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The New York State Assembly’s passage of a bill calling for a two-year moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in the state could divide the fragile bipartisan coalition that controls the Senate.

Maintaining that Colorado’s water supply is too fragile to put at risk, a diverse coalition of more than 100 of the state’s business, conservation and sporting groups sent a letter of support Wednesday for a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to reduce the amount of land available for oil shale research and development.

A recent settlement of a case involving one of the first shale gas wells in the Delaware River Basin will change the way future Marcellus Shale wells are permitted in that region.

With gas storage caverns bursting, strong production despite drilling cutbacks, and mild weather expected, “a fragile economic recovery” is the only positive for gas prices this winter, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said last Wednesday.

With gas storage caverns bursting, strong production despite drilling cutbacks, and mild weather expected, “a fragile economic recovery” is the only positive for gas prices this winter, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said Wednesday.

The energy industry has done all it can to prepare for possible hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, but a “fragile people situation” remains, Chevron Corp. CEO Dave O’Reilly said Wednesday.

The energy industry has done all it can to prepare for possible hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, but a “fragile people situation” remains, Chevron Corp. CEO Dave O’Reilly said Wednesday.