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In its final rule to eliminate harmful air pollution from oil and natural gas production announced Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted the industry a “reasonable” time to meet its requirements, extending the deadline for full compliance from 60 days to two and a half years.

The war of words over hydraulic fracturing (fracking) took an unusual turn recently when Brecksville, OH-based Duck Creek Energy Inc. filed a lawsuit against two anti-fracking activists, claiming that they have “spread false and defamatory information” about the company and one of its products.

Continuing low prices for natural gas could make it possible for the addition of anywhere from 2 Bcf/d to 10 Bcf/d in demand due to displacement of coal-fired power generation, various analysts have estimated.

Continuing low prices for natural gas could make it possible for the addition of anywhere from 2 Bcf/d to 10 Bcf/d in demand due to displacement of coal-fired power generation, various analysts have estimated.

ExxonMobil Corp., whose North American portfolio washes across eight million net acres, is scooping up more liquids-weighted land and has begun to shift some of its natural gas development to more oily plays, the company’s top guns told financial analysts on Thursday.

This year is the first in a multi-year period of growth for Noble Energy Inc. as the company realizes the payoff from “multiple years of exploration success,” CEO Charles Davidson told financial analysts Thursday during an earnings conference call. However, dry gas production from the Marcellus Shale is not part of the windfall, at least not for a while.

California regulators on Thursday opened a third penalty proceeding at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), which alleges the utility violated state law and various federal regulations. The allegations came as the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) completed its investigation of the San Bruno, CA pipeline tragedy.

California regulators on Thursday opened a third penalty proceeding for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) alleging that the utility violated state law and various federal regulations. The allegations came as the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Consumer Protection and Safety Division completed its investigation of the San Bruno, CA pipeline tragedy in 2010.

About 9% of the U.S. electricity generating capacity comes in the form of cogeneration, or combined heat-power (CHP) in various onsite commercial/industrial applications, but a recent General Electric (GE) study estimates that fully up to 20% of the nation’s capacity could come from CHP if energy programs were expanded.