The count is 36 percent below a year ago level and 74 percent below the all-time September 12, 2008 high of 1, 606 active gas rigs in service.

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Rather than relying on fire, electricity or natural gas, chefs at El Diablo heat their meat over a still-active volcano.

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ExxonMobil, long active operating gas stations in Colombia, decided last month to resume exploration there after a ten-year hiatus, in partnership with the Brazilian and Colombian state-owned oil companies.

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Political developments in Egypt, as well as the sabotage of the natural gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel at el-Arish, show that the southern front is active again after 30 years.

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