Sept 29 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp (COG.N) and Cimarex Energy Co (XEC.N) on Wednesday approved the proposed merger between the two companies to form one of the largest U.S oil and gas firms. The merger, which was announced in May and pegged the enterprise value of the combined entity at about $17 billion, brings together Cabot's gas-rich Marcellus shale positions in the U.S.

A $1 billion project to haul natural gas from Pennsylvania to New Jersey has become the latest casualty of opposition to pipelines across the U.S. PennEast Pipeline Co., a joint venture of five companies including Southern Co. and Enbridge Inc., halted development on the proposed 116-mile (187-kilometer) conduit after failing to receive water-quality certification and other wetland permits for the New Jersey section.

By David Wethe on 9/29/2021 HOUSTON (Bloomberg) --America's oil producers are boosting output at a slower place as record costs hammer the shale patch, according to a survey of industry executives. Out of 47 responding companies that supply producers with everything from software to workers, just one reported lower input costs in the third quarter, according to a report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

SEATTLE--()--AltaRock Energy today announced the results of a path-breaking comprehensive technical and economic feasibility study, completed in collaboration with Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, and the University of Oklahoma, demonstrating the superior energy density and competitive economics of an engineered geothermal system (EGS) resource in high temperature (>400 °C) impermeable rock at the Newberry Volcano near Bend, Ore.

Chevron has signed memorandum of understanding with pipeline company Enterprise Products Partners to study carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) opportunities in the US Gulf Coast and Mid-continent . Under the outlined partnership, Chevron would provide sub-surface expertise while Enterprise brings its midstream and storage experience.