Speed

A federal court in Wyoming Friday rejected the guidance of two federal agencies limiting the use of environmental categorical exclusions to speed up the processing of oil and natural gas producers’ applications to drill (PAD) on federal lands.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Friday announced “significant improvements” to speed up the oil and gas permit application process, at the same time issuing an update on permits approved since the moratorium on deepwater drilling was lifted in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Friday announced “significant improvements” to speed up the oil and gas permit application process, at the same time issuing an update on permits approved since the moratorium on deepwater drilling was lifted in the Gulf of Mexico.

Speculation was rampant Friday that Encana Corp. was close to completing a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Chinese partners to speed development of its British Columbia (BC) natural gas holdings.

Speculation was rampant Friday that Encana Corp. was close to completing a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Chinese partners to speed development of its British Columbia (BC) natural gas holdings.

By the middle of this year most of the Eagle Ford Shale region in South Texas will be blanketed with high-speed terrestrial wireless broadband provided by ERF Wireless unit Energy Broadband Inc., the company said.

It might seem that the Eagle Ford and Marcellus shales are being developed at breakneck speed, but it’s important to remember that these are the early days in two resource plays that will be natural gas breadbaskets for the nation in the decades to come.

It might seem that the Eagle Ford and Marcellus shales are being developed at breakneck speed, but it’s important to remember that these are the early days in two resource plays that will be natural gas breadbaskets for the nation in the decades to come.

Canadian natural gas exports are still shrinking, but the speed of the decrease is slowing amid early signs that the prolonged supply decline will end.