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Ohio officials say the percentage of wastewater originating from out-of-state natural gas wells has increased 10% and predicted that it will continue to climb in the coming years.

While reporting robust earnings growth quarter over quarter, San Diego-based Sempra Energy’s senior officials predicted Monday that the holding company’s two major California utilities will satisfy an ongoing state probe on pressure testing natural gas transmission pipelines without any adverse impact on earnings.

Even counting higher estimated emissions of methane (CH4) from shale gas production activities, natural gas-fired power generation still beats coal-fired power by a wide margin when it comes to overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a new study published by the gas-friendly American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF).

Independent oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens said last week he was heartened by President Obama’s remarks on energy security and predicted the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act) would pass Congress with strong bipartisan support and be signed into law by Obama by year-end.

Independent oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens said Wednesday he was heartened by President Obama’s remarks on energy security and predicted the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act) would pass Congress with strong bipartisan support and be signed into law by Obama by year-end.

Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), announced Wednesday that it has started producing its first shale gas from a test well in Mexico’s portion of the Eagle Ford Shale play.

With a current shift in its exploration and development (E&P) to oil and away from natural gas, El Paso Corp. CEO Doug Foshee predicted Wednesday that wholesale gas prices will stay low at least into, if not through, 2012, and his national pipeline operator should thrive nevertheless and be ready to take advantage of an uptick when the overall economy begins recovering.

It will take more than a single event to lift keep natural gas prices sustainably higher, energy analysts predicted last week.

As a producer had predicted, Monday’s rebound in the cash market was fleeting. Although some parts of the Midwest were about to see temperatures retreat again after a brief warm-up, the moderate nature of the general weather outlook combined with prior-day futures weakness to take nearly all of the cash market lower Tuesday.