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The Department of Energy (DOE) is carrying out two studies to determine what, if any, impact exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) would have on domestic gas prices, a department official told a Senate panel Tuesday.

In the wake of a Wyoming court’s recent decision rejecting the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) restrictions on categorical exclusions (CX), an agency official told Congress Friday that it plans to undertake a formal rulemaking of the waiver of environmental reviews for certain onshore oil and natural gas drilling projects. House lawmakers also said they planned to petition the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appeal the court ruling.

In the wake of a Wyoming court’s recent decision rejecting the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) restrictions on categorical exclusions (CX), an agency official told Congress Friday that it plans to undertake a formal rulemaking of the waiver of environmental reviews for certain onshore oil and natural gas drilling projects. House lawmakers also said they planned to petition the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appeal the court ruling (see Daily GPI, Aug. 16).

The official start of fall is still a couple of weeks away, but try proving that to a soft gas market. Prices dropped at nearly all points Tuesday as mild forecasts dominated the weather outlook and a 17.8-cent dive by futures on the previous Friday contributed further bearish pressure.

Oil shale production’s impact on water supplies is potentially large but difficult to quantify and pinpoint, according to an official with the General Accountability Office (GAO) who testified Wednesday before a House natural resources subcommittee.

Almost three months to the day after first enacting a ban on natural gas drilling, the City of Wellsburg, WV, voted 5-3 on Tuesday night to repeal the measure.

An official with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) said a recent media report that the commission was poised to rake in millions of dollars from a five-year deal to sell lake water for use in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) was exaggerated.

An official with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) said a recent media report that the commission was poised to rake in millions of dollars from a five-year deal to sell lake water for use in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) was exaggerated.

It’s going to be more costly to conduct hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale gas wells in the future due to increased regulation, said a former official with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).