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The American Petroleum Institute (API) Wednesday called on New York regulators to remove all prohibitions against drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation in the southern part of the state.

A new coalition of 16 community, landowner and business groups — including several construction companies — has organized to convey the message that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can be performed safely in New York state and would provide jobs and economic growth.

Southern California Gas reported regaining 340 MMcf/d of withdrawal capacity and 125 MMcf/d of injection capacity at its Goleta storage facility Wednesday following completion of two planned high-inventory shut-in outages.

FERC has approved Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC’s proposal to convert a depleted oil and natural gas reservoir in Southern California to a high-deliverability multi-cycle gas storage facility to cater to multiple markets in the West. California-based Tricor Energy LLC, parent of the storage company, is an independent energy firm that produces, transports and sells natural gas from its oilfields in California.

FERC has approved Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC’s proposal to convert a depleted oil and natural gas reservoir in Southern California to a high-deliverability multi-cycle gas storage facility to cater to multiple markets in the West. California-based Tricor Energy LLC, parent of the storage company, is an independent energy firm that produces, transports and sells natural gas from its oilfields in California.

Voters in New York still support natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale by a thin margin, 45-41%, because they believe the economic benefits outweigh environmental concerns, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

The body of an oil worker, one of 10 workers who were forced to abandon a liftboat in the southern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) during Tropical Storm (TS) Nate, has been recovered.

High Point Gas Transmission (HPGT) will purchase onshore and offshore natural gas pipeline assets in southeast Louisiana from Southern Natural Gas Co. (SNG), the companies said Friday. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close next year, were not disclosed.

A Bangladeshi oil worker, one of seven rescued Sunday in the southern Gulf of Mexico after being adrift for three days during Tropical Storm (TS) Nate, has died in a Mexican hospital.