As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. – Benjamin Disraeli Shale gas is natural gas that has been generated and trapped within the natural pores and fractures of shale. This natural gas has been accumulating because of the breakdown of high ...

A 33-year-old upstate New York woman has been charged with driving while intoxicated twice in less than five hours. Utica police stopped Talitha Gorea just after 7 p.m. Monday for vehicle and traffic violations and found her with an open container of alcohol and an ecstasy pill ...

Shares of Questerre Energy (TSX: T.QEC, Stock Forum) jumped more than 15% to $2.02 Tuesday morning, as the company announced that Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., an independent reservoir engineering firm based in Texas, has estimated the prospective original gas in place for the Utica shale in ...

LEAN AND MEAN GETS EXTREME

When surgical device maker Conmed decided in 2007 to streamline production, executives explored the usual options. The Utica (N.Y.) company could ship more manufacturing to China. Or it could invest in automation.
Conmed chose a third path instead: It completely overhauled its production. Long assembly lines at its 600-worker Utica plant have given way ...