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Physical, Futures Vault More Than 20 Cents as Polar Vortex Returns

Physical gas prices for Friday delivery continued their upward trajectory in Thursday's trading with a wide range of market responses to a strong screen... Read More

Shippers, Distributors Protest New Rate Scheme for Gulf South Pipeline

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, a “web-like” interstate natural gas pipeline system bordering the Gulf of Mexico, has stirred up a firestorm among its myriad distributor and producer customers with its first new rate filing in 17 years, which includes higher rates and a new zone system. Read More

Antero Midstream IPO Fetches $1 Billion in Debut

Antero Resources Corp. saw its fortunes rise on Wednesday when it completed the initial public offering (IPO) of its midstream master limited partnership (MLP), raising $1 billion in one of the largest such debuts to date. Read More

Continental Cuts Capex by 12%, Monetizes Oil Hedges

Continental Resources Inc. is betting that the sell-off in crude oil has hit bottom and has monetized nearly all of its hedge positions through 2016, while keeping about one-third of its natural gas hedged in 2015 at an average price of $4.34/Mcf. Read More

Sunoco OKs Mariner East 2, Pursues Marcus Hook NGL Hub

The Mariner East 2 project, the second phase of a broad plan to expand natural gas liquids (NGL) transport out of the Appalachian Basin, is a go following a successful open season, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP said Thursday. Read More

Fracking, Drilling Find Support in Western Elections

Defeat of an anti-drilling measure in Santa Barbara County, CA, and the re-election of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday provided new encouragement to industry-backed supporters of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and continued development of the nation's unconventional energy resources. Read More

SoCal Edison Inks 1,700 MW of Gas-Fired Deals

In an effort to make up for 2,200 MW of generation lost when the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) was closed last year, Edison International's Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) has signed five contracts for nearly 1,700 MW of natural gas-fired generation and another 69 deals providing the rest. Read More

Texas Oilfields Push Devon Production Forecast 3% Higher

Devon Energy Corp. expects to achieve 14% more production this year than it did in 2013, a 3% higher forecast from a few months ago, after surpassing expectations from Texas oilfields during the third quarter. Read More

Senate Republican Committee Leaders Expected to Push for Energy Exports

One day after Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate in the 2014 midterm elections, with analysts and officials from various industries and environmental groups making a wide spectrum of predictions for the next two years, there was one area of agreement -- the battles over the nation's energy policies are going to fundamentally change. Read More

Midterm Elections a Mixed Bag for Appalachian Basin's Oil, Gas Industry

Tuesday's midterm elections produced mixed results for the future of shale gas development in the Appalachian Basin, but the spotlight was overwhelmingly fixed on Democratic Governor-elect Tom Wolf's defeat of Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett and its implications for the industry. Read More

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