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EQT Corp. plans to stay in the midstream business, but not on its own.

Although noting that industry never wants to be taxed, one of the largest players in the Marcellus Shale said it supports an impact fee in principle.

The need for higher standards in emerging shale plays could push some companies out of the business, a Talisman Energy Inc. executive told a Philadelphia audience Thursday.

Marcellus Shale development is not bringing much money into local governments, but also not taking much money out of local governments, according to a recent study of two prolific Pennsylvania counties.

While the debate over drilling on state land in Pennsylvania is focused on parks and forests, another state landowner is looking to collect revenue by selling public resources to the natural gas industry: the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC).

The petrochemical industry is growing more comfortable with the idea that favorable natural gas liquids (NGL) prices are going to stick around and players are positioning themselves to take advantage of that, Enterprise Products Partners LP Chief Commercial Officer Jim Teague told financial analysts last week.

The petrochemical industry is growing more comfortable with the idea that favorable natural gas liquids (NGL) prices are going to stick around and players are positioning themselves to take advantage of that, Enterprise Products Partners LP Chief Commercial Officer Jim Teague told financial analysts Monday.

There’s more than one way to rescue the U.S. balance of payments deficit and Oklahoma’s own Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, may have hit on it with his idea to export increasingly abundant North American natural gas, shipping it over the oceans in liquid form.

There’s more than one way to rescue the U.S. balance of payments deficit and Oklahoma’s own Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, may have hit on it with his idea to export increasingly abundant North American natural gas, shipping it over the oceans in liquid form.