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Speaking to a group of international bankers Tuesday in Washington, DC, Jill Sommers of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) expressed her “persistent grief” at the process the agency is using to finalize reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett plans to introduce an impact fee for Marcellus Shale producers this month.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said he would introduce an impact fee for Marcellus Shale producers this month.

Noble Energy Inc. CEO Chuck Davidson said he was “really pleased” with the company’s growth in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.

Developing Nexen Inc.’s massive shale gas position in northeastern British Columbia (BC) is on the to-do list for 2011, CEO Marvin Romanow said last week.

Developing Nexen Inc.’s massive shale gas position in northeastern British Columbia (BC) is on the to-do list for 2011, CEO Marvin Romanow said this week.

It’s a shale world and it’s only getting bigger, according to Ziff Energy Group’s natural gas consulting manager.

It’s a shale world and it’s only getting bigger, according to Ziff Energy Group’s natural gas consulting manager.

As people in the Gulf Coast were “watching their livelihoods wash up on the beach,” President Obama — speaking in Louisiana on Friday about efforts to tame and contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history — promised that “justice will be done for those whose lives have been upended by this disaster.”