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A coalition of conservation groups led by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has inked a settlement agreement with the Interior Department and the oil and natural gas industry that would restrict seismic testing in certain parts of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the next two and a half years to protect whales and dolphins from high-intensity airguns that are are used to find oil and gas deep underneath the ocean floor.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy last week inked an agreement at the LNG 17 conference in Houston to work together — and with potential investors — to dig down and study unconventional energy resources in Alaska’s Arctic.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy on Tuesday inked an agreement at the LNG 17 conference in Houston to work together — and with potential investors — to dig down and study unconventional energy resources in Alaska’s Arctic.

Kinder Morgan’s El Paso Natural Gas last Wednesday inked a 25-year transportation agreement related to plans to expand gas service to northern Mexico. The company is not divulging who the party or parties are on the other end of the agreement, a Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) spokesperson told NGI. El Paso is owned 50-50 by KMI and its affiliate, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP).

Kinder Morgan’s El Paso Natural Gas on Wednesday inked a 25-year transportation agreement related to plans to expand gas service to northern Mexico. The company is not divulging who the party or parties are on the other end of the agreement, a Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) spokesperson told NGI.

Strategic cooperation agreements inked with ExxonMobil Corp. on Monday will give Russian state-owned OAO Rosneft its first investments in North American oil and gas fields.

A unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc has inked a milestone agreement with Chinese officials to use its technical know-how to develop shale gas in a first-ever production sharing contract (PSC).

One day after unveiling a lucrative exploration joint venture (JV) in British Columbia, Nexen Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has inked another partnership agreement for Gulf of Mexico (GOM) leases.

A subsidiary of Seal Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. recently inked a deal with a New Jersey-based alternative fuel vehicle manufacturer, Clean Vehicle Solutions LLC, to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) systems for the small vehicle makers’ products.