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• 12/09/2011 -- Louisiana chalk horizontal completions growing
  Horizontal drilling in the Austin chalk formation is leading to more oil and gas completions along the Cretaceous trend in central Louisiana.
• 12/09/2011 -- ExxonMobil energy outlook expects growing unconventional gas role
  Natural gas from shale and other unconventional sources will account for 30% of worldwide gas production by 2040, ExxonMobil Corp. said in its 2012 energy outlook. It projected a 30% increase in global energy demand from 2010 levels, but added that growth would be more than four times that amount without expected gains in efficiency.
• 12/08/2011 -- MARKET WATCH: Bearish inventory report brings down oil prices
  Energy prices slumped modestly Dec. 7 following a bearish US government report on oil inventories.
• 12/08/2011 -- Obama vows to fight effort to link Keystone XL, payroll tax cut
  US President Barack Obama promised to block any effort to include a Keystone XL pipeline project approval provision in legislation to extend the payroll tax cut, which is due to expire at yearend.
• 12/08/2011 -- Encana to sell Cutbank Ridge gas plants
  Encana Corp. agreed to sell two natural gas processing plants and associated pipelines in the Cutbank Ridge area of western Canada to Veresen Inc., Calgary, for $920 billion (Can.).
• 12/08/2011 -- Nutrient injection eyed in Wyoming CBM well field
  The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on Patriot Energy Resources LLC’s proposed Rough Draw Project 13 miles north of Gillette, Wyo., the agency’s Buffalo, Wyo., field office announced on Dec. 7.
• 12/07/2011 -- BLM seeks comments on proposed Rough Draw CBM project
  The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on Patriot Energy Resources LLC’s proposed Rough Draw Project 13 miles north of Gillette, Wyo., the agency’s Buffalo, Wyo., field office announced on Dec. 7.
• 12/07/2011 -- Enbridge to expand Bakken shale crude rail terminal
  Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) will expand its Berthold rail terminal capacity in the Bakken shale by 80,000 b/d and include a rail car loading facility to accommodate the additional volume.
• 12/06/2011 -- Devon receives approval for third Jackfish oil sands project
  Devon Energy Corp. received regulatory approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water to move forward with the $1.3 billion (Can.) Jackfish 3 steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project, 15 km southeast of Conklin, Alta.
• 12/05/2011 -- US House bill would move Keystone XL permit decision to FERC
  US House Republicans joined their Senate colleagues on Dec. 2 in urging US President Barack Obama to reverse his Nov. 11 decision to delay acting on TransCanada Corp.’s cross-border permit application for the project until after the 2012 elections.