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The Crestwood and Inergy companies are merging to create a $7 billion midstream business that will serve numerous big-name North American unconventional plays with existing assets and additional infrastructure to be developed or acquired, they said last week.

The Crestwood and Inergy companies are merging to create a $7 billion midstream business that will serve numerous big-name North American unconventional plays with existing assets and additional infrastructure to be developed or acquired, they said Monday.

On Friday the Kulluk Tow Incident Unified Command was planning “numerous air operations and overflights” of the Kulluk oil rig, which has been grounded off Sitkalidak Island in Alaska since Dec. 31.

Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner David Porter said Wednesday the state must work to mitigate the impact of numerous gas flares across the state as Texas develops its oil and gas reserves from shale plays.

Production of oil, natural gas and condensate from the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas increased dramatically from 2010 to 2011, according to a new study of the play and its impact on the region. And there’s more to come, thanks in large part to the attractive economics offered by the Eagle Ford’s oil and liquids-rich gas.

The war of words over hydraulic fracturing (fracking) took an unusual turn recently when Brecksville, OH-based Duck Creek Energy Inc. filed a lawsuit against two anti-fracking activists, claiming that they have “spread false and defamatory information” about the company and one of its products.

The physical market was mostly quiet Friday and posted gains of about 2 cents, but that’s only if no one counted the meteoric gains caused by weather at numerous points from the Mid-Atlantic to New England. Futures were tame by comparison and the March contract was only able to carve out a 7-cent range. At the close March was unchanged from Thursday at $2.477, which is only 2.2 cents lower than the contract’s close the previous week.

Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which an adequate amount of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).

Despite numerous proposed power generation projects, California faces a seven-year window (2017-2024) in which adequate amounts of natural gas-fired power is uncertain without costly upgrades to an aging fleet of coastal facilities, according to a long-term strategic plan by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).