Proponents

Ohio’s laws addressing old leases and conservation issues could pose some unique challenges to proponents of energy development in the state’s portions of the Marcellus and Utica shales, two attorneys with the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP said during a presentation Wednesday.

Ohio’s laws addressing old leases and conservation issues could pose some unique challenges to proponents of energy development in the state’s portions of the Marcellus and Utica shales, two attorneys with the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP said last week.

Producing natural gas in North America today isn’t a particularly lucrative venture, but for proponents of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), particularly from Western Canada, the times couldn’t be better.

Producing natural gas in North America today isn’t a particularly lucrative venture, but for proponents of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), particularly from Western Canada, the times couldn’t be better.

The current debate over the impact of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) on water supplies got stirred up last Wednesday by decades-old documents touted by proponents and critics of the process.

The current debate over the impact of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) on water supplies got stirred up Wednesday by decades-old documents touted by both proponents and critics of the process.

Proponents of the Fall River, MA, liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, who fought for years to build Weaver’s Cove LNG, withdrew their application last week with barely a whimper.

Proponents of the Fall River, MA, liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, who have fought for years to build Weaver’s Cove LNG, withdrew their application on Monday with barely a whimper.

A House subcommittee last Tuesday voted to favorably report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee draft legislation that proponents say would ease the permitting process for energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).