Atlas Resources Buys Another Big Barnett Asset Vote Chesapeake Board Members Out, Says NYC Comptroller With Asset Sale Complete, Norse Turns Focus to New York's Marcellus, Utica New Brunswick Proposes Bevy of Oil, Gas Regulatory Changes Pennsylvania Opens Game Reserve to Oil, Gas Leasing Eureka to Bring Wastewater Treatment to the Heart of the Marcellus Investors Coalition Supports Best Practices for Shale Fracking Correction Experts Watch for Backlash From Super-Low Prices Booming Bakken Creating Hiring, Housing Surge Murkowski, EPA Head Spar Over Fracking Studies MarkWest CEO: Keystone Purchase 'Connects Our Dots' In Symbolic Move, Vermont First State to Ban Fracking Fracking Proposals Advance in North Carolina IPAA-Backed Study Says EPA Finding in Pavillion, WY, 'Unsupported' Gas Glut Didn't Appear Overnight, Won't Disappear Tomorrow, Says Bentek Exec Matador Resources Ramping Up in Eagle Ford EnerVest CEO Advises NatGas Peers to 'Conspire to Constrain Supply Growth' Who Would've Thunk it: North Dakota No. 2 Oil Producer Ohio Senate Approves New Fracking Rules West Virginia Inspectors File Grievance Over Job Postings Govt/Industry Dramatically Cut Marcellus Environmental Incidents, Report Finds Chesapeake's 'Mounting Turmoil' Cited in S&P Downgrade Antero Plans to Expand in Marcellus; Production Up in 1Q2012 Pennsylvania Governor: Shale Development 'Good For Entire State' California Holds Fracking Workshops; Draft Rules to Follow Chesapeake CEO Confident of Asset Sales; Shares Strengthen Regency Announces Eagle Ford Gathering, Treating Expansion EPA: Dimock Water Tests Safe For Fourth and Final Time Concho Puts Another Billion Dollars in Permian Assets, Acreage API's Gerard Says Ohio Experiencing Energy 'Rebirth' PDC Buys Wattenberg Acreage for $330.6M

Cash, Futures Part Ways as Forecasts Call For East, Midwest Warmth
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
Futures bounded higher on supportive weather forecasts but cash prices defaulted to a typical weekend slide. ( more )

Southern LNG Applies for Elba Island Export License
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The El Paso Corp. subsidiary is seeking Department of Energy authorization to export as much as 0.5 Bcf/d of liquefied natural gas from its Elba Island, GA, facility. ( more )

Natural Gas Sings a New Tune: 'Hit the Road, Jack'
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
NGV stakeholders want to demonstrate that compressed natural gas fueling infrastructure is already in place nationally. ( more )

BC Utility Steps on the (Natural) Gas With NGV Incentive Plan
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
No sooner had the British Columbia (BC) government announced a plan to allow utilities and their customers to underwrite expansion of natural gas vehicle (NGV) use than the province's largest distributor, Fortis BC, started its engines. ( more )

CFTC Proposes to Modify Combining of Trades Under Position Limits Rule
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The proposal would not require a company to aggregate with its own trades in a company in which it owned less than 50% as long as their trading was a completely separate operation. ( more )

Dominion Files Lawsuit in Sierra Club Cove Point Liquefaction Clash
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The Cove Point owner and operator seeks a declaratory judgment from the Maryland circuit court allowing it to construct the export facility. ( more )

Will Coal/Gas Switching Save the Day on Injection Levels?
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
To keep U.S. natural gas storage below maximum capacity, injections would need to be "at least" 2 Bcf/d undersupplied, or maximum storage levels may be hit by mid September, according to some analyst calculations. ( more )

Pension Fund Wants Chesapeake Board Members Out
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The board on Friday reduced outside director compensation, which it said now was "at or below" the average level of the company's peers. ( more )

