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The Edmund Sun is reporting on a new economic impact study finding that Oklahoma's oil and gas industry provides 300,000 jobs in...


Tags: Energy

By Greg Russell On June 25, 2011

New Fracking Ban

The Daily Journal is reporting that the city of Morgantown, WV, has banned the use of hydraulic fracturing within the city and a...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Marcellus, Energy, Utica,

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently found, among other things, that plaintiffs lacked standing...


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Signed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, HB 3328 becomes effective September 1, 2011, requiring operators to disclose the chemicals used...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Energy, Environment

By Greg Russell On June 20, 2011

Local Impacts

We thought you might be interested in a couple of articles:  First, one on how Ohio oil and gas development is already having a...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

Addressing an issue of first impression, the Ohio Supreme Court recently held that a "most favored nation" clause in an electric...


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That's the title to an article in the WSJ: "The shale drilling boom now underway in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On June 18, 2011

Oil Index Separation

The WSJ is reporting on an interesting phenomenon - there is a growing separation between the two major oil indices (Brent and...


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By Greg Russell On June 18, 2011

PG&E Update

PG&E culture played a part in the San Bruno incident, according to this article in the San Jose Mercury News. "That telling lapse...


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By Greg Russell On June 11, 2011

AEP Closures

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that American Electric Power (AEP) is planning on closing several electric power plants due to...


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