CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

Jun 18, 2020

Range Resources Pleads No Contest to Washington County Environmental Crimes

Range Resources pleaded no contest last week to criminal charges that it was negligent in its oversight of two gas well sites in...

Jun 11, 2020

Study Indicates that Firm Size Plays a Role in Drilling Safety

A recent study analyzed correlations between the size of a drilling company and compliance with environmental regulations and found that...

Jun 4, 2020

Analysis: Pa. Gas Methane Emissions Much Worse Than Reported

Natural gas operators in Pennsylvania are emitting more than 15 times the amount of methane than they reported to the state Department of...

Jun 4, 2020

Ohio Petrochemical Plant Developer Gives Updated Timeline for Final Decision

The developer of a proposed petrochemical plant in Belmont County, Ohio, said the project hasn’t been put on indefinite hold and gave a...

May 28, 2020

Several Groups Promote Using Stimulus Money to Plug Gas Abandoned Wells

Abandoned and orphaned gas and oil wells are an expensive problem facing states in Appalachia and around the country. Now there are...

May 21, 2020

Fed Agrees to O&G Industry’s Requests for Access to Coronavirus Relief Loans

The Federal Reserve has amended guidelines for its coronavirus relief loans after a major push from the oil and gas industry and...

May 14, 2020

Study: Some Appalachian Shale Producers Face Financial Crisis

A recent study by an independent think tank spells out a growing crisis for shale gas producers in the Appalachian Basin. The Institute...

May 14, 2020

Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects...

May 7, 2020

Shell Sells its Appalachian Shale Gas Assets; Remains Committed to Cracker Plant

Royal Dutch Shell announced it is selling its Appalachian shale gas holdings in northwestern Pennsylvania, but remains committed to its...

May 7, 2020

Study Examines O&G Effects on Water Systems

Contributed by: Grace Kovalan, Student Research Fellow In recent years, there has been an extreme increase in the number of horizontally...

Apr 30, 2020

Injection Well in Plum Borough Stalled After Battle for Approval

After a six-year-long wait, Penneco Environmental Solutions LLC, a Pittsburgh-based oil and gas wastewater disposal service, has been...

Apr 23, 2020

LNG’s Struggles Amplified by COVID-19

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports have not been spared from COVID-19’s fallout. Efforts to stop the spread of the disease have caused...

Apr 16, 2020

Range Resources Reaches Agreement Over Washington County Air Quality Violations

Range Resources has agreed to pay a civil penalty of almost $200,000 to resolve air quality violations at two Washington County well...

Apr 16, 2020

CNX Agrees to Upgrade Washington County Fish Habitat to Resolve Well Violations

CNX has agreed to make $180,000 worth of improvements to the streambank and fish habitats along Mingo Creek in Mingo Creek County Park in...

Apr 9, 2020

Petrochemical Tax Break Vetoed by Gov. Wolf

Petrochemical companies with Pennsylvania in their sights may be reconsidering their development plans. This comes after Governor Tom...

Apr 9, 2020

Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Developer Reaches EDA as Study Cites ‘Significant Risks’

Plans to build a second ethane cracker plant in the Appalachian Basin continue to inch forward as the companies partnering on the project...

Apr 2, 2020

Natural Gas Companies Cutting Back on Capital Spending

Major oil and gas companies were already cutting capital spending as a reaction to record low prices before the coronavirus pandemic...

Mar 26, 2020

Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document

The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...

Feb 27, 2020

State of the County Economy: Armstrong County

As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of...

Feb 27, 2020

Global Energy Use is Rising

Energy consumption around the world is expected to rise almost 50 percent by 2050, a report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency...

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