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The Marcellus Shale is a lot to handle with its huge gas bounty, projected economic expansion, and attendant development issues, which can pit the energy industry, landowners, residents, politicians and others against one another. To smooth the path to Marcellus development in Pennsylvania, Penn State has formed the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR).

The Marcellus Shale is a lot to handle with its huge gas bounty, projected economic expansion, and attendant development issues, which can pit the energy industry, landowners, residents, politicians and others against one another. To smooth the path to Marcellus development in Pennsylvania, Penn State has formed the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR).

Natural gas futures support at $4 held up once again on Wednesday, but traders said a $3 handle was likely still in the cards, maybe as early as Thursday morning due to the widely held expectation that the industry will see its first storage injection two weeks earlier than normal.

Natural gas futures support at $4 held up once again on Wednesday, but traders said a $3 handle was likely still in the cards, maybe as early as Thursday morning due to the widely held expectation that the industry will see its first storage injection two weeks earlier than normal.

An adventure north of $4 appeared to be a bridge too far — at least on Friday — as the October contract grabbed the $4 handle two separate times during the day before closing at $3.985, up three pennies from Thursday’s close and up 20.7 cents from the previous week’s finish.

A leading western business group has expressed “grave concerns” about the way the House Democratic leadership may handle the debate on the $10-12 billion omnibus lands package, which would take millions of acres of public lands off the table for potential oil and natural gas development.

A leading western business group has expressed “grave concerns” with the way the House Democratic leadership may handle the debate on the $10-12 billion omnibus lands package, which would take millions of acres of public lands off the table for potential oil and natural gas development.

El Paso Corp. Wednesday sold $500 million of seven-year senior notes, a move designed to enhance the company’s ability to handle $1 billion of debt maturities that expire in May.

Pipeline capacity out of the Southeast/Gulf Coast region is expected by Bentek Energy LLC to fill in less than two years, with outbound capacity utilization to hit 100% by winter 2009-2010. Look for aggravated gas-on-gas competition between the region and Rockies producers, the research and analysis firm warns in a new report.