Texas regulators to review natural gas flaring rules

The Texas Railroad Commission and the TRC’s Eagle Ford Task Force plan to study whether existing state regulations on flaring and venting associated with oil and natural gas operations need to be updated, Commissioner David Porter s... Read More >

El Paso spokesman calls fracturing controversy misdirected

Much of the public concern about possible water contamination from unconventional oil and gas operations is misdirected, David Blackmon, director of government affairs for El Paso Corp., told a Mayer Brown LLP energy conference in H... Read More >

Calgary firm to test Vaca Muerta in Neuquen subbasin

Americas Petrogas Inc., Calgary, said it will spud the La Hoya x-1 exploratory well in early June 2012 with the Jurassic-Cretaceous Vaca Muerta shale as primary objective on the 293,600-acre Totoral block in the Picun Leufu subbasin... Read More >

Agiba finds Western Desert Cretaceous near-giant

Agiba Petroleum Co. has made a Cretaceous oil and gas discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert initially judged to have 150-250 million bbl of oil in place.

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Dominion suit challenges Sierra Club claim about LNG exports

Dominion Resources Inc. sued to confirm its right to construct a natural gas liquefaction plant at its Cove Point LNG terminal in Lusby, Md.

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Massive investment needed for oil, gas facilities, experts say

Billions of dollars will be needed to build additional pipelines, terminals, and storage facilities to bring new US oil and natural gas resources to market, experts said on May 21 during Deloitte LLP’s 2012 Washington Energy Confere... Read More >
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