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In the wake of a string of major natural gas pipeline mishaps and stepped up regulatory oversight, a 30-year gas industry veteran said there is a critical need throughout the industry to produce a new generation of well-trained welders and other skilled personnel.

With an Alberta-grown veteran of international industry at the helm, a newcomer last week launched an Atlantic coast entry into the lineup of Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects.

With an Alberta-grown veteran of international industry at the helm, a newcomer on Wednesday launched an Atlantic coast entry into the lineup of Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects.

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) named Gil Bujano as director of the commission’s oil and gas division. Bujano has been serving as the acting director since March and is a 28-year veteran of the commission. He began his employment at the commission in 1984 at the San Antonio RRC district office and also has worked in the Abilene, Pampa and Houston district offices. After serving as assistant director in the Houston district office, Bujano transferred to Austin in June 2009 to supervise the commission’s technical permitting unit. In August 2010, Bujano was promoted to deputy director of the oil and gas division.

A report by a veteran Canadian engineering firm in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the British Columbia coast has come up with some astronomical early estimates of shale gas resources in just five of the 50 identified shale basins in Canada.

A report by a veteran Canadian engineering firm in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the British Columbia coast has come up with some astronomical early estimates of shale gas resources in just five of the 50 identified shale basins in Canada.

A report by a veteran Canadian engineering firm in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the British Columbia coast has come up with some astronomical early estimates of shale gas resources in just five of the 50 identified shale basins in Canada.

Veteran broadcast journalist and anchor Ted Koppel threw the burning brand into an otherwise predictable ‘he-said (Republican) — she-said (Democrat)’ political debate at the Marcellus Shale Gas Insight conference Thursday, questioning the public benefit of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Veteran broadcast journalist and anchor Ted Koppel threw the burning brand into an otherwise predictable ‘he-said (Republican) — she-said (Democrat)’ political debate at the Marcellus Shale Gas Insight conference Thursday, questioning the public benefit of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).