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Monday, February 21, 2011

Natural gas producers locking in prices | Barnett Shale | Dallas Business, Texas Busines...

As natural gas prices continue to drop producers see little prospect for a near term rebound. Drillers have hedged gas production for 2011 in anticipation of further declines.

Natural gas producers locking in prices | Barnett Shale | Dallas Business, Texas Busines...

Friday, February 18, 2011

Arkansas Is Shaking: 50+ Earthquakes In Past Week; 700+ In Last Six Months : The Two-Way : NPR

Theorists are examining two possibilities for the ongoing earthquakes. The "Guy Swarm", a series of mild earthquakes that have been occurring periodically since 2009, or possibly natural gas exploration taking place in the Fayetteville Shale, a prolific geological formation in north central Arkansas. Click the link below for the entire article.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Two gas well pad sites in Fort Worth exceed pollution limits | Barnett Shale | Dallas Bu...

Excerpt from the article: "In all, 169 samples were collected between September and October, and more than 15,000 concentrations were measured.

In the point source testing of 66 active well sites, 31 had no detectable emissions, and of those that did, only the two sites were above minimum thresholds set by the EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

More detailed analysis of over 100 sites is pending, Gange said.

Seven active compressor sites and one gas-processing plant tested were also below minimum standards."


Sunday, February 13, 2011

EPA's "Yee Haw" moment in Texas

Just the facts ma'am.....
Sworn statements from key players involved in controversial EPA order shed new light on how it all went down, and why it shouldn’t have

Check out the entire Energy In Depth article by clicking the following link.
"Yee Haw" Moment!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

No Credible Evidence Supports EPA Order Against Range

Mounting Evidence Raises Serious Questions about EPA’s Actions and Motives
By Gene Powell, Publisher/Editor – Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter©

In depth research conducted by the Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter finds some interesting revelations regarding water wells drilled 5 years prior to gas exploration in the Barnett Shale. These are the same water wells in which the EPA has targeted Range Resources with charges of methane contamination. The entire article (courtesy of the Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter) can be read by clicking the following direct link to the Adobe Acrobat file.
2-11-2011 No Credible Evidence Supports EPA Order Against Range

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US - Yahoo! News

The process used in Shale gas recovery has opened up the door to new production methods for crude oil in large fields across the U.S. The AP link to this story can be accessed below.

New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US - Yahoo! News

Chesapeake Energy plans to sell $5B in assets | Barnett Shale | Dallas Business, Texas B...

Chesapeake Energy has plans to sell all of it's Fayetteville Shale assets, as well as investments in two other energy related companies. Access the article by clicking on the following link.