New York state will ban hydraulic fracturing after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas extraction method poses health risks, Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration said on Wednesday.
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A surge of oil and gas production will drive the U.S. economy 1 percent higher in 2040 than it would have otherwise grown, and energy exports will only stoke the expansion, an independent study on energy policy concluded on Tuesday.
Halliburton Co's $35 billion takeover of Baker Hughes Inc will create an oilfield services powerhouse in North Dakota with more than half the cementing market and a leading position in fracking, according to data seen by Reuters.
Panda Power Funds provides financing for the construction of a new power plant from Moxie Energy.
Cuadrilla Resources suspended its oil drilling exploration in Balcombe as anti-fracking protests intensified.
In an editorial on the Daily Telegraph, Prime Minister David Cameron gave his backing for hydraulic fracturing.
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