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Shale gas is reviving the domestic chemical industry, has already sparked growth in exports, and going forward it will boost the U.S. economy through new jobs in supplier industries and other manufacturers benefiting from cheap, plentiful energy, according to the National Petroleum Council (NPC).

In an effort to ensure that air around Marcellus and Utica shale production sites is safe and to provide the shale industry “with the most efficient option to get operations up and running,” the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) said it is creating a new general permit.

Operators have the tools today to tap into unconventional natural gas and oil reservoirs at a more efficient and more productive pace but the technologic advances have only scratched the rock’s surface, a Schlumberger Ltd. executive said earlier this month.

Natural Gas producers may be able to upload their data on fluids used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in a day or two to www.hydraulicfracturingdisclosure.org, provided that they have created a login, said Mike Nickolaus, special projects director for the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC).

Among the reforms for the world’s ailing financial system, there should be an efficient system of sharing market surveillance information among U.S. agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Treasury, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox told a congressional committee recently.

Among the reforms for the world’s ailing financial system, there should be an efficient system of sharing market surveillance information among U.S. agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Treasury, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox told a congressional committee last week.

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers has two aspirations for the United States: to “substantially decarbonize” the energy supply in this century and to become the world’s most energy-efficient economy.

A new setback in the courts has sent Canadian natural gas producers a message that they still have far to go to find a formula for efficient northern expansion in aboriginal territory.

The Conservative government of Canada’s energy province is promising to inaugurate a new era of efficient regulation — by going back to the approach taken in its formative times. After 12 years of a forced marriage, Alberta’s natural gas, oil and power watchdogs will regain their former stature as two separate agencies responsible for supply development and protecting consumers.