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Operations at a four-well Hilcorp Energy Co. pad in Western Pennsylvania remained idle on Wednesday, more than a week after a 1.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded near the drilling site.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has shut in an average 20 MMcf/d so far this year and now has 40 MMcf/d shuttered because of low natural gas prices, the Calgary producer said Thursday.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has shut in an average 20 MMcf/d so far this year and now has 40 MMcf/d shuttered because of low natural gas prices, the Calgary producer said Thursday.

The Pine Ridge fire along the Western Slope of Colorado tested the natural gas industry and required more than 10 wells to be shuttered in part of the Piceance Basin earlier this month (see NGI, July 9), but the response was effective, according to Encana Corp.’s David Grisso, who was the producer’s manager on the ground.

Marcellus Shale reserves may spark life into a shuttered, 110-year-old oil refinery complex south of Philadelphia that once supported nearly 500 jobs, according to IHS Inc. researchers.

Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday launched an ambitious plan to increase ethylene and propylene production, as well as integrate U.S. operations into feedstock “opportunities” by using the prolific shale gas resources of the Marcellus and Eagle Ford shales.

Methanex Corp. said Wednesday it plans to reopen the doors next April at its now shuttered 470,000 ton/year methanol plant in Medicine Hat, AB.

With the federal government shuttered as Washington, DC, awaits its second blizzard in a matter of days, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Tuesday said two natural gas reports will be delayed and one will be canceled this week.

With the federal government shuttered as Washington, DC, awaits its second blizzard in a matter of days, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Tuesday said two natural gas reports will be delayed and one will be canceled this week.