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Natural gas drilling in West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale already has enriched the state through new jobs and more revenue and is on track to create up to 20,000 jobs by 2015, according to a study by West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER).

Natural gas drilling in West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale already has enriched the state through new jobs and more revenue and is on track to create up to 20,000 jobs by 2015, according to a study by West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER).

European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) hit a new record in November, and the United Kingdom is on track to challenge Spain as the globe’s third largest importer of LNG, according to analysts. Cargoes are largely staying away from the shale gas-soaked U.S. market.

European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) hit a new record in November, and the United Kingdom is on track to challenge Spain as the globe’s third largest importer of LNG, according to analysts. Cargoes are largely staying away from the shale gas-soaked U.S. market.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has installed a new air monitor in Flower Mound, TX, in southern Denton County to track the effects of Barnett Shale gas patch activity.

The cash market continued this week’s roller-coaster ride, returning to a fairly steep uphill track for most locations in recording gains virtually across the board Wednesday. Thursday lows getting to freezing or occasionally lower were the main driver of the bullishness, getting a small extra contribution from Tuesday’s screen advance of 3.8 cents.

Canada’s on-again, off-again Arctic natural gas project is back on track again after behind-the-scenes official maneuvering smoothed out the latest regulatory roadblock (see NGI, Sept. 13).

Canada’s on-again, off-again Arctic natural gas project is back on track again after behind-the-scenes official maneuvering smoothed out the latest regulatory roadblock (see Daily GPI, Sept. 10; May 24).

Louisiana’s efforts to guide natural gas drillers to alternative water sources and to track the sources of water used in drilling operations are helping to protect groundwater resources in the state’s northwestern Haynesville Shale area, according to a report from the Louisiana Ground Water Resources Program (LGWRP).