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EIA to Add 10 States to Monthly NatGas, Oil Production Reports

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has received approval from the Office of Management and Budget to add state-level data from 10 states... Read More

Gunnison Sage Grouse Listing May Impact E&Ps in Utah, Colorado

The Obama administration is weighing whether to list as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act the Gunnison sage grouse... Read More

Apache's North American Business Now 'Capable of Standing on Its Own'

Apache Corp.'s North American exploration and production (E&P) business is able to stand on its own today, separate from its international operations, something that might not have been possible a year ago, CEO Steve Farris said Thursday. Read More

Wyoming Oil, Gas Lease Auction Pulls in $3.49M

Wyoming sold oil and natural gas leases in a quarterly auction Wednesday, generating $3.49 million in revenues involving 71,960 acres, the Office of State Lands and Investments said. Read More

It's High Stakes for Oil, Gas Industry in Pennsylvania Governor's Race

Polls show Pennsylvania's Republican Gov.Tom Corbett narrowing the double-digit lead that Democratic challenger Tom Wolf has enjoyed for much of the campaign. The election has high stakes for the oil and gas industry as Wolf has pushed a severance tax and made energy reform a mainstay of his campaign. Read More

Stampede Field in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico in Production by 2018, Hess Says

Hess. Corp., operator and partial owner of the Stampede oil and natural gas project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), will move forward with the project and expects it to begin production in 2018, the company said Thursday. Read More

Independent Eyes More Drilling in Northern California

San Diego-based Royale Energy Inc., a small independent with some big plans for Alaska's North Slope shale plays, is launching a drilling program in the Sacramento Basin dry natural gas fields, following a successful well in Tehama County, 130 miles north of the state capital. Read More

$126B in Colorado Oil, Gas Economic Benefits Outlined in Study

Economic benefits from Colorado's upstream and midstream oil and natural gas industry totaled $126 billion between 2008 and 2012, according to a study highlighted Thursday by the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business. Read More

University of Texas to Lead $58M Methane Hydrate Research Project in GOM

The University of Texas at Austin (UT) is leading a research consortium that is getting $58 million to study methane hydrate under the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Read More

Alaska Awards Leases on Disputed Acreage

Alaska has awarded two Beaufort Sea leases that had been pending since 2011 based on the state's belief that it -- and not the federal government -- controls 3,000 acres of tidal and submerged lands along the Beaufort coastline. Read More