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Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with other fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills. It is an important fuel source, a major fe

"An introduction illustrates the two conceptually distinct sets of questions behind impact evaluation.  The first set of questions is devoted to establishing whether a given intervention produces the desired effects on some dimension of interest.  The key question here: "does it make a difference?" This is answered by identifying and estimating causal effects through counterfactual methods.  The second set of questions is primarily devoted to understand why an intervention produces intended and unintended effects, for whom and in which context. The key question here: "why and when does it work?". This is answered by identifying the theory of change behind the program and assessing its success by comparing theory with actual implementation."

"Welcome Evalsed is an online resource providing guidance on the evaluation of socio-economic development. It promotes exchange of experience and good practice as well as increasing the relevance of evaluation in decision-making. Whilst the resource has a specific focus on evaluation in EU cohesion policy, it is also relevant to the evaluation of other socio-economic development tools. Evalsed is currently under development. In the policy debate, there is an ever increasing focus on the need for evidence on the performance of cohesion policy.  Policy makers need to know "what works?" and "why?".  The experiences of ongoing evaluation for 2007-2013 and the thematic ex post evaluation of the 2000-2006 period also demonstrate the greater potential for evaluations of themes or interventions to deliver credible results. Evalsed has traditionally focused on programme evaluations. Following these recent evaluation experiences and discussions at the Warsaw conference on evaluation methods [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/evaluation2009/index_en.htm], Evalsed will be redeveloped. Evalsed consists of two parts: THE GUIDE and three SOURCEBOOKS."

Naturalgas.org is presented as an educational website covering a variety of topics related to the natural gas industry. The purpose of this website is to provide visitors with a comprehensive information source for topics related to natural gas, and prese

IBISWorld Business Environment Report World price of natural gas in the US November 2011   Estimated Value in 2011: $7.99 per thousand cubic feet 2006-2011 Compound Growth: 3.7% Forecast Value for 2016: $9.14 per thousand cubic feet 2011-2016 Compound Growth: 2.7% The world price of natural gas is represented annually by the equally weighted monthly averages of the Russian natural gas border price in Germany, the Indonesian liquefied natural gas price in Japan and the natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub in Louisiana. Data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

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The Marcellus Shale boom is accomplishing something that all of Governor Rendell's economic development programs cannot: permanent jobs and more state tax revenue without a dime of taxpayer subsidies. Resisting the calls to tax natural gas producers will

A tax imposed on the removal of nonrenewable resources such as crude oil, condensate and natural gas, coalbed methane and carbon dioxide. Severance tax is charged to producers, or anyone with a working or royalty interest, in oil or gas operations in the

Pennsylvania Governor, Ed Rendell, is promoting a severance tax on natural gas produced in the state while the industry dislikes the idea. An article at Philly.com explores the Governors position and industry response. Related Topics: * Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, April 3 - The state House Appropriations Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy heard testimony today on imposing a severance tax on natural gas that is extracted in the Marcellus shale formation, according to the subcommittee's chairman, state Rep. Gr

A bill that would establish a new oil and gas severance tax in Pennsylvania is moving forward. The Natural Resource Severance Tax Act would establish a tax equivalent to West Virginia's - 5 percent tax on the value of gas extracted plus 4.7 cents on ever

IBISWorld Industry Report 21111 Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the USDecember 2011  |  Justin Molavi Natural growth: Natural gas is set for a boom as oil maintains volatile trajectory IBISWorld Code: 21111 NAICS 2002 Code: 21111 NAICS 2007 Code: 21111 Forecast to: 2016 Next Expected Publish Date: April 2012 Major Players Referenced:  Chevron Corp  ConocoPhillips  BP PLC  Royal Dutch/Shell Group  Exxon Mobil Corporation Industry Definition Firms in this industry operate and develop oil and gas field properties. Activities include: the exploration and production of crude petroleum; the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands; the exploration and production of natural gas; sulfur recovery from natural gas; and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids. Firms may operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis.