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CHS Inc., the nation’s largest farmer-owned cooperative, launched a proposal Wednesday to build a $1.1-1.4 billion nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant in North Dakota that would take advantage of natural gas feedstock to provide U.S. and Canadian farmers with enhanced supplies of crop nutrients.

In his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for a second term, President Obama Thursday said Democrats were offering the nation a “better path” on energy — one that will continue to focus on renewable energy, develop abundant natural gas supplies, give producers more access for domestic onshore oil and gas exploration, reduce foreign oil imports and cut carbon pollution.

The nation’s energy infrastructure remains vulnerable to ongoing cyber attacks and the government is powerless to do anything about it, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said in Washington, DC, Wednesday.

The nation’s energy infrastructure remains vulnerable to ongoing cyber attacks and the government is powerless to do anything about it, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said in Washington, DC, Wednesday.

The Democrats’ national energy platform is heavy on clean energy, but it leaves the door open for the safe and responsible development of the nation’s “cheap, abundant natural gas” reserves.

Reserve growth from 70 oil and natural gas accumulations in the United States — excluding both federal offshore areas and the nation’s burgeoning shale plays — has the potential to add 291 Tcf of natural gas, 32 billion bbl of oil and 10 billion bbl of natural gas liquids (NGLs) to domestic reserves, according to an estimate by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The unconventional oil and gas rig count sagged in the week ending Aug. 17, with numbers flat or declining in 10 of the nation’s 13 unconventional plays compared with the week before, but the liquids-rich Niobrara-Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin continues to soar, according to NGI’s Shale Daily Unconventional Rig Count.

Reserve growth from 70 oil and natural gas accumulations in the United States — excluding both Federal offshore areas and the nation’s burgeoning shale plays — has the potential to add 291 Tcf of natural gas, 32 billion bbl of oil and 10 billion bbl of natural gas liquids (NGLs) to domestic reserves, according to a new estimate by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Canada “is a nation built on energy, and energy is a key part of our economic and political reality,” so Canada should act to become a global “energy powerhouse,” said the non-profit Energy Policy Institute of Canada (EPIC), which on Thursday released a 151-page report laying out the conclusions of a two-year examination of the country’s energy issues and opportunities.