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In a unanimous vote, Arkansas regulators have agreed to give the public access to the ingredients of hydraulic fracturing (frack) fluid used to stimulate wells in their state, but they can’t have the recipe. The new rule will apply to wells permitted after Jan. 15.

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season might not be as active as the 2010 season, but it is likely to create an above-average number of named storms, and there will be a significantly above-average chance of a major hurricane (Category Three or greater) entering the Caribbean or making landfall in the United States, forecasters at WSI Corp. said Wednesday.

It would seem that a day with forecast lows in single digits and the teens in many parts of Western Canada and the northern half of the U.S., accompanied by mercury levels due to bottom out around freezing in northerly reaches of the South, should be sufficient to cause rising spot gas prices. But it wasn’t so Wednesday.

It might seem that the Eagle Ford and Marcellus shales are being developed at breakneck speed, but it’s important to remember that these are the early days in two resource plays that will be natural gas breadbaskets for the nation in the decades to come.

Natural gas exploration and production began in urban areas of the Barnett Shale in North Texas nearly a decade ago, and early municipal regulation of the activity was less onerous than it is today, an industry lawyer told a Texas House committee Thursday.

It might seem that the Eagle Ford and Marcellus shales are being developed at breakneck speed, but it’s important to remember that these are the early days in two resource plays that will be natural gas breadbaskets for the nation in the decades to come.

Natural gas price bulls who were hanging their hats on winter cold to turn prices around might want to invest in a hat rack instead as MDA EarthSat Weather reported in a Nov. 1 update that much of the country will be warmer than first expected for the months of December through February. The outlook for March, however, did trend slightly cooler overall.

Natural gas price bulls who were hanging their hats on winter cold to turn prices around might want to invest in a hat rack instead as MDA EarthSat Weather reported in a Nov. 1 update that much of the country will be warmer than first expected for the months of December through February. The outlook for March, however, did trend slightly cooler overall.

Louisiana parishes want a bigger share of the Haynesville Shale revenue pie, and they might get it if the state’s voters approve a measure on the statewide Nov. 2 ballot.