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Producers that operate in Colorado apparently were on a mission to secure drilling permits under the state’s “old” natural gas and oil rules, with a record number of permit applications filed in March, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC). New rules to drill on state lands took effect last week; the federal lands drilling revisions are to take effect in May.

Producers that operate in Colorado apparently were on a mission to secure drilling permits under the state’s “old” natural gas and oil rules, with a record number of permit applications filed in March, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC). New rules to drill on state lands took effect Wednesday; the federal lands drilling revisions are to take effect in May.

El Paso Corp.’s push to secure approval for its proposed Ruby Pipeline, which would carry natural gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains to West Coast markets, appears to be coming at an opportune time environmentally, and in certain respects, politically.

El Paso Corp.’s push to secure approval for its proposed Ruby Pipeline, which would carry natural gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains to West Coast markets, appears to be coming at an opportune time environmentally, and in certain respects, politically.

National Fuel Marketing Co. LLC (NFM) and affiliates have vowed to fight in court FERC allegations that NFM used its affiliates in an unlawful scheme to secure a larger allocation of “scarce and valuable” interstate natural gas transportation capacity on Cheyenne Plains Natural Gas Co. pipeline than the Denver-based company could have acquired on its own.

Oil and natural gas producers operating in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are going “further out and further down” in their quest to secure new energy reserves, a journey fueled by technology, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) director said last week.

Oil and natural gas producers operating in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are going “further out and further down” in their quest to secure new energy reserves, a journey fueled by technology, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) director said Monday.

Utilities, power generators and industrial end-users are going to have to pick their spots and move quickly to secure lower-priced natural gas in the increasingly higher-priced and challenging market, according to Val Trinkley of EnergyUSA, a NiSource company, who will be conducting a strategy workshop at GasMart 2008 in Chicago May 20-22.

Utilities, power generators and industrial end-users are going to have to pick their spots and move quickly to secure lower-priced natural gas in the increasingly higher-priced and challenging market, according to Val Trinkley of EnergyUSA, a NiSource company, who will be conducting a strategy workshop at GasMart 2008 in Chicago May 20-22.