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EPA Expects to Publish Long-Awaited Draft Fracking Report in March
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Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that the agency plans to roll out a series of key peer-reviewed papers... Read More
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October 22, 2014

State Regulators Say Bakken, Midcontinent, Utica Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing

Top regulators from Oklahoma, North Dakota and Ohio all agreed on Tuesday that unconventional oil and gas development in their states shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. Read More

Texas Operator Says Oil Price Slump Could Impact Future Drilling Plans

Clayton Williams Energy Inc. (CWEI) is tweaking its Eagle Ford Shale fracking operations and experimenting with downspacing. In the Delaware Basin, three of its recent wells ran into trouble, and the Midland, TX-based independent said it is monitoring the pullback in oil prices as it considers plans for next year. Read More

Rocky E&P Quarterlies Forecast on Oil Price Declines

Talk about domestic natural gas oversupply may not be the big story when the domestic exploration and production (E&P) sector unveils quarterly earnings reports over the next few weeks. Instead, conversations may center around the impact lower crude oil prices had on the third quarter, and what impact lower prices may have on drilling plans into 2015, energy analysts said this week. Read More

Researchers Say Electrodialysis Could Desalinate Frack Water

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Saudi Arabia's King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals said they have found an economical solution for removing salt from water produced when hydraulically fracturing (frack) oil and natural gas wells, according to a paper published this week in the journal Applied Energy. Read More

Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Bill Calling for Monthly Unconventional Production Reports

Lawmakers in both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly have unanimously passed a bill requiring operators of unconventional oil and gas wells to report their production on a monthly basis, a similar practice in other major producing states. The bill is awaiting Gov. Tom Corbett's signature. Read More
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30-Mile Marcellus-Focused Pipeline Draws Customer Interest

Prospective customers have stepped up for a sufficient amount of firm capacity on a proposed 30-mile extension of the Central New York Oil & Gas Co. LLC (CNYOG) pipeline system during a nonbinding open season, CNYOG parent Crestwood Midstream Partners LP said Monday. Read More
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EPA Expects to Publish Long-Awaited Draft Fracking Report in March

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that the agency plans to roll out a series of key peer-reviewed papers... Read More
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Enviros Sue California County Over Crude-by-Rail OK

The elected Board of Supervisors in Kern County, CA, in the middle of the state's oil patch in the lower San Joaquin Valley, was sued in California Superior Court last Thursday for allegedly ignoring environmental risks in approving a $100 million crude-by-rail project in Bakersfield. The Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and the Association of Irritated Residents, among others, filed the legal action. Read More
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Mexico's Alfa Eyeing Funds to Pursue Shale Gas, Other Energy Opportunities

Sparked by Mexico's recent energy reform, Alfa, a Mexican diversified industrial company with dealings from energy to chemicals to branded foods, said Monday it is looking to raise significant capital to expand its energy production footprint in Mexico, with a focus on shale natural gas. Read More

Cutting Unconventional Well Costs a Balancing Act, Says Accenture

Oil and natural gas operators may be able to reduce the costs to drill and complete unconventional wells by up to 40% by integrating logistics, contractors and materials, Accenture research has found. Read More

Researchers Develop Tracers to Track Frack Fluid

The National Science Foundation said Monday that scientists have developed new geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment. Read More
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North American Service Intensity at 'Unprecedented Levels,' Says Halliburton Chief

Halliburton Co.'s job board is sold out for equipment in North America as demand continues to increase for the amount of proppant and the amount of stages... Read More

QEP Sells Gas-Rich Midstream Assets to Tesoro for $2.5B

Seeking to improve its financial and competitive positions, Denver-based QEP Resources unit QEP Field Services is selling its natural gas-rich midstream assets to Tesoro Logistic LP (TLLP) in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion. Read More

New Study Links Fracking to Earthquakes in Ohio

A study published in the journal Seismological Research Letters suggests that horizontal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Ohio's Utica Shale triggered a series of 400 small earthquakes in Harrison County over a two-month period last year. Read More

Eagle Materials Nearly Doubles Frack Sand Capacity on CRS Acquisition

Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc. has agreed to pay $225 million to buy hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sand producer CRS Proppants LLC to expand market share in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and Midcontinent, as well as nearly double its sand capacity and reserves. Read More

