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Unimin Corp. has opened a proppant distribution terminal in Navarre, OH, in Stark County to serve oil and natural gas operators in the Utica Shale.

Ohio wells produced about 73.3 Bcf of natural gas and 4.9 million bbl of oil in 2011, according to a report released this week by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.

DTE Energy, Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Corp. have agreed to develop the NEXUS Gas Transmission (NGT) system to move growing supplies of Ohio Utica shale gas to markets in the U.S. Midwest, including Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada.

In the story published Wednesday, “IHS: Technology to Push Domestic Reserves ‘Well Over’ 3,000 Tcf” (see Daily GPI, Aug. 15), IHS Inc.’s Pete Stark was misquoted. He said the United States today was “talking about launching U.S. exports,” not imports. NGI regrets the error.

Patriot Water Treatment LLC of Warren, OH, is back in business after the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) on Tuesday ruled that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) had overstepped its regulatory authority when it pulled the private operator’s permit to deliver natural gas drilling wastewater to the City of Warren for treatment.

Sitting in stark contrast to recent studies claiming a precipitous drop in Powder River Basin sage grouse populations, an environmental consultant hired by the energy industry to review the data found that the birds’ numbers are in fact on the rise, “even in heavily developed areas.”

Sitting in stark contrast to recent studies claiming a precipitous drop in Powder River Basin sage grouse populations, an environmental consultant hired by the energy industry to review the data found that the birds’ numbers are in fact on the rise, “even in heavily developed areas.”

Facing the stark realities of California’s heavily natural gas-dependent power supplies, Southern California Edison Co. Wednesday announced plans to issue a request for offers (RFO) next month for natural gas supply contracts and financial hedge products stretching out almost five years. The Edison International utility said it received a “robust response” to its Dec. 12 request for information from potential suppliers.

With the stark animosity that has come to mark the split among its five members, the hardened majority at the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday rejected an outgoing commissioner’s allegations that a state-conducted probe proved Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. utility conspired to drive up wholesale natural gas prices at the Arizona border in the 2000-2001 western energy crisis.