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Having helped lead the natural gas shale revolution, Chesapeake Energy Corp. is working to tie down the acreage it won during that battle; convince lawmakers and consumers of the bounty that was won; and build its position for the next energy resource revolution in natural gas liquids-rich and oil plays.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last Wednesday inked a secretarial order that will lead to splitting the beleaguered Minerals Management Service (MMS) into three separate entities — not into two as originally expected — to avoid future conflicts of interest between the agency and oil and natural gas producers (see NGI, May 17).

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday signed a secretarial order that will lead to splitting the beleaguered Minerals Management Service (MMS) into three separate entities — not into two as originally expected — to avoid future conflicts of interest between the agency and oil and natural gas producers (see Daily GPI, May 12).

Coming a week after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it is overhauling its 914 report methodology, which will likely lead to a downward revision of U.S. production figures (see Daily GPI, March 30), some energy consultants are warning that the government agency’s estimates of natural gas supply are likely off by more than 1 Tcf over the last two years. This under-accounting could leave the United States in a precarious situation once the economy recovers.

Coming a week after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it is overhauling its 914 report methodology, which will likely lead to a downward revision of U.S. production figures (see Daily GPI, March 30), some energy consultants are warning that the government agency’s estimates of natural gas supply are likely off by more than 1 Tcf over the last two years. This under-accounting could leave the United States in a precarious situation once the economy recovers.

Natural gas hydrates, which could potentially lead to huge energy resources, occur at high saturations within reservoir-quality sands in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), according to reports unveiled Tuesday by the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

Natural gas hydrates, which could potentially lead to huge energy resources, occur at high saturations within reservoir-quality sands in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), according to reports unveiled Tuesday by the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

A bipartisan pair of Alaska lawmakers recently traveled all the way to South Africa to learn about technologies that could lead to commercialization of the state’s vast natural gas resources. One idea is to use the state’s famous oil pipeline to carry natural gas liquids.

A bi-partisan pair of Alaska lawmakers recently traveled all the way to South Africa to learn about technologies that could lead to commercialization of the state’s vast natural gas resources.