Roadblocks

One day after HB 401 — also known as the Natural Gas Horizontal Wells Control Act –garnered overwhelming support in both houses of the West Virginia legislature (see Shale Daily, Dec. 15), advocates for the shale gas industry, surface owners’ rights and the environment told NGI’s Shale Daily on Thursday that the bill isn’t all they had hoped for.

Two high-ranking state oil/gas drilling officials were fired by California’s Gov. Jerry Brown for putting too many roadblocks in the state’s permitting process, it was reported Monday. The move brought immediate praise from the exploration/production (E&P) industry, which has increasingly been critical of what its leaders viewed as an overly arduous process for obtaining permits to drill new wells.

Two high-ranking state oil/gas drilling officials were fired by California’s Gov. Jerry Brown for putting too many roadblocks in the state’s permitting process, it was reported Monday. The move brought immediate praise from the exploration/production (E&P) industry, which has increasingly been critical of what its leaders viewed as an overly arduous process for obtaining permits to drill new wells.

Increasing demands and roadblocks by aboriginal groups in Canada are contributing to fears the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Project may suffer the same fate of a similar Mackenzie project nearly 25 years ago, which was abandoned in the face of aboriginal rights claims.

Increasing demands and roadblocks by aboriginal groups in Canada are contributing to fears the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Project may suffer the same fate of a similar Mackenzie project nearly 25 years ago, which was abandoned in the face of aboriginal rights claims.

The proposed Sempra Energy-Shell joint venture North Baja, Mexico, liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has the best chance among current ones proposed in Mexico to actually come to fruition, but even it still faces some major questions, according to a U. S.-based expert monitoring energy developments in Mexico.

The proposed Sempra Energy-Shell joint venture North Baja, Mexico, liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has the best chance among current ones proposed in Mexico to actually come to fruition, but even it still faces some major questions, according to a U. S.-based expert monitoring energy developments in Mexico.

The drumbeat has begun in the campaign to demolish roadblocks on the way to developing more domestic natural gas supplies. The American Chemistry Council (ACC), representing America’s largest industrial users of natural gas, Tuesday were joined by members of Congress and key allied trade associations in a press conference calling for comprehensive energy legislation that addresses the long-term structural problems facing energy markets.

In a second lawsuit filed last week to prevent future legal roadblocks, Royal Dutch Shell Group asked a federal court to declare that its tender offer to take over Denver-based Barrett Resources Corp. complied with the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that Barrett may not file a lawsuit on any merger-related issues except in the Delaware courts, where Barrett is incorporated.