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EIA Says New Infrastructure Boosting Production in PA, WV

EIA Says New Infrastructure Boosting Production in PA, WV

New pipeline and compressor infrastructure has helped boost dry gas production in West Virginia and neighboring southern Pennsylvania counties since early 2012, with more growth still expected to come in the region despite strategic shifts by oil and gas companies to more liquids-rich targets, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

July 31, 2013

S&P: Reasons to Drill for Gas Evaporating

With natural gas prices as low as they are, one would think there is no good reason to drill for the stuff. Actually, there are several reasons to pursue gas; but they’re pretty much going away, according an analysis by Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

December 5, 2011

S&P: Reasons to Drill for Gas Evaporating

With natural gas prices as low as they are, one would think there is no good reason to drill for the stuff. Actually, there are several reasons to pursue gas; but they’re pretty much going away, according an analysis by Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

November 30, 2011

EOG’s Papa Picks His Favorite: Eagle Ford Oil

It’s no secret that weak prices have made natural gas a stepchild to oil and natural gas liquids (NGL), but perhaps nowhere else is the clean-burning stuff more out of favor than in the halls of Houston-based EOG Resources Inc., where CEO Mark Papa can’t seem to distance himself from the Mcfs fast enough.

August 8, 2011

EOG’s Papa: Natural Gas? Forget About It

It’s no secret that weak prices have made natural gas a stepchild to oil and natural gas liquids (NGL), but perhaps nowhere else is the clean-burning stuff more out of favor than in the halls of Houston-based EOG Resources Inc., where CEO Mark Papa can’t seem to distance himself from the Mcfs fast enough.

August 8, 2011

A Question for Gas Interests: Coal’s Staying Power

If one believes the shale gas story — that North America is swimming in the stuff — then it’s obvious that the market needs a sponge to soak up the supply. Gas-fired power generation is easily the largest and most likely, but its absorbency will be dictated by constraints on coal-fired power emissions that have yet to be worked out, let alone understood.

July 29, 2010

El Paso Rolls to 11% Profit Gain, Sets Plan to Shed More E&P

El Paso Corp. strutted its stuff in the second quarter following a total body makeover that turned the once bloated and debt-ridden company into a buff earnings performer.

August 13, 2007

El Paso Rolls to 11% Profit Gain, Sets Plan to Shed More E&P

El Paso Corp. strutted its stuff Tuesday, showing off the results of a total body makeover that turned the once bloated and debt-ridden company into a buff earnings performer.

August 8, 2007

Skilling Tells Jury: ‘I Am Absolutely Innocent’

Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling, appearing somewhat humbled but still confident, declared Monday the 28 criminal charges against him “are wrong.” Speaking to a packed courtroom with his family in the front row, he told jurors, “I am innocent of those charges, and I will fight those charges until the day I die.”

April 11, 2006