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An uptick in Marcellus Shale development last year didn’t keep an independent auditor from certifying Pennsylvania’s state forests as sustainably managed.

The industry has just “scratched the surface” of the unconventional gas potential of Appalachia, according to the head of one of the first companies to operate in the play, but producers need to partner if they hope to realize its full potential.

Dominion said Wednesday it has optioned land in Natrium, WV, to constructa natural gas processing and fractionation facility that would support wet natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale.

Wyoming’s oil and natural gas industry, which employs about one in five of the state’s total workforce, last year contributed an estimated 32% of the state’s total economic output, or $18.6 billion, 25% of total earnings and 43% of gross state product, according to a study by consultant Booz Allen Hamilton.

Continuing to follow Nicor Gas and a subsidiary’s actions very closely, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) said late last week that Nicor Solutions is using “deceptive marketing” to pitch a pilot program that charges consumers $107 a year to protect against high natural gas prices — a plan the board contends never would have saved Nicor’s customers any money in the history of the gas market.

Continuing to follow Nicor Gas and a subsidiary’s actions very closely, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) said Thursday that Nicor Solutions is using “deceptive marketing” to pitch a pilot program that charges consumers $107 a year to protect against high natural gas prices — a plan the board contends never would have saved Nicor’s customers any money in the history of the gas market.