Interior Offers 38M Gulf Acres in June Lease Sale With Incentives to Drill
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The final notice of sale includes a number of measures -- increased minimum bid, escalating rental rates and other actions -- aimed at making sure the leases don't sit idle. ( more )

NGVs 'Not A Science Project Anymore,' Experts Say
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
Financing, gas supplies and technology are deemed secure, but the heavy duty fleet market still awaits more fueling and 12-liter engine NGVs. ( more )

Ryder CEO: With Incentives or Not, NGVs Long-Term Fleet Fuel Solution
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 21, 2012
The company's business strategy is tied to boosting natural gas in its global transportation fleet, says Ryder Systems Inc. CEO Greg Swienton. ( more )

FERC Report: Natgas 'Most Prominent Driver' in Summer Power Markets
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
Low natural gas prices are expected to continue to exert downward pressure on electricity prices this summer, as more and more generators switch from coal to gas to fuel their facilities, according to a new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report. ( more )

Gas Abundance Triggers 'Butterfly Effect,' Say Experts
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
Unlocking North America's unconventional natural gas reserves created a storm of activity across multiple sectors, according to speakers at Bentek Energy's Benposium. ( more )

Senators Urge CFTC, SEC to Define 'Swap,' Put Regs Into Effect
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
"Each day that passes without a definition for 'swap' allows speculation in over-the-counter markets," said a bipartisan group of senators. ( more )

Industry Making Case for NGVs, Says Encana Exec
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
Fleet operators are getting help in overcoming the lag between vehicle and infrastructure production. ( more )

Natural Gas-Derived Liquids Eyed for Transportation Fuel Use
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
In the alternative transportation fuels sector, low-cost natural gas inspires a different spin on liquids. ( more )

Murkowski Warns Against Expanding Federal Frack Studies
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 18, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency head says administration has "a desire to do additional science around hydraulic fracturing." ( more )

Con Ed Projecting Gas Conversions to Grow 3.5% through 2017
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
Substantially more pipeline capacity into New York City is needed, according to Consolidated Edison Co. of New York's gas supply director. ( more )

$1 Gas Prices Might Help Industry, Says EnerVest CEO
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
"The pain of today will result in a much better environment for producers in 2014 to 2017," John Walker said at Bentek Energy's Benposium conference. ( more )

U.S. Energy Independence Not Achievable Before 2030, Survey Finds
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
However, energy executives who were asked mostly agreed that developing shale gas and oil reserves would have a "significant" effect on global energy needs over the next three years. ( more )

Alternative Fuel Mix Gets More Complex
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
The nation needs to think in terms of "all-of-the-above" when it comes to alternative vehicle fuels, according to panelists at ACT Expo 2012 conference in Long Beach, CA. ( more )

Wesley Clark: U.S. Should Capitalize on Energy Intensive Strategy
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
The energy industry is lacking a "shared vision" to jump-start the U.S. economy, says retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark. ( more )

BLM Alaska Issues Call to Gauge Interest in NPR-A Lease Sale
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
The oil and natural gas auction in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is slated for November. ( more )

Wyoming Asks High Court to Review 'Roadless Rule'
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
The Clinton-era rule has had a long and tortuous history in the courts. ( more )

Waste Management Builds New CNG Fueling Site in Ohio
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 17, 2012
This coincides with the transition of its waste collection trucking fleet to compressed natural gas. ( more )

Administration Claims Energy Industry Sitting on Leases
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 16, 2012
The report is an attempt by the Obama administration to "divert attention from the fact it has been restricting oil and natural gas development, leasing less often, shortening lease terms and going slow on permit approvals," said the head of the American Petroleum Institute. ( more )

S&P Cuts Chesapeake on Liquidity Risks; Term Loan Increased
from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index  May 16, 2012
The rating could be stabilized if the producer "adopted a more conservative growth strategy and financial policies," as well as addressed "shortcomings in its corporate governance practices that were sufficient to satisfy its various stakeholders." ( more )