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FIXED RANGE BASIS RANGE
South Texas
Agua Dulce 3.94 to 3.95 --
Florida Gas Zone 1 -- --
NGPL S. TX -- -0.06 to -0.06
Tennessee Zone 0 South 3.77 to 3.78 -0.105 to -0.075
Texas Eastern S. TX 3.95 to 3.95 -0.0575 to -0.05
Transco Zone 1 -- -0.0725 to -0.055
East Texas
Carthage -- -0.085 to -0.065
Houston Ship Channel 3.91 to 4.02 0.04 to 0.04
Katy 3.94 to 3.96 --
NGPL TexOk 3.80 to 3.90 -0.06 to -0.05
Tennessee Zone 0 North -- --
Texas Eastern E. TX -- --
Transco Zone 2 -- --
West Texas/SE New Mexico
El Paso Permian 3.71 to 3.80 --
Transwestern 3.68 to 3.81 --
Waha 3.72 to 3.89 --
Midwest
Alliance 4.01 to 4.11 0.0975 to 0.0975
ANR ML7 4.28 to 4.29 0.15 to 0.20
Chicago Citygate 3.96 to 4.13 0.08 to 0.135
Consumers Energy 4.02 to 4.10 0.10 to 0.12
Dawn 3.99 to 4.16 0.1275 to 0.145
Emerson -- 0.065 to 0.10
Joliet 4.01 to 4.11 0.0975 to 0.0975
Michigan Consolidated 3.94 to 4.11 0.09 to 0.125
Midcontinent
ANR SW 3.65 to 3.91 -0.18 to -0.1525
Enable East 3.68 to 3.88 -0.13 to -0.12
Enable West -- --
NGPL Amarillo Mainline -- --
NGPL Midcontinent 3.69 to 3.84 -0.14 to -0.13
Northern Border Ventura 4.09 to 4.10 --
Northern Natural Demarc 3.86 to 4.13 0.065 to 0.065
Northern Natural Ventura 3.87 to 4.11 --
OGT 3.57 to 3.83 -0.24 to -0.2325
Panhandle Eastern 3.60 to 3.85 -0.23 to -0.20
Southern Star 3.72 to 3.82 --
North Louisiana/Arkansas
Perryville -- -0.0525 to -0.025
Texas Eastern, M1, 24 3.94 to 3.95 -0.04 to -0.04
Texas Gas Zone 1 -- -0.065 to -0.05
Trunkline Zone 1A -- -0.055 to -0.0525
South Louisiana
ANR SE 3.92 to 3.93 -0.06 to -0.045
Columbia Gulf Mainline -- -0.06 to -0.05
Columbia Gulf onshore -- --
Florida Gas Zone 2 -- -0.02 to 0.02
Henry Hub 4.02 to 4.11 0.00 to 0.01
Southern Natural -- -0.025 to -0.005
Tennessee Line 500 -- -0.06 to -0.04
Tennessee Line 800 3.90 to 3.90 -0.06 to -0.045
Texas Eastern E. LA -- -0.065 to -0.055
Texas Eastern W. LA -- --
Texas Gas Zone SL -- -0.05 to -0.05
Transco Zone 3 -- -0.0175 to 0.01
Trunkline E. LA -- -0.04 to -0.01
Trunkline W. LA -- -0.02 to -0.02
Alabama/Mississippi
Florida Gas Zone 3 -- -0.01 to 0.04
Texas Eastern M-1, 30 -- -0.11 to -0.08
Transco Zone 4 -- -0.0125 to -0.005
Florida
FGT Citygate -- --
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne Hub 3.68 to 3.94 --
CIG 3.64 to 3.73 --
CIG DJ Basin 3.62 to 3.70 --
El Paso Bondad 3.68 to 3.75 --
El Paso non-Bondad 3.70 to 3.80 --
Kern River 3.72 to 3.90 --
Kingsgate -- --
Northwest S. of Green River 3.67 to 3.80 --
Northwest Sumas 3.78 to 4.03 --
Northwest Wyoming Pool -- --
Opal 3.72 to 3.88 --
Questar 3.80 to 3.80 --
Stanfield -- --
Transwestern San Juan 3.73 to 3.96 --
White River Hub 3.68 to 3.70 --
Northeast
Algonquin Citygate -- -0.71 to -0.47
Algonquin Receipts -- -1.00 to -1.00
Clarington (non-Tenn) -- 0.025 to 0.025
Clarington, Tennessee -- --
Columbia Gas -- -0.04 to -0.01
Dominion South -- -2.01 to -1.84
Dominion North -- -2.00 to -1.94
Dracut -- --
Iroquois Zone 2 -- -0.35 to -0.275
Iroquois, Waddington -- -0.25 to 0.115
Lebanon -- 0.02 to 0.055
Leidy Hub -- -1.985 to -1.88
Millennium East Pool -- -1.965 to -1.80
Niagara -- -1.35 to -1.35
Tenn Zone 4 200L -- -1.68 to -1.58
Tennessee Zn 4 313 Pool -- -1.74 to -1.63
Tennessee Zn 4 Marcellus -- -2.15 to -1.96
Tenn Zone 5 200L -- -1.63 to -1.55
Tenn Zone 5 300L -- -1.68 to -1.68
Tenn Zone 6 200L -- -0.63 to -0.50
Tenn Zone 6 300L -- -1.67 to -1.67
Texas Eastern M-2, 30 -- -2.03 to -1.84
Texas Eastern M-2, 30 Delivery -- -1.85 to -1.85
Texas Eastern M-2, 30 Receipt -- -2.03 to -1.84
Texas Eastern M-3 -- -1.84 to -1.675
Texas Eastern M-3, Delivery -- -1.84 to -1.675
Texas Eastern M-3, Receipt -- --
Transco Zone 5 -- 0.075 to 0.10
Transco Zone 6 non-NY -- -1.75 to -1.42
Transco Zone 6 non-NY North -- -1.75 to -1.42
Transco Zone 6 non-NY South -- --
Transco Zone 6 NY -- -1.73 to -1.60
Transco-Leidy Line -- -2.10 to -1.93
Arizona/Nevada
El Paso S. Mainline/N. Baja -- --
Kern Delivery -- --
California
Malin 3.81 to 4.00 --
PG&E Citygate 4.35 to 4.60 0.465 to 0.465
SoCal Citygate 4.17 to 4.39 --
Southern Border, PG&E 3.99 to 4.04 --
Southern Border, SoCal 3.96 to 4.14 --
SoCal Border Avg. 3.96 to 4.14 --
Canada
Empress 3.69 to 3.98 --
NOVA/AECO C 3.76 to 4.05 -0.2425 to -0.24
Westcoast Station 2 3.46 to 3.62 --