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North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Monday signed into law a measure (HB 1134) offering tax breaks to oil and natural gas operators as an incentive to cut flaring of associated gas at the wellhead on oil wells. HB 1134 was passed last week by the North Dakota legislature. It will be effective July 1.

New rules to encourage the state’s oil and natural gas operators to conserve water used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) processes were adopted Tuesday by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).

Royal Dutch Shell plc and others in related industries are continuing their push for using natural gas as a transportation fuel. Several states also are adding incentives.

Global oil and natural gas executives are optimistic about the year ahead, but instead of expanding their operations, many are using the boom times to hedge against the short-term uncertainties, according to a new survey by BDO.

Global oil and natural gas executives are optimistic about the year ahead, but instead of expanding their operations, many are using the boom times to hedge against the short-term uncertainties, according to a new survey by BDO.

Enbridge Inc. and Energy Transfer are partnering to develop a transport solution for Bakken crude oil using some of the latter’s Trunkline Gas Co. LLC pipeline. Meanwhile, some of Enbridge’s Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline assets have been underperformers in the current era of abundant shale gas and oil.

Enbridge Inc. and Energy Transfer are planning to develop a pipeline to carry crude oil from Western Canada and the Bakken Shale, by way of the Patoka, IL, hub to the eastern Gulf Coast in a project that would convert portions of the Trunkline Gas Co. LLC natural gas system to oil service.

Enbridge Inc. and Energy Transfer are partnering to develop a transport solution for Bakken crude oil using some of the latter’s Trunkline Gas Co. LLC pipeline. Meanwhile, some of Enbridge’s Gulf of Mexico gas pipeline assets have been underperformers in the current era of abundant shale gas and oil.

Some fourth-graders in New York state agree that they don’t want unconventional drilling using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in their state, but they didn’t arrive at that conclusion because of biased messages in the classroom, said Southwestern Energy CEO Steve Mueller. They just don’t know that “natural gas is a true national treasure.”