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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...
Jul 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...
Jun 25, 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...
Jun 18, 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)...
Jun 18, 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...
Jun 4, 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,...
May 28, 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...
Apr 30, 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...
Apr 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...
Mar 26, 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...
Mar 19, 2020


Coronavirus Forces Shell to Shut Down Construction of Cracker Plant
Shell officials said the company will temporarily suspend construction of its ethane cracker plant in Beaver County after pressure from...
Mar 19, 2020


Pennsylvania’s Gas Industry is Subject of State and Federal Investigations
Companies involved in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are under the microscope of several state and federal agencies. The industry...
Mar 5, 2020


New Poll Shows Conflicting Attitudes of PA Voters on Fracking
To frack or not to frack? This question has grown into a key issue for many of Pennsylvania’s voters. In its latest poll, Franklin &...
Feb 20, 2020


PA Legislature Votes to Approve Downstream Tax Break
A bill that would provide an incentive for downstream developers to bring their business to the Commonwealth by way of significant tax...
Feb 12, 2020


PA Regulators Raise Well Permit Fees to Counteract Low Impact Fee Revenues and Permit Applications
The state and its municipalities are being impacted by the natural gas downturn. Both Act 13 impact fees and permitting revenues are...
Feb 6, 2020


Natural Gas Compressor Stations may lead to High Exposure to Noise, According to 2017 Pilot Study.
Contributed by: Tim Yeung A 2016 review article by Hays et al. suggested a possible link between noise from unconventional oil and gas...
Dec 5, 2019


Shell Executive Gives Overview of Pa. Cracker Plant Construction
The lead executive in charge of the construction of Shell’s ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, Pa., recently gave an overview of the...
Nov 21, 2019


Shale Gas Waste Disposal May Prove Dangerous
With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...
Nov 7, 2019


Abandoned Wells Present Major Problem for Pennsylvania, Neighboring States
Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...
Nov 7, 2019


Too Much of a Good Thing
There is no shortage of natural gas in the United States. This, however, is not always a good thing. Since 2012, when the ‘shale boom’...
Oct 9, 2019
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