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Chesapeake Energy reveals SEC probe into CEO perks

The probe is looking into a deal that McClendon, who founded Chesapeake in 1989, has long had with the company that allows him to invest personally in the oil and gas wells the company drills.

Study says Barnett will still be producing gas in 2050

The longevity of shale fields has been a point of contention, as critics have pointed to rapid rates of decline in shale oil and gas wells as a sign the boom in production will be short-lived.

Report questions long-term productivity of gas wells in Barnett Shale

Producers and researchers say that, depending on prices and the operator's costs, a gas well can remain economically viable with production as low as 30,000 to 40,000 cubic feet a day.

Anti-fracking celebrities take tour of Marcellus Shale

The celebrities boarded a tour bus in New York City and headed to rural Susquehanna County to see gas wells, compressor stations and other evidence of the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, and to...

Researcher links small quakes in Oklahoma to injection wells

Austin Holland, speaking at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco, said his studies suggest that about 2 percent of the oil and gas wells hydraulically fractured in that...

Fire at Fort Worth gas well site put out quickly

Fire at Fort Worth gas well site put out quickly

Natural gas production getting greener

The agency said the new rules are expected to eliminate 95 percent of the smog-forming volatile organic compounds emitted from more than 13,000 new gas wells each year.

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Transocean CEO booted in vote by shareholders

Transocean Ltd. shareholders have voted out the oil drilling company's chairman and backed one...

NEW YORK: Transocean shareholders oust chairman

Transocean Ltd. shareholders have voted out the oil drilling company's chairman and backed one...

New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

Place said there are 6,000 feet or more of different rock layers between Marcellus gas wells...