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The first oilsands project with longer term commercial possibilities in Utah has gotten approval to move forward from a citizen appeal board for the state Division of Oil, Gas and Mining (DOGM). It’s backers say it is the first commercial-scale oilsands project in the United States.

Cash prices sank Friday overall on average of about a quarter as traders who had gotten their deals done Thursday before the release of Energy Information Administration (EIA) storage data picked up where they left off. They sold early and sold often, and all points suffered declines.

If there were a national race among clean fuel vehicles Thursday, natural gas vehicles (NGV) would have gotten the checkered flag, shining at the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show and winning regulatory support in New York state.

If there were a national race among clean fuel vehicles Thursday, natural gas vehicles (NGV) would have gotten the checkered flag, shining at the opening of the Los Angeles Auto Show and winning regulatory support in New York state.

Equitrans LP, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp., Wednesday said it has gotten the go-ahead from FERC to begin construction on a new pipeline in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that will provide additional takeaway capacity for Marcellus Shale gas producers.

Equitrans LP, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp., Wednesday said it has gotten the go-ahead from FERC to begin construction on a new pipeline in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that will provide additional takeaway capacity for Marcellus Shale gas producers.

The beat-down that U.S. natural gas prices have gotten from shale production is “perhaps the best possible news for the U.S. economy,” energy author and lecturer Robert Bryce told a Houston audience recently. The Manhattan Institute fellow predicted that over the next century, natural gas will continue to take more of the energy stage from coal and oil.

The beat-down that U.S. natural gas prices have gotten from shale production is “perhaps the best possible news for the U.S. economy,” energy author and lecturer Robert Bryce told a Houston audience last week. The Manhattan Institute fellow predicted that over the next century, natural gas will continue to take more of the energy stage from coal and oil.

Natural gas has gotten a ringing endorsement from an unusual source. In a policy address at the American Enterprise Institute, John W. Rowe, chairman and CEO of Exelon, operator of the largest fleet of nuclear power plants, urged lawmakers to “do nothing” and let the markets dictate and the nation rely on “a clean, competitive and inexpensive windfall,” natural gas.