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Despite the big players and big money pouring into the Utica and Point Pleasant Shales of Ohio over the past 90 days, don’t expect the play to boom next year, a diverse panel told attendees at Hart Energy’s 2011 DUG (Developing Unconventional Gas) East conference in Pittsburgh last Thursday.

Marcellus Shale natural gas pipeline takeaway capacity will jump to 8.5 Bcf/d by 2013, more than double its current level, according to Bentek Energy LLC.

Spectra Energy alone has put into service more than $5 billion worth of natural gas infrastructure projects over the past four years, said company President Greg Ebel last Wednesday. When the projects involving its midstream joint venture with ConocoPhillips are added, it comes closer to $8 billion.

Spectra Energy alone has put into service more than $5 billion worth of natural gas infrastructure projects over the past four years, said company President Greg Ebel Wednesday. When the projects involving its midstream joint venture with ConocoPhillips are added, it comes closer to $8 billion.

Sustained low natural gas prices and higher productivity may trigger a wave of industry consolidation similar to the mega mergers in the past decade, oil and gas experts told an audience last week at the IHS Herold 20th Annual Pacesetters Energy Conference in Stamford, CT.

Sustained low natural gas prices and higher productivity may trigger a wave of industry consolidation similar to the mega mergers in the past decade, oil and gas experts told an audience at the recent IHS Herold 20th Annual Pacesetters Energy Conference in Stamford, CT.

Drilling activity during the past month was “resilient” despite lower natural gas spot and futures prices, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook for September.

Drilling activity during the past month was “resilient” despite lower natural gas spot and futures prices, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook for September.

FERC has “preliminarily determined” that Atmos Energy Corp. and two affiliates committed capacity release violations within the past decade.