Calling newly proposed air emission standards to be imposed on the oil and gas industry an “overreach,” industry groups on Friday continued to lobby the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rethink its plans. In fact, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) warned that the standards could stifle natural gas production, which could promote the use of other less-clean energy sources.
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Natgas Yields Subsidy-Free Ethanol, Company Says
Making ethanol from newly abundant natural gas instead of corn would avoid taking food off the world’s table and could create another market for growing gas supplies coming from U.S. and other shale basins. Dallas-based Celanese Corp. last year announced a technology to do just that and is gearing up its efforts as Washington lawmakers move closer to repealing an ethanol subsidy supported by corn growers.
June 20, 2011
Ethanol Can Come from Natural Gas Without Subsidies
Making ethanol from newly abundant natural gas instead of corn would avoid taking food off the world’s table and would create another market for growing gas supplies coming from U.S. and other shale basins. Dallas-based Celanese Corp. last year announced a technology to do just that.
June 16, 2011
Shale Projects to Drive Alta Resources, Blackstone Joint Venture
Alta Energy Partners, a newly formed joint venture of privately held Alta Resources LLC and an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, launched plans Tuesday to invest up to $1 billion in unconventional natural gas and oil properties in North America.
April 13, 2011
Alta Resources, Blackstone Prowl for Shale Investments
An affiliate of The Blackstone Group and Alta Resources LLC, whose partners include industry icon George P. Mitchell, said Tuesday their newly formed Alta Energy Partners will invest up to $1 billion in unconventional natural gas and oil properties in North America.
April 13, 2011
West Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Mostly Vague on Marcellus Plans
With West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale industry still in its infancy and state regulators saying they need additional staff and funding to adapt to the burgeoning drilling business, more than a dozen candidates are seeking to be elected later this year to a 14-month term as governor of the Mountain State.
March 30, 2011
Communities Need Shale Education, DOE Official Says
Federal agencies and the natural gas industry should provide communities newly affected by shale drilling activity with the kind of research needed to better understand those affects, according to Christopher Smith, the Department of Energy’s deputy assistant secretary for oil and natural gas.
February 28, 2011
New Texas Group to Promote Gas, Renewables
More natural gas use for power generation and transportation in the Lone Star State is a plank in the platform of the newly formed Texas Clean Energy Coalition (TCEC), which is being led by former state Sen. Kip Averitt, TCEC chairman, with funding from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation.
February 3, 2011
Interior Seeks Nominations for Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
The Interior Department is accepting nominations from federal agencies, industry, academia, national and research organizations for representatives to serve on the newly established Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committee.
January 26, 2011
Local Board Reverses Course on Oregon LNG Pipeline
One of two problematic liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposals in Oregon took a step backward when a newly constituted local county elected board voted 4-1 to rescind approval for a pipeline that would connect Oregon LNG’s proposed terminal along the Columbia River at Warrenton, OR, with the metropolitan Portland area.
January 18, 2011
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