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Pioneer Natural Resources sells Eagle Ford Shale midstream business for $2.15 Billion

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Pioneer Natural Resources expects to ramp up drilling rigs to same level as before oil price collapse Pioneer Natural Resources is selling Eagle Ford Shale Midstream for $2.15 billion, subject to regulatory approvals, to Reliance Holding USA, an existing partner in the business. Pioneer owns 50.1% of EFS Midstream and Reliance owns the remaining 49.9%. The […]

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Clean Water Act: Texans oppose EPA’s new rule as ‘power grab’

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 Clean Water Act needs to go back to the drawing board – Rep. Lamar Smith Let there be no question where Texans stand on the Obama Administration’s latest attempt to redefine the Clean Water Act: They’re mad as hell. “The EPA’s latest regulatory overreach represents a new level of absurdity by attempting to define ditches

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Republicans confront Obama over global warming, EPA rules

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Obama fighting GOP-dominated Congress over his environmental legacy The Obama administration says a new federal rule regulating small streams and wetlands will protect the drinking water of more than 117 million people in the country. Not so, insist Republicans. They say the rule is a massive government overreach that could even subject puddles and ditches

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Barnett Shale fracked gas wells tested, no harmful emissions

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Beacon E&P tested 5 Barnett Shale fracked wells, compared against baseline testing from 2012 A battery of air tests during the simultaneous hydraulic fracturing of five Barnett Shale natural gas wells and the subsequent initial flowback period is one of the largest scale air testing projects of its kind. Modern Geosciences, a respected environmental testing

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American coal facing tough competition from shale natural gas

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American coal companies partly blame Environmental Protection Agency for their woes American coal producers expect declining production and plenty of job losses as their product is battered by the shale revolution in states like Texas, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. West Virginia University researchers predict that state coal production will drop 39 per cent compared with the industry’s last

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