Turf

Oil and natural gas operators appear to be on the wrong end of a turf war with the coal industry along the length of eastern Ohio, losing “significant” amounts of acreage in coal-bearing townships that also intersect with the state’s portions of the Marcellus and Utica shales.

Recent reports of turf battles between FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) “have been overplayed,” and the two regulatory entities have, in fact, worked in close cooperation, members of each commission said at the National Energy Marketers Association (NEMA) annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, last Tuesday.

Recent reports of turf battles between FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) “have been overplayed,” and the two regulatory entities have, in fact, worked in close cooperation, members of each commission said at the National Energy Marketers Association (NEMA) annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

Recognizing that they are basically treading on federal turf, California state legislators are trying to determine exactly what, if anything, to do as a result of last week’s energy oversight committee hearings on the issue of the inflated California-Arizona natural gas border prices, according to staff members for the elected officials. An answer may not come until next month when a written report by the oversight committee is completed.

On the heels of a spectacular discovery on its turf, Canada’sNorthwest Territories has tossed a red hot potato into the lap ofthe nation’s natural gas community. The government in Yellowknifeis calling on the National Energy Board to take control of the11,000-mile Nova pipeline grid’s tolls and development away fromthe Alberta government.

On the heels of a spectacular discovery on its turf, Canada’sNorthwest Territories has tossed a red hot potato into the lap ofthe nation’s natural gas community. The government in Yellowknifeis calling on the National Energy Board to take control of the11,000-mile Nova pipeline grid’s tolls and development away fromthe Alberta government.