February 15, 2013 Comments Off on Marcellus Shale gas boom expected to slow in 2013
PITTSBURGH — Energy experts say the boom in Marcellus Shale natural gas production will slow this year but not because there’s any lack of supply. The slowdown is happening because drillers are waiting for pipelines to expand, new markets to ...
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Read More »February 5, 2013 1 Comment
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is considering allowing natural gas companies to ask state regulators to impose a $2 surcharge on monthly bills to help recover costs for replacing aging infrastructure. The Senate is scheduled to take up the bill ...
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Read More »February 1, 2013 Comments Off on Natural gas firm seeks judgment against Myersville
Myersville, Md., has a post office, a population of about 1,600 and no desire to amend its growth plans to accommodate those of a natural gas company.
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Read More »December 17, 2012 Comments Off on Md. gas drilling panel’s work delayed again
HAGERSTOWN — A state panel is taking extra time to draft a report on the best practices for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The Maryland Department of the Environment said Monday that the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission expects to put ...
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Read More »December 14, 2012 Comments Off on Gasoline prices to hit low point for year
As you read this story, gas prices should have dropped to their lowest level of the year. By this week, the national average should have fallen below the $3.28 a gallon that drivers paid on Jan. 1, according to analysts. ...
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Read More »December 11, 2012 Comments Off on Maryland one of 7 states suing over drilling methane
PITTSBURGH — Seven Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states announced plans Tuesday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it is violating the Clean Air Act by failing to address methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, which has boomed in nearby ...
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Read More »December 11, 2012 Comments Off on Exxon: U.S. energy revival has staying power
NEW YORK — Exxon says the energy renaissance in the U.S. will continue and predicts that North America will become a net exporter of oil and gas by the middle of the next decade. The oil and gas giant’s latest ...
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Read More »December 10, 2012 Comments Off on Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner
PITTSBURGH — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles away on the plains of north Texas, there’s a drilling boom, too, but some air ...
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Read More »October 22, 2012 Comments Off on Oil falls below $90; pump prices continue to drop
The price of oil is falling Monday, tracking the small declines in U.S. stocks. Benchmark oil fell 60 cents to $89.45 a barrel in midday trading in New York. The contract fell $2.05 to end at $90.05 per barrel on ...
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Read More »October 19, 2012 Comments Off on Oil prices fall as pipeline supply concerns ease
The price of oil is falling after TransCanada reaffirmed plans to restart a pipeline this weekend that carries crude from Canada to the Midwest. Benchmark oil dropped $1.70, or 1.9 percent, Friday to $90.40 per barrel in New York. TransCanada ...
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