Consol Energy News

Consol Energy Inc. is proceeding with plans to expand its Bailey Mine in Greene County, a project that will add a fifth longwall mining machine to its sprawling Bailey-Enlow Fork complex straddling the Greene and Washington county line.

Noble Energy plans to invest $3.5 billion across the company's global oil and gas portfolio in 2012.

As natural gas prices continue to drop, the recent nationwide boom in drilling is slowing.

Still a strong coal producer, Consol Energy has added 517 billion cubic feet of natural gas to its bid for a share of the Marcellus and Utica shale rush.

In the Sunday paper one article caught my eye. Mitt Romney stated last June in a New Hampshire town hall meeting that "humans have contributed to climate change, although it is not clear how much, and so I think it is important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be significant contributors to the climate ... (more)

Noble Energy, who last year entered into a joint venture with CONSOL Energy Inc.

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A new report predicts that the pace of joint ventures in the oil and gas industry will slow a bit in 2012 but remain strong in liquid-rich shale plays like the Utica.

Despite improvement in domestic employment figures, global economic growth has been disappointing.

Consol Energy Inc. is proceeding with plans to expand its Bailey Mine in Greene County, a project that will add a fifth longwall mining machine to its sprawling Bailey-Enlow Fork complex straddling the Greene and Washington county line.

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Coal operators across the country are changing the way they work, and mines are becoming safer, but the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Thursday there are still too many who "don't get it."In a speech at the West Virginia Coal Association's annual mining symposium, MSHA chief Joe Main said his inspectors can't be in ... (more)

CONSOL Energy Inc. told investors Thursday that its Enlow Fork Mine in Washington County, one of the company's largest operations, was shut down for about an hour due to an imminent danger order from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney, was the big winner in the outside group's supporting a candidate money race.

The contract will provide for 200,000 mcf of natural gas per day at Majorsville III , not including the 30,000 mcf daily that CONSOL previously had under contract at Majorsville II and will continue to hold.

Lucas Pipes, an analyst at Brean Murray Carret & Co., talks about the outlook for the coal industry and the performance of Consol Energy Inc.

City Police were called early Monday to investigate several docks south of the Sixth Street Wharf that were damaged by barges that got loose from a towboat on the Ohio River late Sunday.

Upper St. Clair commissioners appointed Donald Rectenwald Monday night to fill the Ward 2 vacancy.

The company is engaged in the business of exploration, development, production and gathering of natural gas in the Appalachian and Illinois basin.

Several other exploration and production companies have followed the lead of industry leader Chesapeake Energy and announced reductions in dry gas drilling for 2012, as the industry continues to cope with low natural gas prices.