The Deepwater Horizon, an oil and gas drilling rig, exploded on April twentieth.

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In general, they have cut their Marcellus dry gas rig fleets by half or more.

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Yet, as the natural gas rig count has dropped by 75%, overall natural gas supplies have continued to rise.

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Five gas rig workers and two pilots were killed when the Eurocopter SA365N went down 25 miles off the coast after leaving Blackpool Airport.

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