Oil and gas news briefs March 23, 2012

• U.S. exports, shale gas competitive threats to Australia projects
• Woodside to ship first gas this month from Australia LNG plant
• Gazprom looking to buy into U.S. LNG export project
• Natural gas in storage at highest level for this time of year
• Natural gas filling stations and pipelines key to boosting consumption
• Colorado study points to air pollutants from fracking
• Maryland House passes bill to make shale drillers pay for studies
• Gas industry lobbies fishermen, hunters in New York
• Ohio lawmakers will debate oil and gas tax vs. investment