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It’s hard to think of an extravagant prediction that hasn’t been made about America’s recent natural-gas boom. Let’s see: Cheap natural gas will wipe out coal. It will make the U.S. energy independent. And, oh yes, it will create one million manufacturing jobs and revitalize the Midwest.

Officials said a fiery blast in south Minneapolis Thursday morning was a natural gas line explosion and that there are no known injuries. Assistant Fire Chief Cherie Penn said people are still being evacuated from the area ...

Exxon Mobil Corp reported a better-than-expected 53 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by a lower tax rate and a surge in natural gas production in the United States and Qatar.

A utility official says a home in Boston exploded after construction crews accidentally struck a natural gas line.

The natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno has claimed an eighth victim, the San Mateo County coroner's office announced Tuesday. James Emil Franco, 58, died Monday morning at UCSF Medical Center, where he was being treated for ...

A vintage segment of gas pipeline that exploded earlier this month was not on a list of the Pacific Gas & Electric's top 100 risky pipeline segments, the president of the company said.

State and congressional lawmakers moved Tuesday to impose new requirements for automatic or remote-controlled shutoff valves on pipelines after last week's San Bruno natural gas conflagration raged for nearly two hours before the fuel supply could be ...

Exxon’s purchase of XTO, which has expertise in the growing area of shale gas, is one of the biggest energy deals in years.

A 50 billion Australian dollar ($41 billion) deal for China to buy Australian natural gas shows current diplomatic tensions between the two countries will not trump their commercial interests, officials said Wednesday.

Russian natural gas began flowing Tuesday into Ukraine after a nearly two-week cutoff that left large parts of Europe cold and dark and underscored the continent's vulnerability and dependence on Russia's energy.