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Natural Gas Prices on the Rise, Challenging 'Cheap' Label Published: Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 11:27 AM ET By: Javier E. David, Giovanny Moreano Those "cheap" natural gas prices everyone keeps talking about? They may not stay that way much longer. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100597089

Bakken Emerges as Contender for US Oil Drilling Crown Published: Saturday, 23 Mar 2013 | 12:00 AM ET By: Javier E. David Special to CNBC.com In the resurgence of US energy production, one spillover effect has been to put relatively obscure places on the map. One of those is Bakken, an oil hub that some believe could challenge the Gulf Coast's prodigious crude output. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100579131

When Will the US Energy Boom Help You Out at the Gas Pump? Published: Thursday, 14 Mar 2013 | 2:39 PM ET By: Javier E. David Special to CNBC.com First, the good news: the U.S. energy sector is being modernized at a breakneck pace, with cleaner and cheaper fuels predicted to drive down prices and to eventually reduce the economy's dependency on foreign oil. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100554510

Can Natural Gas Become the New Gasoline? Published: Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 11:27 AM ET By: Javier E. David Special to CNBC.com Natural gas is abundant, clean and far cheaper than diesel. That has the U.S. transportation and auto industries looking for ways to kick their dependence on dirtier fossil fuels. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100537924