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An environmental group opposed to high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in New York State has launched a campaign asking the top 1,000 contributors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reelection effort to pressure him to ban the practice.

The Mississippian Lime formation, which stretches across northern Oklahoma, western Kansas and southern Nebraska, is drawing increased industry interest, thanks to cheaper drilling costs and shallower wells compared to North Dakota’s Bakken Shale, according to the “IHS Herold Mississippian Oil Play Regional Play Assessment.”

Encana Corp. plans to continue to keep its eye on the “highest-return plays” in North America, which for the near term means more liquids and oil development and no natural gas drilling, CEO Randy Eresman said Wednesday.

Oil prices above $75/bbl and increased need for carbon capture programs are quietly converging as a possible long-term boost for the increased use of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), according to industry sources working to drive commercial-scale projects with the help of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and selected state initiatives.

The Alaska Gasline Port Authority (AGPA) is seeking authorization to export up to 2.5 Bcf/d (19 million metric tons per year) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over a 25-year term to countries along the Asian-Pacific Rim with which the United States has or establishes a free trade agreement (FTA).

The Alaska Gasline Port Authority (AGPA) is seeking authorization to export up to 2.5 Bcf/d (19 million metric tons per year) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over a 25-year term to countries along the Asian-Pacific Rim with which the United States has or establishes a free trade agreement (FTA).

More long-term detail needs to be given and more consideration for who is paying for the proposed $1.4 billion, four-year upgrade to the plans submitted by Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) for its natural gas pipelines, which were submitted last year to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), according to the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), the commission’s ratepayer advocacy unit.

The well-worn paths for global natural gas, traditionally traced along the trade flows of liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansions, have been rerouted as unconventional gas — and especially shale — has washed out old bridges to the past, according to a report by the International Gas Union (IGU) and IHS Inc.

Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling declined nearly 7% in the first five months of this year from the same period of 2011 in part as operators began moving from dry gas to wetter targets, according to data from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).