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Marcellus, Utica account for 85% increase in American gas production since 2012

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Marcellus shale located in Pennsylvania/West Virginia, Utica in Ohio The United States has become a major natural gas producer and much of the recent growth has come from the Marcellus and Utica regions, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Since January 2012, natural gas production in the Marcellus and Utica shale has accounted for 85% of the […]

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Political fight coming over EPA’s new fugitive methane reduction program

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Industry cautious, eco-activists displeased with Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program, designed to reduce fugitive methane emissions The EPA can’t seem to get it right. Eco-activists want fugitive methane emissions regulated, industry wants voluntary measures, and both sides are uncertain about the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program, launched Friday. In January, the White House announced a goal of cutting methane

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Salt caverns for storing natural gas increasing along Gulf Coast

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More salt caverns needed as gas used for power generation Natural gas is stored underground so it’s available when needed, mostly for heating during the winter. Salt caverns are increasingly seen as a better storage facility, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Natural gas stored in salt caverns, principally in the greater Gulf Coast

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Clean Power Plan: Texas think tank launches challenge with Interstate Power Compact

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Will EPA’s Clean Power Plan be mired in legal wrangling if Interstate Power Compact is successful? A Texas think tank has launched an interesting end run around the Environmental Protection Agency that could hobble the Obama Administration’s key climate change strategy, the Clean Power Plan. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Fueling Freedom Project announced this week

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Texas gains just 8,500 manufacturing jobs over last year – report

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Texas benefits from quality workers, low cost of doing business, existing industrial base Texas manufacturing employment growth is beginning to slow after three years of robust expansion, adding just 8,500 manufacturing jobs from May 2014 to May 2015, according to the 2015 Texas Manufacturers Register®. The tepid growth amounted to just a half per cent expansion in the

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Enterprise Products Partners refocuses on Permian, Eagle Ford

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Enterprise Products Partners sells Gulf offshore business for $1.5 billion to Genesis Energy Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) announced Friday that it has closed on the sale of its offshore Gulf of Mexico pipelines and services business to Genesis Energy L.P. and plans to expand operations in Texas shale plays. The sale to Genesis netted

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