Halt

A coalition of 69 environmental groups has urged President Obama to “employ any legal means” to halt hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and suggested a federal moratorium until further environmental studies of the practice are completed.

A coalition of 69 environmental groups has urged President Obama to “employ any legal means” to halt hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and suggested a federal moratorium until further environmental studies of the practice are completed.

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Operating Inc. and Little Rock, AR-based Clarita Operating LLC agreed Friday to halt drilling waste injection activities at two disposal wells while a potential link between injection activities and earthquakes in the Fayetteville Shale region is examined.

Reflecting conditions of depressed demand and surplus supplies in the Pacific Northwest, Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Co. has decided to halt plans for a 172-mile extension of 36- and 30-inch diameter pipelines that was set to provide another 500 MMcf/d of capacity into the region’s Interstate 5 corridor.

Reflecting conditions of depressed demand and surplus supplies in the Pacific Northwest, Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Co. has decided to halt plans for a 172-mile extension of 36- and 30-inch diameter pipelines that was set to provide another 500 MMcf/d of capacity into the region’s Interstate 5 corridor.

The three-day decline in natural gas futures was brought to a halt on Wednesday as traders took stock of the market’s current position while focusing on Thursday’s fresh storage inventory data and the real possibility that the Gulf of Mexico could be staring at Hurricane Alex early next week.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) has ordered AB Resources to halt all of its operations in the state until the cause of an explosion this week at an AB Resources-owned and operated well near Moundsville, WV, can be determined.

Mild weather in Canada and the northern United States fails to halt the continuation of cash advance.

A “supportive” 75 Bcf natural gas storage build teamed with a small uptick in crude futures values to halt the August natural gas futures down-day streak at seven as the contract picked up 5.5 cents Thursday to close at $3.408.