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Dave Neslin, who has headed the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) for five years and who helped to shape and then implement more stringent statewide natural gas and oil regulations, said he is resigning effective March 1 to join Denver law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. Neslin, who joined the COGCC on an interim basis in late 2007, was instrumental in implementing the controversial regulations that increased scrutiny of gas and oil production in the state in 2009. Neslin was appointed to his current position in April 2009. Prior to joining the commission Neslin, an attorney, had been a partner in Denver law firm Arnold & Porter. No replacement has been named by the commission.

Joint ventures (JV) in its domestic natural gas division helped Consol Energy Inc. to achieve record fourth quarter profits, but it said Thursday sustained low gas prices will require scaling back spending and drilling plans in 2012.

Two transactions completed late in 2011 have helped Chesapeake Energy Corp. achieve “substantial progress” toward a goal of reducing debt by 25% by the end of this year, the company said last week.

Two transactions completed late in 2011 have helped Chesapeake Energy Corp. achieve “substantial progress” toward a goal of reducing debt by 25% by the end of this year, the company said Tuesday.

Drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale helped push production in the Lower 48 states to a 1.4% (0.96 Bcf/d) increase in October compared with the previous month, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Asia and the United States helped boost global consumption of natural gas by 7.4% in 2010 to a record 111.9 Tcf, effectively rebounding from a 2009 slump, according to the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research firm based in Washington, DC.

Asia and the United States helped boost global consumption of natural gas by 7.4% in 2010 to a record 111.9 Tcf, effectively rebounding from a 2009 slump, according to the Worldwatch Institute, a global environmental research firm based in Washington, DC.

The shale gas revolution has improved global energy security and has helped a “mature industry be reborn through technology,” ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva said last week in Qatar.

The shale gas revolution has improved global energy security and has helped a “mature industry be reborn through technology,” ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva said this week in Qatar.