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California authorities last Friday filed the report of their latest accelerated review of oil/natural gas industry underground injection control (UIC) wells with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There are more than 50,000 of the wells statewide.

Rio Blanco County, CO, elected officials recently passed a measure to temporarily suspend impact fees on oil/natural gas development to encourage business expansion.

In a strongly worded rebuttal, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday lashed out at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry for its role in opposing his severance tax proposal on oil and natural gas production in the state, calling the group’s stance “unacceptable” and accusing it of appeasing special interests.

California authorities last Friday filed the report of their latest accelerated review of oil/natural gas industry underground injection control (UIC) wells with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There are more than 50,000 of the wells statewide.

The head of the Interior Department’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) told a Senate panel that the Obama administration is opposed to three of the 26 energy bills that are being considered for inclusion in a broader, comprehensive energy bill.

Rio Blanco County, CO, elected officials recently passed a measure to temporarily suspend impact fees on oil/natural gas development to encourage business expansion.

Attorneys representing the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the Western Energy Alliance (WPA) asked a federal court to block the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enacting its final rule for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands, arguing that the rulemaking process was flawed and will cost producers hundreds of millions of dollars.

In a strongly worded rebuttal, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday lashed out at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry for its role in opposing his severance tax proposal on oil and natural gas production in the state, calling the group's stance "unacceptable" and accusing it of appeasing special interests.

If it decides to make the investment and build an ethane cracker in Belmont County, OH, Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) pcl said earlier this week that it plans to begin commercial production at the facility by 2020.