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Back in 2007 the United States was in store to get about 130 metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. However, North American shale gas plays have changed all that. But if hydraulic fracturing (fracking) well stimulation is outlawed or severely curtailed, it could be back to the future where LNG imports are concerned.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to know how Marcellus Shale operators handle their produced water in Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to know how Marcellus Shale operators handle their produced water in Pennsylvania.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with input from the departments of Interior and Energy, industry and the states, is expected “very shortly” to issue guidance to oil and natural gas producers on the use of diesel in hydraulic fracturing (fracking), said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Tuesday.

NuStar Logistics LP and TexStar Midstream Services LP plan to develop a pipeline to carry Eagle Ford Shale crude oil and condensate to Corpus Christi, TX, the partners said Tuesday. They are the latest to announce projects targeting crude oil production from the South Texas play, where development activity has been brisk.

Westlake Chemical Corp. said Tuesday it would grow its ethane-based ethylene capacity by expanding a plant in Louisiana and possibly converting a second plant in Kentucky to ethane feedstock, part of the company’s plans to capitalize on new sources of cheap ethane and other light feedstocks.

Port Arthur, TX, is slated to be the site of a new multi-user rail terminal to handle delivery of Bakken Shale crude oil to the Gulf Coast for distribution to pipeline or refining consumers in Texas.

Eagle Ford Gathering LLC, a joint venture (JV) of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Copano Energy LLC, has struck a long-term agreement to provide natural gas gathering, transportation, processing and fractionation services to Anadarko E&P Co. LP in the Eagle Ford Shale, the companies said.

Copano Energy LLC plans to increase capacity to handle natural gas liquids (NGL) associated with growing gas production from the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the midstream company said.