Concerned groups like the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are raising new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions concerns related to the North American natural gas production boom, citing a new paper on methane leakage in Utah’s Uintah Basin released Monday by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of Colorado.
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New Duke Study Again Finds Water Well Methane Near PA Shale Wells
Concentrations of methane, ethane and propane were found in higher levels in drinking water for homes within a kilometer of shale gas wells in parts of the Marcellus Shale in northeast Pennsylvania, according to a study released Monday. It was the third such study by Duke University’s Robert Jackson, a professor of environmental sciences.
June 25, 2013
Wells Fargo: Cheap Gas, Deep Pockets Drive U.S. M&A
Majors and national oil companies (NOC) are about to go shopping again, and their most likely targets are companies such as Anadarko Petroleum Corp., EOG Resources Inc., Whiting Petroleum Corp., Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. and Forest Oil Corp., Wells Fargo Securities analysts said in a note last week.
October 15, 2012
Quicksilver: Longer Laterals, Larger Fracks Slated for Bone Spring
Fort Worth, TX-based Quicksilver Resources Inc. provided an operational update on its recently completed well in the Delaware Basin in West Texas and the completion of an eight-well pad in the Horn River Basin in British Columbia (BC).
August 29, 2012
Chesapeake Liabilities Deepen; Pickens Dumps Stock
Chesapeake Energy Corp. said in a regulatory filing Friday that it may have to delay some of the planned oil and natural gas asset sales this year, which could up be to $14 billion, because low natural gas prices may stretch its ability to comply with credit covenants.
May 14, 2012
Judge Refuses to Force Cabot to Continue Dimock Water Deliveries
A judge in Pennsylvania has denied a request by several Dimock Township families to force Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to continue delivering potable water to their homes.
December 2, 2011
Pennsylvania Says Cabot Can Stop Delivering Dimock Water by Nov. 30
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has granted Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. permission to discontinue potable water deliveries to several Dimock Township residents by Nov. 30.
October 20, 2011
TransCanada’s Final Rate Offer Would Raise Tolls 50%
Tolls on TransCanada Corp.’s Canadian natural gas mainline will stay at elevated levels set as an “interim” measures last winter if the National Energy Board (NEB) approves an application for final 2011 rates filed Friday morning.
May 2, 2011
TransCanada’s Final Rate Offer Would Raise Tolls 50%
Tolls on TransCanada Corp.’s Canadian natural gas mainline will stay at elevated levels set as an “interim” measures last winter if the National Energy Board (NEB) approves an application for final 2011 rates filed last Friday morning.
May 2, 2011
Sellers Seen Waiting in the Wings; April Weakens
April natural gas futures drifted lower Monday as traders continue to focus on a rangebound market and see no compelling reason for prices at current elevated levels. At the close April futures eased seven-tenths of a cent to $4.161 and May slid five-tenths of a cent to $4.241. April crude oil vaulted $1.26 to $102.33/bbl.
March 22, 2011
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