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The Town Council of Flower Mound, TX, which sits atop the Barnett Shale, has combined two existed drilling permit moratoriums into one and extended it until April 15 while it awaits an advisory board’s report on oil and natural gas development activities in the town.

EOG Resources, which had been ordered to suspend all of its natural gas well drilling activities in Pennsylvania in the wake of a June 3 blowout at a company well in Clearfield County, PA, has been given a green light to resume hydraulic fracturing activities in the state.

EOG Resources, which had been ordered to suspend all of its natural gas well drilling activities in Pennsylvania in the wake of a June 3 blowout at a company well in Clearfield County, PA, has been given a green light to resume hydraulic fracturing activities in the state.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered EOG Resources Inc. to suspend all of its natural gas well drilling activities in the state following a blowout last week at a company well in Clearfield County, PA.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) introduced legislation Thursday to suspend potential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, such as coal-fired power plants, for two years.

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) introduced legislation Thursday to suspend potential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, such as coal-fired power plants, for two years.

For the first time since it was forced to suspend issuing new units in early July, the United States Natural Gas fund (UNG) grew the number of limited partnership units it has outstanding Oct. 5 by issuing seven million more to its authorized purchasers (AP). The fund now has 354.4 million units outstanding, but unlike the prodigious growth in units UNG saw in the first half of the year, the fund will likely struggle to grow its share count by a significant amount in the months ahead.

For the first time since it was forced to suspend issuing new units in early July, the United States Natural Gas fund (UNG) grew the number of limited partnership units it has outstanding on Monday by issuing seven million more to its authorized purchasers (AP). The fund now has 354.4 million units outstanding, but unlike the prodigious growth in units UNG saw in the first half of the year, the fund will likely struggle to grow its share count by a significant amount in the months ahead.

Pennsylvania regulators have ordered two companies exploring for natural gas in the emerging Marcellus Shale play to suspend a portion of their operations in northern Pennsylvania for violating the state’s Clean Streams Law.