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A handful of producers have taken the initial steps to upload their data on fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) to www.hydraulicfracturingdisclosure.org — a state-based registry run by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), a GWPC official said.

A handful of producers have taken the initial steps to upload their data on fluids used in the hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) process to www.hydraulicfracturingdisclosure.org — a state-based registry run by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), a GWPC official said.

U.S. exploration and production (E&P) companies that have taken a shine to the oily shale plays are boosting their capital expenditures (capex) in 2011, while the gas-focused shale operators are reining in the spending, according to a survey by Barclays Capital.

It hasn’t taken long for the domestic natural gas market to be turned on its head, an Ultra Petroleum Corp. executive said recently.

It hasn’t taken long for the domestic natural gas market to be turned on its head, an Ultra Petroleum Corp. executive said last week.

While the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has taken steps to collect agencywide data related to protests of oil and natural gas lease sales, the protest data it maintains and makes publicly available still are limited and of poor quality, according to a report that was publicly released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last Monday.

While the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has taken steps to collect agencywide data related to protests of oil and natural gas lease sales, the protest data it maintains and makes publicly available still are limited and of poor quality, according to a report that was publicly released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Monday.

The profile of investor-owned companies (IOC) relative to their national oil company (NOC) peers has declined over the last 40 years as NOCs have taken greater control of their home territories and have made significant inroads into the international arena, according to a report by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) done in conjunction with Deloitte.

The profile of investor-owned companies (IOC) relative to their national oil company (NOC) peers has declined over the last 40 years as NOCs have taken greater control of their home territories and have made significant inroads into the international arena, according to a report by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) done in conjunction with Deloitte.