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A researcher with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) cautioned the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s (SEAB) Natural Gas Subcommittee that regulation and enforcement of shale gas was of paramount importance if the industry’s full potential is to become a reality.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly won’t tackle a tax or fee on Marcellus Shale development during budget talks this summer, but will most likely return to the topic in the fall.

In its third regional report over the past year, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) found compounds of natural gas constituents near natural gas operations in Bradford, Lycoming and Tioga counties, but none at any level that would trigger health issues.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. saw profits shrink but production rise in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, the result of low natural gas prices combined with expansion of operations in the Marcellus and Eagle Ford shales.

A proposed pipeline to carry crude oil currently stranded at Cushing, OK, to higher-priced markets in Houston would also serve crude production from established and emerging shale plays in the Midcontinent, the project’s backers said.

Driven by North America’s shales, global merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions within the exploration and production (E&P) sector climbed to $45 billion in the first three months of the year, Evaluate Energy said Tuesday.

Following two home explosions in a rural area of northwest Pennsylvania within three months of each other, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) last Monday called on Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu to coordinate efforts and the sharing of information with local authorities, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from risks associated with the development of shale gas in the Marcellus and Utica plays.

Following two home explosions in a rural area of northwest Pennsylvania within three months of each other, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Monday called for federal help to protect the public from risks associated with the development of shale gas in the Marcellus and Utica plays.

Following two home explosions in a rural area of northwest Pennsylvania within three months of each other, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Monday called on Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu to coordinate efforts and the sharing of information with local authorities, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from risks associated with the development of shale gas in the Marcellus and Utica plays.