements for offshore wells, a state commissioner said Tuesday.

June 22, 2005

Alaska Senate Committee Aborts Legislation to Force Producers’ Hand on Gas Pipe

The Alaska Senate Resources Committee has blocked legislation that would have made it easier for the state to force North Slope producers to build the long-proposed natural gas pipeline.

May 9, 2005