Devon Energy reports $357 Q4 loss
Devon reported a loss of $357 million, or 89 cents a share, down from a profit of $507 million, or $1.25 a share, for the same time period last year. More »
Market Manipulation For Natural Gas, Record Prices For Gasoline
Regardless of whether a market is moving up or down, there is always someone making money somewhere. There are various examples every day – be it a billionaire selling a stock short (i.e., Herbalife) or a company selling a meal short on ingredients (i.e., horsemeat economics). Some methods are legitimate, and some are not. But one thing [...] More »
Protest shuts operations at Ohio drilling facility
Authorities say a protest by members of environmental groups temporarily shut down operations at a gas drilling waste storage site in southeast Ohio. More »
Texas fracker accused of bully tactics against foes
When a Texas landowner took his fear that a gas driller had poisoned his well to federal regulators, the company, Range Resources Corp., turned around and sued him for conspiring “to harm Range.” More »
Pricing concerns hamper China’s shale gas goals
China, consuming energy at the fastest pace among major economies, has set ambitious targets to exploit its reservoirs of shale gas. It won’t meet them. More »
$1 million grant for Pa. gas drilling health study
A Pennsylvania health company says it has gotten a $1 million grant to study possible health impacts of natural gas drilling on the Marcellus shale. More »
Students to get natural gas technician training
A southern Kentucky city that runs its own natural gas pipeline has been approved to offer a pilot program in vocational training in the natural gas technology. More »
Vote slated Tuesday on Pa. airport drilling deal
A deal that could be worth $500 million for rights to drill for natural gas and oil at Pittsburgh International Airport in western Pennsylvania could get final approval this week More »
Companies release new details on Alaska pipeline
The North Slope’s three major players — Exxon Mobil, BP and ConocoPhillips — and TransCanada said they were looking at a 42-inch diameter pipeline that would carry up to 3½ billion cubic feet of gas a day and would have five off-takes along the route. More »
County asks vice president, first lady to help stop drilling
Houston-based SG Interests wants more time to develop natural gas wells in Colorado’s Thompson Divide. More »
Statoil gets consent for $7 billion Mariner development plan
Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest oil and gas producer, got approval from the U.K. government for its plan for the Mariner project, the largest offshore development in the U.K.’s North Sea in more than a decade. More »
Brazil may receive spot LNG from U.S. as ship arrives at Pecem
Petroleo Brasileiro SA may receive a spot cargo of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. today, according to ship-tracking data. More »
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