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Following the deadly pipeline explosion in Allentown, PA, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Friday called on the head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to beef up the oversight of the interstate gas pipelines that feed into Pennsylvania’s intrastate distribution infrastructure.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday called on U.S. policymakers to increase producer access to the offshore, block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act and to rein in the regulatory tsunami.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday called for U.S. policymakers to increase producer access to the offshore, block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act and to rein in the regulatory tsunami.

Despite recent complaints from one environmental group about methods used last year to dispose of some of its drilling wastewater, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.’s Marcellus Shale operations in Pennsylvania have been recycling 100% of flowback water for several months, a company spokesman told NGI’s Shale Daily Wednesday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency order against Range Resources Corp. that claims at least two drinking water wells in Parker County, TX, “have been significantly impacted by…methane contamination” from its oil and gas production facilities in the region.

It hasn’t taken long for the domestic natural gas market to be turned on its head, an Ultra Petroleum Corp. executive said last week.

It hasn’t taken long for the domestic natural gas market to be turned on its head, an Ultra Petroleum Corp. executive said recently.

The head of the federal agency overseeing offshore drilling indicated Tuesday that the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) could be lifted in advance of its Nov. 30 deadline, an agency spokesman said.

The head of the federal agency overseeing offshore drilling indicated Tuesday that the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) could be lifted in advance of its Nov. 30 deadline, an agency spokesman said.