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Houston-based Encino Energy LLC last month took over drilling and completion operations on a massive Utica Shale position in Ohio that it acquired late last year in a $2 billion deal from the play’s pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corp., with plans for steady growth in the state as it works to make the assets its own.

Gulfport Energy Corp.has hired Donnie Moore asCOO. Moore, unrelated to CEO Michael G. Moore, is formerly a Noble Energy Inc. executive. He was vice president of Noble’s Texas operations in the Eagle Ford Shale and the Permian Basin’s Delaware sub-basin.

Two months after U.S. and Chinese officials signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to finance Alaska’s long-held plans to export natural gas, Gov. Bill Walker called the accord the “most promising economic opportunity” to develop the state’s vast natural gas reserves and diversify its energy portfolio.

Three Chinese companies tentatively have stepped forward to help finance Alaska’s costly and long-stalled natural gas export dreams.

The state of Alaska, through the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC), and ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. have executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture company (JV) to market liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Alaska LNG project and acquire North Slope gas, with an ultimate goal to bring global LNG buyers and North Slope wellhead sellers together.

As it nears completion of its Zone 3 Capacity Enhancement Project, the Rockies Express Pipeline has seen its focus shift toward adding more end-user contracts to its portfolio, according to Tallgrass Energy Partners LP’s Doug Walker, vice president of business development.

Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, and also Australia, are giving the global gas market something it hasn’t had before: competitive supply that is not under the thumb of governments or national oil companies, a Cheniere Energy Inc. executive said Thursday in Washington, DC.

Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, and also Australia, are giving the global gas market something it hasn’t had before: competitive supply that is not under the thumb of governments or national oil companies, a Cheniere Energy Inc. executive said Thursday in Washington, DC.

The oil price collapse has drawn more clouds over Alaska’s plans to commercialize its North Slope natural gas via liquefied natural gas (LNG) export. On Wednesday Gov. Bill Walker said the state and producers have more work ahead to hammer out project costs, and changes are expected.