Elected leaders in Garfield County in west-central Colorado on Monday agreed to have university researchers proceed with a study of the emissions from natural gas drilling operations in parts of the nearby Piceance Basin. County commissioners directed staff to develop a draft agreement with Colorado State University (CSU) researchers for consideration when the commission meets again in September.
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BC Natives Seeing LNG Green
Aboriginal leaders have served notice that the north Pacific coast of British Columbia is open for energy business with Asia, at least when the tanker cargoes are liquefied natural gas (LNG).
BC Natives Seeing LNG Green
Aboriginal leaders have served notice that the north Pacific coast of British Columbia is open for energy business with Asia, at least when the tanker cargoes are liquefied natural gas (LNG).
House Dems Hike Estimate of Diesel Fuel Used in Fracking
Due to adjustments made by oil and natural gas service companies, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday said 500,000 gallons more of diesel fuel and fluids were used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) between 2005 and 2009 than were previously reported.
Raucous New York Hearing Drills Down on Proposed Shale Rules
In a day-long hearing Thursday before New York legislators that was at times slowed by audience jeers and shouting, regulators and business leaders urged the state to support expanding natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale.
Utica Could Revive Ohio Manufacturing, Industry Says
If it lives up to its potential, the Utica Shale could revive the manufacturing sector in Ohio, industry leaders told an audience in Columbus last month.
Industry Says Utica Shale Reviving Ohio Manufacturing
As Ohio awaits results of preliminary Utica Shale wells, industry leaders told an audience in Columbus last week that the play, if successful, could revive the state’s manufacturing sector.
Natgas Chiefs, Industry Gather as Protesters Fume
Energy industry leaders, while directly challenging the opposition, called on the more than 1,600 people attending the Shale Gas Insight 2011 conference in Philadelphia Wednesday to help promote a national energy policy that significantly expands the role of natural gas.
Industry Execs Attack Natural Gas Opposition
Energy industry leaders, while directly challenging the opposition, called on the more than 1,600 people attending the Shale Gas Insight 2011 conference in Philadelphia Wednesday to help promote a national energy policy that significantly expands the role of natural gas.
Producers to Keep Tax Breaks — For Now
Oil and natural gas producers have dodged — at least temporarily — a bullet in the deficit-reduction package that President Obama and congressional leaders agreed to in time to avert a default on the government’s debt obligations.