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Dominion Transmission, Inc., has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approval of its...


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The Bristol Herald Courier is reporting that two class action lawsuits were filed last week claiming that EQT Corp. and Consol...


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We posted earlier on the hydraulic fracturing study that U.S. EPA plans to do (see here, e.g.).  EPA has announced that it will be...


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The Ohio General Assembly recently enacted Sub. S.B. 232, which (among other things) exempts certain qualified energy projects...


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By Greg Russell On June 21, 2010

Forgotten Workers

With all of the talk of a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, one group of workers gets little national attention: Rig workers....


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Building on the royalty-interest owners' success in Estate of Garrison G. Tawney v. Columbia Natural Resources, LLC (West...


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By Greg Russell On June 16, 2010

Tax Proposal Defeated

The WSJ is reporting that a proposal made by Senator Sanders (I-Vt.) to repeal the expensing of intangible drilling and...


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The Delaware River Basin Commission has announced that its ban on new drilling permits in the Delaware River Basin has been...


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Dominion has announced that its transmission and storage subsidiary, Dominion Transmission, has entered into a 15-year firm...


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By Greg Russell On June 14, 2010

Forecast Uncertainties

Take the oil spill forecasts you hear with a grain of salt.  This article from the Houston Chronicle reports on the related...


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