An Encana Corp. official Tuesday delivered a blistering response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent draft report linking water contamination in Pavillion, WY, to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
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Delta Airlines Has Marcellus on Radar
Marcellus Shale development in northeast Pennsylvania is spurring Delta Airlines Inc. to add one daily flight and upgrade another to help accommodate more travelers to the region.
November 30, 2011
Driller: Old Rigs Can’t Hack the Shales
Contract driller Helmerich & Payne Inc. has been repositioning its rig fleet or the last 10 years, well in advance of the shale revolution that has swept the oil and gas patch. Back then it wasn’t known how well suited the firm’s FlexRigs would be to horizontal drilling in the shales. As it turns out, they work quite well, H&P CEO Hans Helmerich told financial analysts during a fiscal fourth quarter earnings conference call.
November 21, 2011
Panel: Expect Utica Development in 2013
“This is a 2013 development. It’s not a 2012 development. The next year is about evaluation. It’s about getting your head around the rock,” said Michael Bodino with Global Hunter Securities LLC.
November 18, 2011
Drought Forces Haynesville Operators to Look Elsewhere For Water
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has asked four companies operating in the Haynesville Shale to temporarily refrain from withdrawing water for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) from Bayou Pierre because of an ongoing severe drought.
November 14, 2011
Shale Gas Industry Said Facing ‘Period of Great Uncertainty’
The world shale gas industry has undergone big changes industrywide in just a year’s time and it still faces a “period of great uncertainty and policy challenges,” an energy expert said last week.
November 14, 2011
Shale Gas Industry Facing ‘Period of Great Uncertainty,’ Says Expert
The world shale gas industry has undergone big changes industrywide in just a year’s time and it still faces a “period of great uncertainty and policy challenges,” an energy expert said Tuesday.
November 10, 2011
New York Advisory Panel Puts Off Fracking Report Till 2012
Members of a key advisory panel in New York that would someday govern hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state say they won’t meet their Nov. 1 deadline because they need more time to gather critical information and budget requests from state agencies.
October 28, 2011
Encana’s Onshore Output Jumps 6%
Encana Corp. delivered strong operational performance in 3Q2011, with North American onshore gas and liquids output up 6% from the year-ago period, the company said Thursday.
October 21, 2011
Appalachian Output Strong; Some Capacity Constrained
CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Appalachian-based natural gas division produced a record 40.4 Bcf in 3Q2011, or nearly 13% more, than the 35.8 Bcf produced in the year-ago period, the company reported last week. Separately, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. also is seeing strong results in the Marcellus Shale but said gas sales have been constrained because of “volume limitations” in some midstream infrastructure.
October 17, 2011
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