Indications from a meeting on Monday of the Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission in Annapolis are that Maryland will continue to chart a cautious course for the exploitation of its unconventional energy resources, said commission member and Republican State Sen. George Edwards, who represents three counties in western Maryland.
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No Slowing Down for North Dakota Drilling Boom
With its oil and liquids-rich play, the Bakken Shale in North Dakota keeps attracting prospective drilling operations even as the formation’s overall rig count has declined slightly since January, according to the state’s latest monthly statistics at the end of August.
September 19, 2012
Coal Production Digging Deeper Hole, Moody’s Outlook Says
Coal production will keep falling next year in the midst of reduced demand in an energy landscape that keeps shifting, according to an industry outlook report from Moody’s Investors Service released Monday. Coal-fired power generation could fall to a third of the U.S. mix as natural gas prices stay below historical levels.
August 28, 2012
New Bakken Map: Just Follow the Dots!
For a second consecutive year, the vibrant history of North Dakota’s oil and natural gas drilling has been replicated in a large illustrated map indicating all 3,461 wells in the Bakken and Three Forks formation at the end of 2011. The map was jointly published by the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC) and Energy/Environmental Research Center.
July 10, 2012
California’s Monterey Shale A Potential Elephant, Analysts Say
Shale plays globally are a very good long-term asset and the continuing hype about the under-explored Monterey Shale in California is worthy of most of the superlatives, according to two analysts at Wood Mackenzie’s Houston office.
July 5, 2012
Talisman: Impact Fee Timing Stinks
Talisman Energy Inc. said Wednesday it will decrease its Marcellus Shale exploration activities and cut its capital spending budget for the play in half this year.
February 16, 2012
Pennsylvania Impact Fee Moves, But Slowly
A Pennsylvania Senate committee moved Marcellus Shale impact fee legislation forward on Wednesday, but observers suggest that the move is mainly procedural and say there is still much work to be done.
December 8, 2011
CFTC Delays Large Swaps Trader Reporting for Physical Commodities
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission keeps pledge of more temporary relief from Dodd-Frank rules.
September 19, 2011
Official: Eagle Ford Water Use ‘Developing’
Texas keeps getting hotter and drier, and aquifer water levels keep declining as homeowners, farmers and oil and gas drillers keep pumping water for their various uses. However, one water watcher told NGI he does not expect curtailments on water use for drilling/hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Eagle Ford Shale.
August 15, 2011
Eagle Ford Shale Water Use In ‘Developing Stage,’ Says Official
Texas keeps getting hotter and drier, and aquifer water levels keep declining as homeowners, farmers and oil and gas drillers keep pumping water for their various uses. However, one water watcher told NGI’s Shale Daily he does not expect curtailments on water use for drilling/hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Eagle Ford Shale.
August 11, 2011
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