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Study Analyzes Costs of Increased Setback Regulations
Setbacks are just one of the many regulatory mechanisms used to control natural gas extraction. Using Colorado as a case study,...
Oct 2, 2020


Rule Allowing LNG Transport by Railcar Being Challenged
A new federal rule that would allow trains to carry bulk liquefied natural gas (LNG) by railcar across the country has been met with a...
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


Gas Job Declines Noted in National, State Reports
The number of fossil fuel jobs dropped by more than 15 percent nationally between March and July during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new...
Oct 2, 2020


Robot Inspectors for Natural Gas Infrastructure
Oil and gas companies are increasingly turning to robots to inspect the structural integrity of pipelines, tanks, and compressor stations...
Oct 2, 2020


CNX Fined for 2019 Casing Failure
In early 2019, CNX’s Shaw 1G well suffered a complication that ultimately ended its operation. Last week, the state Department of...
Oct 2, 2020


Sunoco’s Mariner East Spills Mud into Lake in State Park
Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline is, yet again, the cause of a major environmental incident. The 350-mile long pipeline project is being...
Oct 2, 2020


Big Increase in Pa. Shale Well Permit Fee Takes Effect
Natural gas companies, already facing low prices and reduced demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now have another factor to include when...
Oct 2, 2020


Range Resources Sells La. Shale Assets
Range Resources announced earlier this month that it is selling its natural gas assets in the Terryville complex of northern Louisiana as...
Oct 2, 2020


As Focus Shifts, PA Energy Industry Undergoes Change
Americans have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice issues since March. Despite the Pa. attorney general’s recent...
Oct 2, 2020


CNX Fined $310,000 for Environmental Violations
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection levied a $310,000 fine against Canonsburg-based CNX Gas Company (CNX) and its...
Oct 2, 2020


Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Takes Step Forward With Storage Agreement
The developer of the proposed second petrochemical plant in the Appalachian Basin has reached a preliminary agreement with a natural gas...
Oct 2, 2020


PA Attorney General Charges Two More Gas-Related Companies
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro began his term with the oil and gas industry in his sights. Since taking office in 2017, AG...
Oct 2, 2020


Revised Petrochemical Tax Break Approved by PA Legislature
Months after Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill incentivizing petrochemical companies to open up shop in the Commonwealth, a new bill with...
Oct 2, 2020


Natural Gas Impact Fee Payments Expected to Drop To New Low in 2020
Counties and municipalities in Pennsylvania saw a drop of about 20 percent in the Act 13 impact fee payments they receive from natural...
Oct 2, 2020


The Role of Natural Gas Ramp Rates in Electricity Generation
The electric grid system in the United States is changing slowly but surely to improve service and reliability as well as reduce carbon...
Oct 2, 2020


Partner Withdraws From Ohio Petrochemical Plant Project
The future of a second petrochemical plant in the Appalachian Basin became murkier this week when a major investor pulled out of the...
Oct 2, 2020


Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Sells Gas Transmission Assets
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) has been the center of discussion in recent weeks following a Supreme Court decision that allowed the...
Oct 2, 2020


2019 Impact Fee Payments Fall with the Price of Gas
After setting record high figures in 2018, counties and municipalities should expect significantly less from 2019’s impact fee payments....
Oct 2, 2020


AG Report Finds ‘Systemic Failure’ by Pa. Agencies to Regulate Fracking
A report outlining the findings of a two-year grand jury investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office into the shale gas...
Oct 2, 2020
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