Keeping

As oil and gas companies look to hire local workers in eastern Ohio’s booming Marcellus and Utica shales, local and company officials say they are keeping a cautious eye on the issue of drug abuse in the region.

It was brief and caused no injuries or damage, but the accident set off alarms among regulators, production companies and field contractors

President Obama, in his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday night, for the first time issued a strong call for development of domestic natural gas and oil as part of “an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy.”

The low price of natural gas may be keeping producers up at night, but it’s helping some Pennsylvania consumers sleep easier.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. is reporting “strong initial production” from its first Utica Shale wells.

Tuesday’s market was largely an extension of the one that started the week: quotes a bit softer at most locations but a few flat to slightly higher points keeping movement mixed overall. Even as restoration efforts get into high gear along the East Coast following Hurricane Irene’s damage, the overall weather outlook is too moderate to be supportive of gas prices.

The House should take a cue from the Senate’s much stricter pipeline safety reauthorization legislation, which calls for meticulous record-keeping, review and rulemakings with respect to expanding integrity management and potentially eliminating class locations for natural gas pipelines, an official with a a pipeline safety advocacy group said Thursday.

The House should take a cue from the Senate’s much stricter pipeline safety reauthorization legislation which calls for meticulous record-keeping, and review and rulemakings with respect to expanding integrity management and potentially eliminating class locations for natural gas pipelines, an official with a pipeline safety advocacy group said Thursday.

Summer doldrums appear to be settling into the cash market. Hot temperatures continued to pervade the national forecast Wednesday, keeping most points afloat with small gains. A short-lived heat spurt in the Northeast was already in retreat, resulting in some double-digit losses at regional citygates, and some Rockies/California points were slightly softer as well.