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Exploration and production companies were told to halt or reduce wastewater injection activity after a magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck northern Oklahoma on Friday. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) directed producers with disposal wells in the Arbuckle formation within three miles of the quake’s epicenter to stop operations and those with wells from three to 10…

Domestic crude oil inventories dropped substantially for a second straight week for the week ended Feb. 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday, as demand increased and production declined. Analysts said the surge in frigid weather that blasted the nation’s midsection this week and upended daily life in Texas – where energy infrastructure…

Natural gas production from seven key U.S. shale plays is set to fall by a combined 560 MMcf/d from February to March as output from most major producing regions is expected to slow over the next month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined natural gas output from the Anadarko, Appalachian and Permian…

From 2020 to 2050, industrial use will make up more than 75% of natural gas demand growth as prices remain low versus historical levels over the next 30 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). As economic growth figures to drive U.S. industrial output, the industrial sector is expected to grow annual natural…

Domestic petroleum demand jumped last week, eating into inventories of crude and refined products, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. U.S. commercial crude oil inventories for the week ended Feb. 5 — excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — decreased by 6.6 million bbl from the previous week, according to EIA’s Weekly…

The Lower 48’s ample supply of drilled but uncompleted wells, aka DUCs, is coming down at a quick pace and is expected to reach “normal” levels by year’s end, tightening the oil supply according to Raymond James & Associates Inc. In a note to clients, Raymond James analyst John Freeman made the case that the…

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) outstripped natural gas exports by pipeline in November, marking only the second time that has happened in more than 20 years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) said in a new report. LNG exports exceeded gas delivered via pipeline by nearly 1.2 Bcf/d in November, as demand from…

Natural gas traders appeared to have a bit of sellers’ remorse on Thursday, quickly sending futures prices higher after an initial dip ahead of the latest government storage report.  After slipping to a $2.734/MMBtu intraday low, the March Nymex futures contract settled Thursday at $2.935, up 14.6 cents on the day. April jumped 11.7 cents…

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an on-target 192 Bcf withdrawal from natural gas storage inventories for the week ending Jan. 29. However, the figure was enough to prompt a quick recovery in prices that had started to slip in the minutes leading up to the report. The March Nymex gas futures contract had been…