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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said development of the Marcellus Shale was “good for the entire state” but conceded that several challenges lay ahead, in part because natural gas prices remain less than $3/Mcf.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight Tuesday issued an advisory reminding market participants that any claimed bona fide hedge exemption from speculative position limits under the Dodd-Frank reform act would be subject to a special call in connection with the claimed exemption.

Even though its home country of France has nixed shale gas and oil exploration, Paris-based Total will continue to seek unconventional resources, a spokesman told NGI’s Shale Daily. Total sees gas as a major player on the world’s energy stage over the next 20 years.