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Far from the oil and gas patch in a seaside annex to Hollywood, CA, independent filmmakers are working on documentaries that attempt to push back at critics of the industry. FrackNation, a pro-hydraulic fracturing (fracking) documentary under way, questions information in the controversial 2011 Academy Award-nominated Gasland, as well as creator Josh Fox, who is now pursuing a sequel.

Royal Dutch Shell plc is working on ways to leverage its abundant natural gas resources in North America with plans on the table for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, gas-to-liquids (GTL) and gas-to-chemicals facilities, as well as LNG for transport, CEO Peter Voser said last week. “These are value chain projects, which very much play to Shell’s strengths.”

Royal Dutch Shell plc is working on ways to leverage its abundant natural gas resources in North America and now has plans progressing for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, gas-to-liquids (GTL) and gas-to-chemicals facilities, as well as LNG for transport, CEO Peter Voser told financial analysts Thursday. “These are value chain projects, which very much play to Shell’s strengths.”

Former Petrohawk Energy Corp. CEO Floyd C. Wilson, who recently created Halcon Resources LLC, is working with a group of investors to buy Tulsa-based Ram Energy Resources Inc., a small-cap explorer that operates primarily in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Tulsa-based Oneok Inc. is selling subsidiary Oneok Energy Marketing Co., to Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc. for $22.5 million plus working capital.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working to “more consistently” enforce natural gas drilling regulations in various regions of the state, DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said Thursday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued more Marcellus Shale drilling permits in September than in any other month of the year, but drilling slowed from summer highs.

October natural gas futures rose Thursday despite the fact that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an increase in working gas storage higher than what many traders were expecting. The prompt-month contract ventured north of $4 for a second straight regular trading session before closing the day at $3.980, up 4 cents from Wednesday. November futures added 2.3 cents to $4.068.

Hundreds of workers with Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. (Con Ed) and other companies are reportedly working around the clock to restore natural gas service to approximately 4,300 customers in New York City’s Upper Manhattan.