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Residents of Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, PA, whose drinking water supplies were contaminated by natural gas, are to receive a share of $4.1 million that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. agreed to pay under a settlement negotiated with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Building and operating upstream natural gas and oil facilities regained upward momentum in the past six months after falling in 2009, according to cost indexes developed by IHS.

Building and operating upstream natural gas and oil facilities regained upward momentum in the past six months after falling in 2009, according to cost indexes developed by IHS.

Big spending by Big Oil in the U.S. shale plays is leading to a big-time recovery in global upstream capital spending, according to energy consultant Wood Mackenzie.

Baker Hughes Inc.’s management team reported Monday that the purchase of pressure pumping specialist BJ Services Inc. already is paying off, helping to boost quarterly profits both year/year and sequentially, with most of the uptick coming from work in North America’s unconventional basins.

Although state and utility officials are contending that past scientific studies support their use, advanced or smart electricity and natural gas meters have drawn a number of protests from consumers in Northern California who allege there are public health risks from advanced metering devices that use radio frequencies to communicate with a network.

Canadian producers are keeping access to their most hazardous natural gas source, but the path to the drilling target is becoming a tight squeeze past popular resistance and regulatory supervision.

Canadian producers are keeping access to their most hazardous natural gas source, but the path to the drilling target is becoming a tight squeeze past popular resistance and regulatory supervision.

The U.S. natural gas industry collectively is holding its breath to see whether the grim Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil spill disaster impacts onshore drilling one way or the other, but in the near term, a positive influence is unlikely, an energy executive said last week.