Epsilon Energy Ltd. and its Marcellus shale partners, Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Statoil USA Onshore Properties Inc., are to construct a 400-MMcfd natural gas gathering system to service both the three-party farmout area they share and additional producers.

Oil and natural gas producers have begun work on developing a third expansive play in Louisiana, giving the state one proved and producing formation and two that are being watched closely, according to Scott Angelle, secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources.

Libya can resume crude oil production within a matter of weeks and can return to prewar output within 15 months, according to the newly appointed chairman of state-owned National Oil Corp.

A combination of modern engineering and ancient social principles makes large-scale rainwater harvesting feasible in a time of drought, and could reduce deadly flash flooding common to parts of Texas, a new article argues.

A group led by OMV (Norge) AS discovered a 40-m gross natural gas column in the Jurassic Rogn and Garn formations at its Chamonix prospect in PL 471 in the southern Norwegian Sea off Norway.

Energy prices generally continued to rally Aug. 30 on investors’ increased appetite for risk, despite the American Petroleum Institute’s early report of a hefty increase in US crude inventories.

Hovensa LLC has received orders from the US Environmental Protection Agency to improve its programs and plans that help prevent chemical releases and provide quick responses when they occur.

Italy’s economics ministry finalized the award to Canoel International Energy Ltd., Calgary, of the Torrente Vulgano and Canaldente gas field licenses formerly produced by Eni.