Natural gas price more than doubles from 2012 low
Cold temperatures, a lack of storage facilities and cutbacks in natural gas drilling are all helping push the price of natural gas well above four dollars, according to an Ernst &Young analysis released Tuesday morning. More »
Harvard report slams fracturing chemical website
A new Harvard report sharply criticizes the industry-backed website FracFocus, where hydraulic fracturing companies voluntarily disclose fracking chemicals they use in oil and natural gas production. More »
Guest Commentary: Natural gas exports would halt US manufacturing comeback
Using domestic natural gas to expand United States manufacturing and export more value-added products would provide a bigger boost to the economy than exporting natural gas, writes Daniel DiMicco, executive chairman of steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp. More »
States turn against renewable energy as natural gas price plunges
More than half the U.S. states with laws requiring utilities to buy renewable energy are considering ways to pare back those mandates after a plunge in natural gas prices brought on by technology that boosted supply. More »
Houstonians bullish on the future of energy stocks
The average Houstonian stock portfolio includes a 20 percent investment in energy stocks, according to a study released Monday morning. More »
Steffy: After 9 years, a fond farewell
In the old days of newspapers, when copy was still edited on paper, the symbol -30- was used to mark the end of the story. More »
Somalia targets Shell, Eni for oil, gas output-sharing contracts
Somalia plans to sign 30 oil and gas production-sharing contracts this year, starting with companies that operated in the country before its government was toppled more than two decades ago, an official said. More »
Natural gas industry experiencing ‘paradigm shift’
There is tremendous upside potential for using liquefied natural gas as a transportation fuel over the next several decades, industry officials were told Friday on the closing day of a mega conference in Houston. More »
Remains of possible explosives at Pa. drill sites
Police say they’re investigating reports remains of small explosive devices were found at two natural gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania. More »
Skepticism over lower LNG prices
After two days of excited arguments for market changes that would lower prices, world buyers of liquefied natural gas got a snappy retort Wednesday from executives and experts at the LNG 17 conference in Houston. More »
Energy official: LNG export decisions coming soon
The Energy Department is poised to start making decisions on exporting more domestic natural gas within months, a top Obama administration official told Congress on Thursday, as leaders debate the contentious issue at the LNG 17 conference in Houston this week. More »
Committee endorses Moniz to be energy secretary
A Senate committee endorsed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Ernest Moniz to be energy secretary on Thursday, queuing up a possible confirmation vote next week. More »
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