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Texas legislation that would require disclosure of the contents of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid, which was passed recently by the House, might stall in the Senate as the chair of that body’s Natural Resources Committee said he was unaware of the bill until recently and is concerned about “unintended consequences.”

With both tight gas sands and oil shale development emerging in the state, a California legislator has introduced a bill (AB 591) seeking to require public disclosure of any chemicals used in oil/gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Three of Japan’s largest utilities have joined a Mitsubishi Corp.-led consortium to partner in Penn West Exploration’s shale gas project in northeastern British Columbia (BC).

A centerpiece of California’s precedent-setting climate change law (AB 32) was dealt a blow by a San Francisco Superior Court March 17 ruling that could require a full-blown environmental impact report (EIR) before the proposed cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be implemented. It was set to be effective next year.

California legislators are considering a bill that would require all of the state’s intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines to be equipped with remotely controlled, automatic shutoff valves. Currently only some of the more than 10,000 miles of intrastate gas transmission pipelines have this capability.

California is looking at a new law that would require all of the state’s intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines to be equipped with remotely controlled, automatic shutoff valves. Currently only some of the more than 10,000 miles of intrastate gas transmission pipelines have this capability.

As promised, the Corbett administration is rolling back restrictions on leasing Pennsylvania parks and forests for natural gas development.

Philadelphia officials on Tuesday directed the city-owned natural gas utility not to buy Marcellus Shale gas until more is known about the safety of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).

Dallas-based EXCO Resources Inc. on Thursday credited drilling success in the Haynesville Shale for “a significant increase” in proved reserves. The company also said it is shopping for offers that would compete with a buyout proposal it received from its CEO late last year.