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In the wake of oil and gas drilling becoming permissible on state-owned land throughout Ohio, industry supporters are forming the Ohio Shale Coalition (OSC) to tout the economic benefits of developing the Marcellus and Utica shales while also countering the claims of detractors.

In the wake of oil and gas drilling becoming permissible on state-owned land throughout Ohio, industry supporters are forming the Ohio Shale Coalition (OSC) to tout the economic benefits of developing the Marcellus and Utica shales while also countering the claims of detractors.

Plans are forming for a dramatic revival of Arctic offshore exploration in deep Canadian waters of the ice-infested, natural gas-prone Beaufort Sea with a new generation of jumbo polar-class drilling equipment, according to evidence filed with the National Energy Board (NEB).

Plans are forming for a dramatic revival of Arctic offshore exploration in deep Canadian waters of the ice-infested, natural gas-prone Beaufort Sea with a new generation of jumbo polar-class drilling equipment, according to evidence filed with the National Energy Board (NEB).

Plans are forming for a dramatic revival of Arctic offshore exploration in deep Canadian waters of the ice-infested, natural gas-prone Beaufort Sea with a new generation of jumbo polar-class drilling equipment, according to evidence filed with the National Energy Board (NEB).

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) and Copano Energy LLC said Friday they are forming a 50-50 joint venture (JV) to provide midstream natural gas services to producers operating in the emerging Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.

Forming what one pro-environmental group called a “green dream team,” President-elect Barack Obama has settled on Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, who runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, to be secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) in his administration, and has selected experienced regulators to oversee three other offices dealing with energy, environmental and climate-change issues, Washington sources said. No formal announcement, however, had been issued last week.

Approximately 14 major natural gas-producing countries are expected to meet in Moscow in June to discuss forming an OPEC-like cartel to control the price and supply of natural gas on the world market, the Qatari Energy Minister said in a published report.

Approximately 14 major natural gas-producing countries are expected to meet in Moscow in June to discuss forming an OPEC-like cartel to control the price and supply of natural gas on the world market, the Qatari Energy Minister said in a published report.