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Delaware Basin gas reserves prove tough to coax from ground

Despite possibly holding 41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, market conditions deter companies from exploring region's shale pays

Plunging price heats up ethanol

By Mario Parker Bloomberg News CHICAGO -- Ethanol, the commodity that cost Bill Gates more than $44 million the last time prices collapsed, is poised to rally as much as 20 percent as the fastest drop since 2008 spurs demand.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle: Adrian Alan Atchinson, 17, of Odessa was arrested Friday by Midland County deputies at the Sanchez Unit in El Paso on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Watching a baseball game: It's the ultimate father, son experience

The sun had finally popped out from behind the puffy clouds. The small crowd in the stands was slowly expanding, eventually growing to almost 100 spectators. On the field, the players were being introduced by the man in the press box, the one behind the microphone. Each received polite applause. Then the sun went behind another cloud, only to re-emerge a few minutes later. It would be that way most of the afternoon. But that was OK ... because it wasn't long before the umpire yelled, "Play ball!"

Meetings Calendar 3/21

NORM to be topic for environmental study group "Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material" (NORM) will be the topic at the Thursday, March 25 meeting of the Environmental Study Group, Society of Petroleum Engineers. The meeting will be at the Petroleum Professional Development Center building, 105 W. Illinois beginning at 11:30 a.m.