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Pure-play Appalachian operator Antero Resources Corp. on Monday announced several significant additions to its firm transportation portfolio and midstream infrastructure that have its forward-looking basis differentials improving and its skyrocketing production heading in more directions.

Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the Eagle Ford Shale region could increase sharply in the coming years as development ramps up, according to a recently released study.

U.S. crude oil reserves in 2012 surged to their highest level since 1976, but low natural gas prices drove down gas proved reserves for the first time since 1998, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.

The Mississippian Lime (ML) formation hasn’t proven itself to be a go-to drilling spot yet, but pilot wells show promise where the rocks, clay and sand intersect in Kansas and Oklahoma.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) on Friday took an unprecedented step to establish what is believed to be the country’s first set of permitting conditions for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in horizontal wells near fault lines or areas of previous seismic activity.

Mostly harsh winter weather was attributed to North Dakota’s oil and natural gas production remaining depressed in February, the most recent month for which the state has complete statistics, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Oil/Gas Division reported Friday. Final data from March and April likely will show a turnaround, DMR Director Lynn Helms said.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC (Transco) is seeking offers from shippers to relinquish firm capacity on its system to support the proposed Atlantic Sunrise Project, which is intended to serve Marcellus Shale production.

Gastar Exploration Inc. said late Thursday that its Marcellus Shale production in Marshall County, WV, was flowing again, albeit at a reduced rate, after a gathering pipeline ruptured and caught fire in the area on April 5, shutting its wells in for four and a half days (see Shale Daily, April 7).

An El Nino event — the warming of water temperatures in the central and equatorial Pacific Ocean — is likely to limit the number of hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Basin this year, according to forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU), more good news for the U.S. natural gas industry, which is increasingly insulated from the impact of tropical storms.