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An attorney representing Anschutz Exploration Corp. (AEC) has filed suit against the Town of Dryden, NY, arguing that the town of overstepped its authority when it enacted an ordinance and a zoning requirement this summer banning all oil and gas development activities.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday issued a conditional veto of legislation that would have permanently prohibited wells in the state from being hydraulically fractured (fracked). However, the Republican governor issued a one-year moratorium on the well stimulation technique and recommended that state lawmakers take up the bill again and revise it.

Demand for oilfield services in North America’s onshore — especially hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) — is growing faster than companies can add equipment, Halliburton CEO Dave Lesar said Monday.

In a move that may work in the favor of natural gas interests, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized Clean Air Act protections “that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions,” EPA said Thursday.

In a move that may work in the favor of natural gas interests, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized Clean Air Act protections “that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions,” EPA said Thursday.

Chevron Corp., which had eschewed domestic shale plays in favor of the deepwater, on Tuesday reversed course, agreeing to pay a total of $4.3 billion to acquire Atlas Energy Inc.’s million-acre-plus U.S. shale leasehold.

A hearing last Tuesday in a federal district court in Mexico ruled in Sempra Energy’s favor but did not end a bitter legal dispute over Sempra’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility along the North Baja California Pacific Coast and a would-be landowner seeking 250 acres adjacent to the site.

A regulation proposed last week by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may work in the favor of natural gas interests because it will require power plants to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) to meet state-by-state emission reductions in 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia.

A hearing Tuesday in a federal district court in Mexico ruled in Sempra Energy’s favor but did not end a bitter legal dispute over Sempra’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility along the North Baja California Pacific Coast and a would-be landowner seeking 250 acres adjacent to the site.