The environmental group EarthWorks issued a report saying state inspections of oil and gas wells are sporadic and uneven, and regulators often impose small penalties for infractions, the Boulder Daily Camera reports.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey plans to release results Wednesday from a new round of groundwater tests in a Wyoming gas field where another federal agency linked hydraulic fracturing to contaminants found in two water wells and local residents have complained of chemicals polluting their well water.
The new USGS data comes from samples taken in April from one of the test wells near Pavillion in central Wyoming. The other test well didn't produce enough water to yield samples deemed large enough to test.
U.S. natural gas leaders are debating how much they should invest in export infrastructure, while consumers worry that U.S. natural gas prices will skyrocket once the U.S. starts to export the resource, Bloomberg reports
The Obama administration will hold its second annual oil and gas lease sale on federal lands in Alaska on Nov. 7, the day after the fall elections.
A total of 400 tracts encompassing 4.5 million acres are being considered in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the Interior Department announced Tuesday.
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers from Heartland and Western states sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, urging him to hasten the approval of liquefied natural gas exports, The Hill reports.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Liquefied Natural Gas company is blaming saboteurs for an explosion on a frequently-attacked pipeline in the country's south.
An oil ministry official said Tuesday's blast temporarily halted the flow of gas in the pipeline in Yemen's Shabwa province. He said repairs are underway and exports were not affected.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit seeking to force a full environmental review before the Delaware River Basin Commission allows natural gas drilling in a watershed that provides drinking water for millions of New Yorkers.
U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn ruled Monday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies. He said the lawsuit filed last year by Schneiderman was speculative, because the commission hasn't adopted final regulations yet.
Israel is looking at ways to defend its Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone as it drills for natural gas up to 100 miles from its coastline, CNBC reports.
Republicans are citing the Obama administration's delay of a natural gas export study as evidence that the president is reluctant to support natural gas development, The Hill reports.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
