The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public lands.
- May. 4 2012

As the Gas Processors Association (GPA) continues to expand its advocacy role, it has continued its efforts to get in front of issues on both the state and federal levels.
- Apr. 23 2012
U.S. environmental regulators released long-delayed rules to control air pollution from hydraulic fracturing or “fracing” on April 18, marking one of the first efforts to regulate the widely used technique for extracting oil and natural gas.
- Apr. 19 2012
Coordination, communication efforts are key.
- Apr. 12 2012

In an exclusive interview with Midstream Monitor, GPA’s head discusses growing midstream advocacy efforts on federal and state levels.
- Apr. 12 2012
A new scientific paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) offers an enhanced method for assessing climate impacts from natural gas development.
- Apr. 10 2012

The phrase “game changer” is tossed around quite a bit, but when it comes to the Marcellus shale it serves as a very apt description of the play’s influence on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, according to the state's Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley.
- Mar. 28 2012
The Obama administration may start collecting data on pipelines energy companies use to transport natural gas and oil extracted from shale by hydraulic fracturing, according to a government report.
- Mar. 23 2012

The API isn’t against cleaner energy, it just wants Uncle Sam to play ball with fossil fuel developers as it sets news rules on oil and gas exploration.
- Mar. 23 2012
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers calls on President Obama to stop singling out the oil and natural gas sectors to pay additional taxes not paid by other industries.
- Mar. 22 2012
After stops in Nevada and New Mexico on March 21, Obama on March 22 will use the backdrop of an oil-storage hub in Cushing, Okla., where TransCanada is set to begin building a pipeline to refineries on the Texas coast, which the administration has promised to help expedite.
- Mar. 21 2012
The water in 11 wells near Dimock, Pennsylvania, is safe, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said, disappointing residents and health groups as it declined to intervene in a dispute with Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
- Mar. 16 2012
The U.S. Senate rejected the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act Amendment to the SB 1813, the Senate Highway Bill by a vote of 51-47.
- Mar. 14 2012
ExxonMobil and GE committed $1 million each to a joint initiative at Penn State University, the University of Texas and the Colorado School of Mines to educate policymakers and regulators on shale oil and gas development.
- Mar. 9 2012
API supports the Senate approval of Amendment 1537 to authorize the building of the Keystone XL pipeline.
- Mar. 9 2012