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Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process also has the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said last week.

Horizontal drilling into shale rock using multiple fractures (fracs) has “clearly” changed the game for the U.S. natural gas industry, but the drilling process is showing the potential to give conventional gas formations, like tight gas sands, an economic boost, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said Monday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Friday ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to stop using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofrac) on its natural gas shale wells in Susquehanna County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Friday ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to stop using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofrac) on its natural gas shale wells in Susquehanna County.

Using a landfill along the Pacific Coast west of Silicon Valley, another green electricity source opened at the start of July, promising 11.5 MW of power for local utilities from the Ox Mountain facility in Half Moon Bay, CA. It is a project spawned by Massachusetts energy services firm Ameresco Inc. and Republic Services Inc., the waste management firm operating Ox Mountain.

ExxonMobil Production Co. has mobilized an upgraded drilling rig for the Point Thomson Project on the North Slope of Alaska that can be used in the deep reservoirs using extended-reach drilling technology, it said. The company also confirmed that despite setbacks in 2008, first production from the play is still on track to begin by year-end 2014.

ExxonMobil Production Co. has mobilized an upgraded drilling rig for the Point Thomson Project on the North Slope of Alaska that can be used in the deep reservoirs using extended-reach drilling technology, it said. The company also confirmed that despite setbacks in 2008, first production from the play is still on track to begin by year-end 2014.

A subsidiary of Newfield Exploration Co. has contracted with Ecosphere Technologies Inc. to recycle wastewater created from drilling wells using hydraulic fracturing at the producer’s Woodford Shale operations near Coalgate, OK. Financial details between Ecosphere and Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent were not disclosed.

President-elect Barack Obama may put his stamp on energy policy early when he takes office in January by using his executive authority to block new oil and natural gas leases on environmentally sensitive lands in Utah, according to a published report.