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Energy Updates

Apr 7, 2022

IFO Report: PA Production Tops List of US Gas Producing States

Pennsylvania’s natural gas production grew more than in any other state in 2021, according to a recent report by the state’s Independent...

Mar 24, 2022

CEPM to Host Webinar on Reducing Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Operations

Washington & Jefferson College's Center for Energy Policy and Management will host a free March 30 webinar on the push to reduce methane...

Oct 2, 2020

Beaver County Petrochemical Plant About 70% Complete

The Shell petrochemical plant continues to move toward completion and a pipeline that will carry the feedstock for the plant is also...

Oct 2, 2020

Financial Woes Continue for Region’s Natural Gas Industry

Appalachian gas drilling companies continued to spill red ink during the second quarter of 2020 despite cutting spending on new wells, a...

Oct 2, 2020

DEP Orders Sunoco to Reroute Section of Pipeline After Spill

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Sunoco to reroute a portion of its Mariner East 2 pipeline near...

Oct 2, 2020

What Do We Mean by ‘Bridge Fuel’?

Around 2010, policymakers began to use the term ‘bridge fuel’ when discussing natural gas in the United States. The term has since been...

Oct 2, 2020

Senior DOE Official Expresses Support for Ohio Petrochemical Plant

Although a final investment decision has yet to be made, a top U.S. Department of Energy official paid a visit earlier this month to site...

Oct 2, 2020

Selling Mineral Rights: What to Keep in Mind

Given the natural gas industry’s current slump and the economic downturn associated with the global pandemic, many property owners may be...

Oct 2, 2020

Study Analyzes O&G Disclosure Policies

Contributed by Senior Student Research Fellow Grace Kovalan When it comes to unconventional oil and gas production, transparency is key....

Oct 2, 2020

DOE, Institute Reports Provide Differing Views of Petrochemical Industry

A U.S. Department of Energy report commissioned in 2019 by President Trump concluded that the region is “on the cusp of an energy and...

Oct 2, 2020

Webinar to Focus on Effect of Economic Downturn on Local Government Revenues

Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) will host the final webinar in its free series on “Effects...

Oct 2, 2020

Technician Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Weld Documents on Mariner East Pipeline

A former X-ray technician pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Pittsburgh to falsifying documents certifying welds on the Mariner...

Oct 2, 2020

Tuesday Webinar to Focus on Leases and Royalties During Gas Downturn

Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) will host the second webinar in its series on “Effects of...

Oct 2, 2020

SCOTUS Decision Revives Stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has managed to jump a significant hurdle in the way of completion. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)...

Oct 2, 2020

SGKH Announces First of Three Webinar Programs

Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) will host a free webinar series on “Effects of COVID-19 and...

Oct 2, 2020

The Role of Politics in Perceptions of Fracking

Americans tend to disagree, and they do so on nearly every issue facing the nation. The topic of unconventional natural gas development,...

Oct 2, 2020

Developers Put Indefinite Hold on Ohio Cracker Plant

Plans for a second ethane cracker plant in the Appalachian Basin are on hold, after the developer of a proposed facility in Belmont...

Oct 2, 2020

Pa. DEP Revokes Its Approval for Indiana County Injection Well

A Pennsylvania’s regulatory agency took the unusual step of revoking a permit it had issued for an injection well to dispose of fracking...

Oct 2, 2020

Federal, State Gas Industry Enforcement Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, federal and Pennsylvania regulatory agencies have closed offices and are scaling back...

Oct 2, 2020

Coronavirus Is Latest Hit to Natural Gas Industry

The COVID-19 virus has shocked the globe in more ways than one. While world leaders work to mitigate the virus’s effects on their...

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