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While the majority of U.S. primary energy production comes from fossil fuel resources, the bulk of the energy tax breaks have gone to support renewable fuels in the past two years, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

Petrohawk Energy Corp. has gone west in pursuit of oil and liquids-rich gas production from the Permian Basin, adding to its established holdings in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shales.

Petrohawk Energy Corp. has gone west in pursuit of oil and liquids-rich gas production from the Permian Basin, adding to its established holdings in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shales.

In a year’s time, production from shale plays has gone from 6% of Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc.’s North American gas production to 36%, the company said last week.

In a year’s time, production from shale plays has gone from 6% of Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc.’s North American gas production to 36%, the company said Tuesday.

New York state environmental regulators have not gone far enough in their investigation of the impacts of Marcellus Shale gas development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in commenting on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) prepared by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

New York state environmental regulators have not gone far enough in their investigation of the impacts of Marcellus Shale gas development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in commenting on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) prepared by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

In the months and years ahead if anyone in Texas asks where demand for gas among power generators has gone, the answer will be blowing in the wind.

The total U.S. land rig count for oil and gas bottomed at 901 working rigs on May 29, but 112 rigs have since gone back to work, driven almost “entirely” by private exploration and production (E&P) companies looking for oil, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities Inc. (TPH) reported last week. The onshore natural gas rig count didn’t bottom out until early July, and “gas price weakness” is likely to persist into November, said SunTrust Robinson Humphrey/the Gerdes Group (see related story).