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As drilling increases in the Marcellus and Utica shales, researchers from the Battelle Memorial Institute are studying the geology and operations of wastewater injection wells in four states, with the hope that the data collected will ensure that future wells are drilled in safe locations.

Total natural gas used for power generation in the United States was down 14% between January and July 2013 compared with the same seven-month period in 2012, due primarily to higher gas prices relative to coal prices this year, according to a report issued last week by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The natural gas vehicle (NGV) business across North America continues to evolve, with Westport Innovations now deciding when to end production of its venerable 15-liter liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck engine that has been a centerpiece of its long involvement the alternative transportation sector.

Royal Dutch Shell plc has chosen Ascension Parish in Louisiana as the location for a potential multibillion-dollar natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, adding another gas-driven economic development win for the Pelican State.

As volume targets grow, liquefied natural gas (LNG) developers are urging Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) to resist trying to reserve stockpiles for Canadians by shooting down export projects.

Checking a map is the first step to knowing where one is going, but when it comes to forecasting shale gas supply and demand, the map can throw some international gas end-users off course, an energy economist said.

A lot of under-used natural gas pipeline capacity from supply sources on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border is a key competitive advantage in Oregon for two proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects, according to backers of the Jordan Cove and Oregon LNG projects.

Five years ago National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. put in place a long-term strategy to deliver Pennsylvania and New York natural gas utility customers with natural gas from long-haul pipelines moving from the Gulf Coast. The Marcellus Shale since has sent that strategy out the window.

Assuming the U.S. natural gas business continues its robust growth, Mexico is likely to shift from being a natural gas importer to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, Sempra Energy International CEO George Liparidis told participants last week at the Wolfe Research Power and Gas Leaders Conference in New York City.