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Natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale over the next two decades could impact the state’s forests and alter several thousand acres of habitat, The Nature Conservancy said Monday in a study.

If the natural gas industry can grab even 10% of the transportation fuel and electric generation sectors markets as an outlet for burgeoning production coming out of shale plays, it could be on the verge of a golden era, according to Range Resources Corp. CEO John Pinkerton.

With more than 1,000 natural gas wells in the city now and the potential for several thousand more, it’s to be expected that some Fort Worth, TX, residents would grow weary of the associated noise, truck traffic and pipeline development in their midst. That doesn’t mean they want it to stop.

With more than 1,000 natural gas wells in the city now and the potential for several thousand more, it’s to be expected that some Fort Worth, TX, residents would grow weary of the associated noise, truck traffic and pipeline development in their midst. That doesn’t mean they want it to stop.

Quick. Name three female CEOs in charge of oil and gas companies in the United States. Two? In the energy business, Lisa Stewart may be one in at least a thousand.

Georgia’s leading natural gas marketer, Georgia Natural Gas Co.,has been back-billing “several thousand” customers for charges thatdate back as far as a year, according to officials with the GeorgiaPublic Service Commission. That news comes as the PSC deferredconsideration until Nov. 20 of proposed new rules which wouldrequire marketers to provide efficient billing to customers.

Georgia’s leading natural gas marketer, Georgia Natural Gas Co.,has been back-billing “several thousand” customers for charges thatdate back as far as a year, according to officials with the GeorgiaPublic Service Commission. That news comes as the PSC deferredconsideration of proposed new rules over billing by marketers untilNov. 20, which would require marketers to provide efficient billingto customers.

Conoco plans to eliminate nearly a thousand positions in 1999due to low oil prices and a need to improve operational efficiency.The layoffs will result in a $50 million after-tax charge againstConoco’s fourth quarter earnings, the company announced Tuesday.Conoco also said it was reducing its 1999 capital budget by $500million to $1.8 billion.