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A lawsuit that sought an extensive environmental review of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Delaware River Basin by the State of New York and a coalition of environmental groups has been dismissed by a federal judge. However, the ruling left open to question whether an environmental assessment of the basin may be required in the future.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn the “imminent and substantial endangerment order” that it issued against Range Resources Corp. in December 2010 for alleged methane contamination of water wells in North Texas.

Shale natural gas has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies and is having “profound” economic impacts on creating jobs and stimulating growth, as well as bolstering tax revenue and reducing consumer energy costs, according to a study by IHS Global Insight.

Pennsylvania policymakers should “watch the rigs” as they make decisions, Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) President Kathryn Klaber told a Pittsburgh audience Thursday.

The Marcellus Shale could hold as much as 500 Tcf of natural gas, according to some. That gas is conveniently close to markets in the Midwest and Northeast; however, the natural gas liquids (NGL) associated with some Marcellus production are far from what is considered to be their ideal home, namely the U.S. Gulf Coast. And that’s a problem, analysts have noted lately.

Burning more natural gas directly — for heating, cooking and clothes drying, for instance — would cut energy consumption and costs and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions nationwide, according to a report by the Gas Technology Institute

Burning more natural gas directly — for heating, cooking and clothes drying, for instance — would cut energy consumption and costs and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions nationwide, according to a report by the Gas Technology Institute

Since the accuracy of the weekly storage survey results in the first instance is most important to the smooth operation of the natural gas market, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) should include in its operating rules a provision allowing the agency to delay its regularly scheduled announcement if it suspects its data is incorrect, but hasn’t had time to identify the error, the American Public Gas Association (APGA) said in comments recently.

Since the accuracy of the weekly storage survey results in the first instance is most important to the smooth operation of the natural gas market, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) should include in its operating rules a provision allowing the agency to delay its regularly scheduled announcement if it suspects its data is incorrect, but hasn’t had time to identify the error.