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Energy Updates

Feb 25, 2021

Governor Asked to Revoke Permit for Allegheny County Injection Well

A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Pennsylvania governor to revoke a permit for an underground injection well in Plum,...

Feb 25, 2021

WV Senator Pushes Natural Gas as Part of National Energy Plan

The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, recently sent a letter to President...

Feb 18, 2021

Join Us: Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy Webinar

“High Demand, Uncertain Supply: Critical Minerals and Renewable Energy” will be the topic of the latest webinar in the Energy Lecture...

Feb 18, 2021

Agency Warns Oil & Gas Industry Must Reduce Methane Emissions

Methane pollution around the world plunged last year, mainly due to lockdowns, lowered demand and drops in oil and gas production because...

Feb 18, 2021

Range Penalized For Abandoned Well Status Error

Range Resources submitted “inaccurate and conflicting information” to the state Department of Environmental Resources over the status of...

Feb 11, 2021

U.S. Energy Use May Not Return to 2019 Levels for Years

U.S. energy consumption may not return to pre-pandemic levels for as long as 30 years, the Energy Information Administration said last...

Feb 11, 2021

Ohio Regulators Investigating Source of Brine Shooting from Well

Ohio environmental regulators investigating the source of brine that began shooting from a gas well in Noble County and continued to flow...

Feb 11, 2021

Natural Gas Companies Commit to Methane Reporting Partnership

More than 60 oil and gas companies from around the globe recently committed to a new method of reporting methane emissions that can leak...

Feb 4, 2021

Severance Tax on Natural Gas Again Proposed by Pa. Governor

Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a severance tax on natural gas production in every year of his administration, and it appears that 2021 will...

Feb 4, 2021

Order Pauses Gas Leases on Federal Lands

President Joe Biden last week issued an executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore waters. The pause...

Feb 4, 2021

State Forest Gas Revenue Transfers Face Another Appeal

A long-running lawsuit over the Pennsylvania legislature’s diversion of millions of dollars received from oil and gas leases in state...

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