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New York Landowners Start Legal Fund to Target Frack Bans

A landowners group in central New York that supports natural gas development has established a legal fund to fight local bans and moratoriums on hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

December 13, 2012

Lenape Sues New York Town and DEC Over Drilling Ban

Lenape Resources Inc., an oil and natural gas producer based in New York, has filed a lawsuit against a town in Livingston County for enacting a local drilling ban, and against the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for failing to rein in the town over the ban.

December 3, 2012
Miss-Understood Lime ‘Unconventional Conventional’ Play

Miss-Understood Lime ‘Unconventional Conventional’ Play

What explorers know about the Mississippian Lime formation could fill a book. What they don’t know about the Midcontinent play could fill a few more, industry experts said Wednesday.

November 29, 2012

Moeller: FERC Should Crack Down on Energy Manipulators

FERC should consider developing a model — one that is closer to those used by other federal enforcement agencies — for cracking down on individual traders who repeatedly manipulate energy markets, Commissioner Philip Moeller said Thursday.

November 26, 2012
North Dakota Sets More Production Records

North Dakota Sets More Production Records

North Dakota continues to set new records for oil and natural gas production, but it also continues to see more flared gas, according to officials.

November 26, 2012

Moeller: FERC Should Adopt Model to Pursue Energy Manipulators

FERC should consider developing a model — one that is closer to those used by other federal enforcement agencies — for cracking down on individual traders who repeatedly manipulate energy markets, Commissioner Philip Moeller said Thursday.

November 20, 2012

Pennsylvania Legislator Blasts PUC for Withholding Impact Fee Revenue

A legislator in the Pennsylvania General Assembly on Monday said the state Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) decision to withhold nearly $1 million in impact fee revenue from four townships amounted to extortion.

October 17, 2012
Study: Lease Bonuses Up in Many States, Hit Jackpot in Ohio

Study: Lease Bonuses Up in Many States, Hit Jackpot in Ohio

Bonus payments to landowners with oil and natural gas leases climbed to new highs during the third quarter, but they skyrocketed in Ohio’s Utica Shale, according to a survey by Farmers National Co. (FNC), a real estate management firm that also tracks data for landowners.

October 15, 2012

Poll: Government Should Lead on Energy Strategy

Americans are divided on whether the United States is heading in the right direction with regard to domestic energy policy, but a plurality of those responding to a recent poll said it is government that should be leading the way.

October 12, 2012
Bakken-Fueled Continental Aiming to Triple Output, Reserves

Bakken-Fueled Continental Aiming to Triple Output, Reserves

Continental Resources Inc. has launched a growth plan to triple production and proved reserves between now and the end of 2017, largely from its leading Bakken Shale position, but also with gains from other onshore holdings, including a discovery in the southwest corner of Oklahoma.

October 10, 2012