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Kinder Morgan Inc. has requested FERC approval to switch the natural gas price indexes it uses to calculate various charges, such as cashouts on Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) [RP15-997] mainly to the indexes published by Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI).

Eight U.S. states could individually muscle into the rankings of the top 30 natural gas producing countries in the world, with two states making the cut among the top 20 oil producers, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).

After months of deliberation and public hearings, a western Pennsylvania township zoning board rejected an appeal from two environmental organizations and four local residents to stop Rex Energy Corp. from proceeding with a five-well pad near a school.

The United States will remain the world's largest producer and consumer of frack sand for years, and the North American frack sand market…

Eight U.S. states could individually muscle into the rankings of the top 30 natural gas producing countries in the world, with two states making the cut among the top 20 oil producers, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).

The Pennsylvania Senate is scheduled to hold a joint Environmental Resources and Energy and Finance Committee hearing on Monday that will feature a spate of testimony from those on both sides of the debate about enacting an oil and natural gas severance tax on producers in the state.

The United States will remain the world’s largest producer and consumer of frack sand for years, and the North American frack sand market is projected to grow by nearly 9% every year through 2016, according to a report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More evidence that producers are turning to natural gas emerged in the latest Baker Hughes Inc. count of active drilling rigs, which covers the week ending May 29. The most recent count shows that while active oil-directed rigs in the United States declined by 13, three rigs were added on the natural gas side.

The Pennsylvania Senate is scheduled to hold a joint Environmental Resources and Energy and Finance Committee hearing on Monday that will feature a spate of testimony from those on both sides of the debate about enacting an oil and natural gas severance tax on producers in the state.