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Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process also has the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said last week.

Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process is showing the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said Monday.

Coal producers took a powder in the power generation game during the first half of the year as low-priced natural gas swooped in and captured market share, but an economic recovery could turn the tables again, according to analysts.

Coal producers took a powder in the power generation game during the first half of the year as low-priced natural gas swooped in and captured market share, but an economic recovery could turn the tables again, according to analysts at Raymond James & Associates Inc.

The emergence of gas shale plays has been a game-changer for the industry and the outlook for gas supply. The scale of the shales is so great that it threatens the survival of the “individual wildcatter,” who with only a half-dozen employees drilling a few dozen wells a year will find it difficult to compete, Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey K. McClendon said last Thursday.

The emergence of gas shale plays has been a game-changer for the industry and the outlook for gas supply. The scale of the shales is so great that it threatens the survival of the “individual wildcatter,” who with only a half-dozen employees drilling a few dozen wells a year will find it difficult to compete, Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey K. McClendon said Thursday.

Predicting flows of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States this summer and beyond might make for a fun industry parlor game if so much wasn’t riding on what actually happens. Analysts at FBR Capital Markets on last Monday said there will be a further squeeze on domestic producers from LNG imports.

Predicting flows of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States this summer and beyond might make for a fun industry parlor game if so much wasn’t riding on what actually happens. Analysts at FBR Capital Markets on Monday said there will be a further squeeze on domestic producers from LNG imports.

Equitable Resources Inc. denied reports that it was pulling out of the Northeast Passage pipeline project, but rather said it merely has altered its game plan to get its Appalachian natural gas to market.