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Among the lessons to be learned from a recent study of BP plc’s Deepwater Horizon rig disaster is that risk management systems and technology need to be studied and updated, said Christopher Smith, the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for oil and natural gas.

Among the lessons to be learned from a recent study of the BP Deepwater Horizon rig disaster is that risk management systems and technology need to be studied and updated, said Christopher Smith, the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for oil and natural gas.

As promised, the Corbett administration is rolling back restrictions on leasing Pennsylvania parks and forests for natural gas development.

The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) has extended a moratorium on the drilling of new disposal wells in the Fayetteville Shale by six months while it collects data to determine whether disposal activities contributed to hundreds of small earthquakes in the area.

A two-year-old study that detailed the potential of unconventional natural gas supplies already needs to be updated because remarkable advancements in drilling technology are driving recoverable gas reserves ever higher, a Navigant Consulting Inc. director said last week.

An Obama administration study contends that the economic impact of the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has not been as devastating as some economists projected.

An Obama administration study contends that the economic impact of the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has not been as devastating as some economists projected.

The British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission has enacted new rules for inline well tests and will launch a “fact-finding program” in May to study air quality in the Peace River area, where natural gas shale exploration programs are booming, the minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources said Thursday.

The British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission has enacted new rules for inline well tests and will launch a “fact-finding program” in May to study air quality in the Peace River area, where natural gas shale exploration programs are booming, the minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources said Thursday.