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Decidedly low-tech compared to the real-time electric grid system, natural gas nevertheless is due for a smartness upgrade in its usually mechanically based infrastructure. From increased uses as a transportation fuel to higher-tech approaches to exploration and production (E&P) in the oil/gas patch, the latest natural gas technological push has been boosted by the burgeoning shale gas sector.

Denver-based Inflection Energy has leased 3,000 additional acres in Broome County, NY, in the midst of the Marcellus Shale, bringing the total under its control in the state to approximately 15,000 acres. The county is located on the border with Pennsylvania, where the privately held exploration and production company holds more than 6,000 acres.

With higher natural gas liquids (NGL) prices relative to natural gas, a continued surge in output from the gas shale plays and cryogenic gas processing technologies, new infrastructure continues to be in high demand for the U.S. liquids market, according to a report by Bentek Energy LLC.

Conventional wisdom says the bursting of the real estate bubble triggered the nation’s latest recession. But a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) puts the blame on energy — or rather the fact that citizens were forced to pay a greater percentage of their incomes for energy.

Conventional wisdom says the bursting of the real estate bubble triggered the nation’s latest recession. But a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) puts the blame on energy — or rather the fact that citizens were forced to pay a greater percentage of their incomes for energy.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Tuesday said her legislation was “real reform” that would provide “100% transparency” of the unregulated $600 trillion over-the-counter (OTC) market.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Tuesday said her legislation was “real reform” that would provide “100% transparency” of the unregulated $600 trillion over-the-counter (OTC) market.

There were no real surprises for regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in the draft that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) unveiled Monday calling for a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system. That’s because the OTC derivatives language of the banking measure is still being hammered out.

There were no real surprises for regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in the draft that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) unveiled Monday calling for a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system. That’s because the OTC derivatives language of the banking measure is still being hammered out.