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Federal and state air quality agencies are considering how to best estimate and measure the level of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from oil and natural gas facilities, and field testing in some western states may begin within a year to consider whether additional regulations are needed, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official said.

Federal and state air quality agencies are considering how to best estimate and measure the level of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from oil and natural gas facilities, and field testing in some western states may begin within a year to consider whether additional regulations are needed, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official said.

Despite a general decline in investor enthusiasm, capital expenditures (capex) by exploration and production (E&P) companies should support organic growth in production volumes despite the near-term bearish natural gas prices, energy analysts said in a review of the sector.

High commodity prices, strong balance sheets and a lack of large-scale organic growth opportunities led to several huge consolidation deals within the U.S. energy sector in the past year, but comparatively fewer transactions were announced by its neighbor to the north. That could be about to change, UBS energy analysts said last week.

High commodity prices, strong balance sheets and a lack of large-scale organic growth opportunities led to several huge consolidation deals within the U.S. energy sector in the past year, but its neighbor to the north has been relatively quiet. That could be about to change, UBS energy analysts said in a new report.

The checkbook will always be a quick and handy tool for growing reserves, and big M&A deals will always garner headlines. But it’s organic growth through the drillbit that keeps the whole thing going. An example would be what Southwestern Energy has cooking in the Fayetteville Shale, an up and coming unconventional gas play the company pioneered.

With its restructuring “virtually done,” Dynegy Inc. will begin to focus on organic growth and “opportunistic expansion” around its primary power generation businesses in the Midwest and New York, CEO Bruce Williamson said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.

The quality of U.S. natural gas prospects continues to diminish, and organic decline rates continue to rise, which means that the U.S. gas supply picture “remains quite constrained,” according to Raymond James analysts.

The quality of U.S. natural gas prospects continues to diminish, and organic decline rates continue to rise, which means that the U.S. gas supply picture “remains quite constrained,” according to Raymond James analysts.