Participation

With the legislature looking at adjournment May 8, a bill (HB 1269) that would restrict oil and natural gas representation and participation on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (OGCC) passed out of committee on a partisan 3-2 vote late Monday night, worrying industry backers.

With the legislature looking at adjournment May 8, a bill (HB 1269) that would restrict oil and natural gas representation and participation on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (OGCC) passed out of committee on a partisan 3-2 vote late Monday night, worrying industry backers.

ExxonMobil Corp. has offered US$3.14 billion in a cash and debt deal to buy Celtic Exploration Ltd., a Calgary producer with a rich array of unconventional acreage spread across the Montney and Duvernay shales, as well as leaseholds in other formations in Alberta (AB) and British Columbia (BC). The offer that was announced on Wednesday has a cash value of about $2.6 billion, excluding debt.

It’s all about engaging the right kind of public participation and Williams has been working on that, launching a series of open house meetings along the route of its proposed 121-mile Constitution Pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania into the heart of New York State near Albany.

Members of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) already have begun to implement a set of proposed rules by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) that, when finalized, will govern how gas wells should be constructed, the executive director told Shale Daily on Thursday.

The shale-driven natural gas supply glut in the Lower 48 states has prompted ConocoPhillips to reconsider its participation in the Denali Alaska gas pipeline project with BP plc, CEO Jim Mulva said in Houston.

The 66-month regulatory ordeal of Canada’s Arctic natural gas project includes epic efforts to drum up aboriginal participation in the process, according to a summary provided to the National Energy Board (NEB) by the federal justice department.

The 66-month regulatory ordeal of Canada’s Arctic natural gas project includes epic efforts to drum up aboriginal participation in the process, according to a summary provided to the National Energy Board (NEB) by the federal justice department.

The 66-month regulatory ordeal of Canada’s Arctic natural gas project includes epic efforts to drum up aboriginal participation in the process, according to a summary provided to the National Energy Board (NEB) by the federal justice department.