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Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Monday clinched a trio of separate oil and natural gas transactions in unconventional fields are to give it total proceeds of $2.6 billion.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) issued separate permits to Patriot Water Treatment LLC and the City of Warren on Monday, barring the latter from accepting pre-treated wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling starting April 1.

Just before the New Year holiday, separate federal court actions dealt body blows to stiffer air pollution limits on vehicles and power plants. Industry sources hailed the rulings as a break for consumers facing higher fuel and energy costs.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has implemented all or some of 10 separate recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) final report on the San Bruno pipeline rupture and explosion 15 months ago, according to a letter and report sent Thursday from PG&E President Christopher Johns to NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman.

For the second consecutive quarter three of the top five natural gas marketers reported sales volume declines compared with the year-ago period, and 24 leading companies had total sales transactions of 127.06 Bcf/d in 3Q2011, an 8.54 Bcf/d (6%) decrease from the 135.60 Bcf/d they transacted in 3Q2010, according to NGI’s 3Q2011 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking.

For the second consecutive quarter three of the top five natural gas marketers reported sales volume declines compared with the year-ago period, and 24 leading companies had total sales transactions of 127.06 Bcf/d in 3Q2011, an 8.54 Bcf/d (6%) decrease from the 135.60 Bcf/d they transacted in 3Q2010, according to NGI’s 3Q2011 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking.

The outlook for natural gas, crude oil and refined products pipelines looks good for 2012, according to three separate reports released last Wednesday by Fitch Ratings. Fitch based its conclusions on recent past performance in the sector, which it views as stable.

The outlook for natural gas, crude oil and refined products pipelines looks good for 2012, according to three separate reports released Wednesday by Fitch Ratings. Fitch based its conclusions on recent past performance in the sector, which it views as stable.

Nexen Inc. last week secured two joint ventures (JV) in two separate transactions, both with Asian companies, that promise to give the Calgary-based independent a solid footing to expand development in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) as well as British Columbia (BC).