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California Regulators Unveil Draft Fracking Rules

Preliminary draft rules for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) were unveiled Tuesday by California’s state oil and natural gas drilling regulators who indicated the development process will take at least all of next year.

December 21, 2012

Enterprise NatGas Pipelines Report Record Quarter

Enterprise Products Partners LP’s midstream system handled more natural gas liquids (NGL), natural gas and crude oil during the second quarter, setting records for gas processing, gas pipeline and NGL fractionation volumes and helping to lift gross operating margin to 12% above the year-ago quarter, CEO Michael Creel said Wednesday.

August 6, 2012

Enterprise NatGas Pipelines Report Record Quarter

Enterprise Products Partners LP’s midstream system handled more natural gas liquids (NGL), natural gas and crude oil during the second quarter, setting records for gas processing, gas pipeline and NGL fractionation volumes and helping to lift gross operating margin to 12% above the year-ago quarter, CEO Michael Creel said Wednesday.

August 2, 2012

CFTC OKs Swap Products Rule, Sets Up ‘Chain Reaction’

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last week approved the long-awaited “swap” product definition rule, setting the stage to “fully usher” in many of the reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

July 16, 2012

CFTC Rule Sets in Motion Implementation ‘Chain Reaction’

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Tuesday approved its long-awaited “swap” product definition rule, setting the stage for the agency to “fully usher” in many of the reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

July 11, 2012

North Dakota Again Busts Output Records, Straining Infrastructure

North Dakota continued setting new oil and natural gas production records in April, but drilling equipment shortages grew, increasing the estimated number of idle wells by 76 in April.

June 21, 2012

NGSA: Summer’s A Gas for Consumers Large, Small

Record-setting U.S. natural gas production and storage should benefit consumers large and small this summer, according to the 2012 Summer Outlook by the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA).

June 11, 2012

NGSA: Summer’s A Gas for Consumers Large, Small

Record-setting U.S. natural gas production and storage should benefit consumers large and small this summer, according to the 2012 Summer Outlook by the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA).

June 6, 2012

Horseheads, NY, Considering Moratorium on Fracking

Despite seeing some economic benefits from Marcellus Shale drilling in neighboring Pennsylvania, elected officials in the Town of Horseheads, NY, are considering a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in their community.

June 4, 2012

North Dakota Sets More Records; Eyes Feds Warily

North Dakota continued on a record-setting pace for oil and natural gas production at the end of the first quarter, but state Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms also raised caution in his most recent monthly “Director’s Cut” report released Friday.

May 30, 2012