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Producers, oil service companies, Native Americans and even some environmentalists agree on one point: that the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should scrap its proposed rule overseeing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on public and Indian lands and start all over again. But their reasons for requesting the do-over are entirely different.

Range Resources Corp. has gone on the offensive in its battle with a North Texas landowner and a controversial environmental consultant widely believed to have an anti-gas industry agenda. In its response to a lawsuit over alleged water well contamination, the company said it wants to be compensated for millions of dollars in damages caused by false allegations.

Watershed areas serving New York City and Syracuse will be excluded from a pending generic environmental review for high-volume horizontal drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale formation because of issues related to the protection of drinking water supplies, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said.

Watershed areas serving New York City and Syracuse will be excluded from a pending generic environmental review for high-volume horizontal drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale formation because of issues related to the protection of drinking water supplies, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said Friday.

Watershed areas serving New York City and Syracuse will be excluded from a pending generic environmental review for high-volume horizontal drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale formation because of issues related to the protection of drinking water supplies, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said Friday.

Devon Energy Corp., which last year began restructuring its operations to focus on North American onshore operations, Thursday agreed to sell all of its deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Brazil and Azerbaijan assets to London’s BP plc for $7 billion.

Devon Energy Corp., which last year began restructuring its operations to focus on North American onshore operations, Thursday agreed to sell all of its deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Brazil and Azerbaijan assets to London’s BP plc for $7 billion.

Spectra Energy third quarter profit was down sharply on discontinued operations, but when special items are excluded net income shows a nearly 32% gain from the year-ago period on strong results in the company’s gas pipeline and storage businesses.

Spectra Energy third quarter profit was down sharply on discontinued operations, but when special items are excluded net income shows a nearly 32% gain from the year-ago period on strong results in the company’s gas pipeline and storage businesses.