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With the talk getting more testy in the political arenas on whether natural gas for transportation needs tax incentives, a leading gas-for-transportation fuel and infrastructure provider, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., announced Monday it signed a 10-year deal with a major fleet operator, Saddle Creek Corp., to build fueling stations to support its expanding natural gas-powered truck fleet.

The cash- and employee-strapped Colorado state government is battling a growing oil and gas drilling permit backlog created by a combination of a 70% jump in applications between 2007 and 2010 and the recession, which shrank state government. However, oil and gas industry representatives are praising state officials for attempting to address the problem.

When people talk about “getting it right” in shale development, they usually mean protecting the environment, and on Tuesday an audience in Pittsburgh heard various ways that the natural gas industry can get it right in the Marcellus Shale.

Growing natural gas liquids (NGL) production — particularly that of ethane — is a positive story for the petrochemical industry as well as oil and gas producers. However, talk of an NGL glut is growing louder as the industry continues to grow production and build out infrastructure. Opinions vary on what is to come.

Growing natural gas liquids (NGL) production — particularly that of ethane — is a positive story for the petrochemical industry as well as oil and gas producers. However, talk of an NGL glut is growing louder as the industry continues to grow production — particularly from liquids-rich shale plays — and build out infrastructure. Opinions vary on what is to come.

Growing natural gas liquids (NGL) production — particularly that of ethane — is a positive story for the petrochemical industry as well as oil and gas producers. However, talk of an NGL glut is growing louder as the industry continues to grow production and build out infrastructure. Opinions vary on what is to come.

When politicians talk about “ownership,” they usually are referring to home ownership and invoking the American dream. But a gubernatorial candidate in Alaska is campaigning on the idea of citizen ownership of the state’s biggest dream: the Alaska gas pipeline.

When politicians talk about “ownership,” they usually are referring to home ownership and invoking the American dream. But a gubernatorial candidate in Alaska is campaigning on the idea of citizen ownership of the state’s biggest dream: the Alaska gas pipeline.

Talk about your flat markets (please). Many points saw absolutely no change from the previous day on Thursday or were only 2-3 cents either higher or lower. Wednesday’s futures decline of 2 cents apparently had little impact on cash numbers, as did cool to moderately warm condition in most areas.