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MAY 2017

Volume 60 No. 5

THE ISSUE
Bullishness about the direction of natural gas prices
can point to hard data. Although a few wildcards are
capable of skewing the trajectory, May's Market in
Motion reports make a straightforward case as to
why those who think the commodity price trend line
points upward may have the stronger argument. The
Gas Compression Technology reports open with a
West Texas-sized success story about how one of
the nation's largest independent producers rebuilt its
Delaware Basin processing plant to improve throughput and optimize operating economics. Meanwhile,
as spring has sprung throughout the country, the Mid-Continent Activity Profile
illustrates how the figurative winter has long since thawed in Oklahoma's
STACK and SCOOP plays. Association news includes Official Convention
Sections for OIPA and CIPA. Cover photo by Jim Blecha. Issue photography
courtesy of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; and by David McNeese, courtesy
of Continental Resources Inc.
NEWS
14 | Federal Regulation: Department of Interior retracts royalty valuation
rule; Department of Commerce fingers Korea and Spain for dumping
OCTG, flanges
14 | In the Courts: Green groups sue to block Keystone XL; Court upholds
Delaware River Basin Commission drilling moratorium; Pennsylvania
producer wins stripper well definition case; Judge overturns shale gas
pollution claim; Pennsylvania DEP challenges home-rule charters;
Federal judge dismisses Oklahoma seismicity suit; Trump administration
urges court to dismiss Pacific fracturing suit; Louisiana coastal erosion
case on the ropes
29 | Federal Issues: New Trump executive order seeks to untie more regulatory
knots
32 | Mergers and Acquisitions: First quarter deal activity establishes new high
34 | State Legislative: Anti-industry proposals fail in New Mexico, West
Virginia governor vetoes budget plan; Arkansas lawmakers reject pipeline
challenge; Kentucky revises rules for oil field wastes; Industry bills start
to clear committee in California; Maryland bans hydraulic fracturing
90 | COGCC Mission: State court of appeals decision ominous for industry
91 | Health Risk Report: Colorado Department of Public Health concludes
proximity to wells not hazardous

OFFICIAL CONVENTION SECTIONS

83 | OIPA: Quest to revise long-lateral regulations continues in Oklahoma
87 | CIPA: Policy challenges continue even as market conditions improve

COLUMNS

25 | Tech Connections
27 | Washington Watch

DEPARTMENTS

9 | Calendar
12 | Oil & Gas Counts
14 | Industry Digest

92 | Industry Focus
96 | Classified Advertising
98 | Advertisers Index



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