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The early days of the Utica Shale are proving to be far more competitive than the early days of its cousin, the Marcellus Shale, the head of a major midstream player told NGI last week.

The early days of the Utica Shale are proving to be far more competitive than the early days of its cousin, the Marcellus Shale, the head of a major midstream player told NGI’s Shale Daily.

The head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday that the agency has not made a final decision on whether to hike the onshore royalty rate to 18.75% from its existing 12.50%.

Officials with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday fired off a letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about its intention to regulate hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead wrote the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson, on Monday complaining that his state has yet to get a full response from EPA to questions it raised about the federal agency’s two test wells near Pavillion, WY.

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee put the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on the hot seat last week because of his ties to the former chairman of MF Global Holdings Ltd., which collapsed in late October and took with it an estimated $1.2 billion in customer funds.

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee put the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on the hot seat because of his ties to the former chairman of MF Global Holdings Ltd., which collapsed in late October and took with it an estimated $1.2 billion in customer funds.

“This is a 2013 development. It’s not a 2012 development. The next year is about evaluation. It’s about getting your head around the rock,” said Michael Bodino with Global Hunter Securities LLC.

While Congress is seeking to strip the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of some of its regulatory powers, the head of Exelon Corp.Wednesday expressed his support for the agency’s continued enforcement of the Clean Air Act (CAA), saying that it was more cost-effective for the energy industry and removed uncertainty.