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Sen. Lisa Murkowski has signaled that she doesn’t plan to give up even after losing Alaska’s Republican primary last month. The incumbent senator’s two options for reelection are running on the Libertarian Party ticket, which “is looking less likely,” or launching a write-in candidacy, a spokeswoman for Murkowski said in Alaska Wednesday.

New regulations to be implemented in Wyoming by mid-month will give the public more access information about the chemicals used in drilling operations by the natural gas and oil industry. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) does not plan to compile and present the information to the public, but the information would be available on the website, officials said. Under the new regulations, operators would have to disclose information that would be listed on a well-by-well basis. The disclosures would allow the public to know “exactly” what an operator has pumped into a well if it is hydraulically fractured and would know what the discharges are composed of once well stimulations are completed, said Commission Supervisor Tom Doll.

With the Marcellus Shale as its guide, exploration and production (E&P) companies are pressing Quebec officials to give them some running room to develop the Utica Shale, a deep gassy play that extends across the St. Lawrence Lowlands and into the Lower 48 states.

With the Marcellus Shale as its guide, exploration and production (E&P) companies are pressing Quebec officials to give them some running room to develop the Utica Shale, a deep gassy play that extends across the St. Lawrence Lowlands and into the Lower 48 states.

Wyoming is set to implement new regulations in mid-September that would give the public more access information about the chemicals used in drilling operations by the natural gas and oil industry.

While the House Friday passed the biggest overhaul ever for the offshore oil and natural gas drilling, the odds are slim that the Senate will give a repeated performance this week before lawmakers depart for their month-long recess.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) has submitted a proposed settlement that would give shippers an 8% reduction in firm transportation rates in exchange for resolving Section 5 allegations of over-recovery of cost of service. And in a related Section 5 proceeding, an administrative law judge (ALJ) last Thursday certified to FERC an uncontested settlement that would provide customers on Great Lakes Gas Transmission LP pipeline an immediate rate reduction.

El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPP) on Thursday said it would pay $394 million to acquire another 16% interest in Southern Natural Gas Co. (SNG) from El Paso Corp., which would give it a 41% stake in the pipeline.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) has submitted a proposed settlement that would give shippers an 8% reduction in firm transportation rates in exchange for resolving Section 5 allegations of over-recovery of cost of service.