Oil companies drilling in the Marcellus shale have voiced their opinion that the new national standards the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to create will not have much impact.
A circuit court judge recently overturned the ban on Marcellus shale gas drilling in Morgantown, West Virginia.
An advisory panel to the United States Department of Energy endorsed shale gas exploration and said that hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") can be performed safely.
A ConocoPhillips official stated on October 12 that the recently discovered abundance of shale gas in the country has produced a false perception of significant oversupplies.
The Canadian province of British Columbia recently declared that it will promote the liquefied natural gas industry as a means of giving a boost to the region.
Norm Lamarche is bullish on everything to do with natural gas.
That is - everything except the producers of it.
"The real opportunity here is clearly for the consumers of natural gas in North America," says Investment Executive's 2009 Fund Manager of the Year, and a principal at Front Street Capital...
Who owns the Marcellus shale gas?
The public interest in what chemicals are used in fracking has motivated many firms to disclose what chemicals they use in the process.
