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Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Shell Appalachia are investigating a methane gas migration issue first discovered last week in Tioga County, PA.

Near-flat numbers continued to reign in most of the market Wednesday, but softening tendencies were becoming more noticeable. The absence of Atlantic tropical activity combined with a substantial cooldown in much of the Midwest to produce another mixed market in which spikes continued at many Northeast citygates but were counteracted to some extent by growing losses in the Midcontinent/Midwest and at some Gulf Coast locations.

The Texas natural gas and oil economy in January took a “noticeable turn” for the better, with its first month-to-month gain in 16 months, according to the Texas Petro Index (TPI).

The Texas natural gas and oil economy in January took a “noticeable turn” for the better, with its first month-to-month gain in 16 months, according to the Texas Petro Index (TPI).

The Texas natural gas and oil economy in January took a “noticeable turn” for the better, with its first month-to-month gain in 16 months, according to the Texas Petro Index (TPI).

Calling it “barely noticeable” to natural gas utility consumers, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) raised natural gas rates 0.7% for Spokane, WA-based Avista Utilities’ 92,355 Oregon customers, effective Tuesday. This is the first of two small gas rate hikes the PUC has authorized for Avista this year.

This year will see a “noticeable easing” in spot natural gas prices, leading to an annual average decline in the Henry Hub price of about 10%, but the respite is expected to be short-lived, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook for March.