Diversified Gas & Oil Reaches Well-Plugging Deal with PA DEP
Thousands of Pennsylvania’s abandoned or unproductive natural gas wells will finally be plugged after a new deal between the state and...
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Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline Issues
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and...
Diversified Gas & Oil Reaches Well-Plugging Deal with PA DEP
Thousands of Pennsylvania’s abandoned or unproductive natural gas wells will finally be plugged after a new deal between the state and...
Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline Issues
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and...
Pennsylvania Legislature Expected to see Buffer Zone Legislation
Natural gas wells are not hard to find in Pennsylvania. Though they may be tucked off of the beaten path, one would be hard pressed to...
ME2 to Begin Operations Again after Chester County Water Controversy
Natural gas drilling will likely resume in Chester County in the very near future. Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco and...
Pittsburgh Based Pipeline Company Subpoenaed by Feds
The United States Attorney’s Office is investigating the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is jointly owned...
PA PUC Plans to Bolster Pipeline Safety
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gladys Brown is requesting more state and federal dollars to ramp up pipeline safety...
Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bills Receive Governor’s Support
Oil and gas pipeline safety has been at the forefront of many Pennsylvanian’s minds. Recent events such as multiple pipeline explosions...
CNX to Plug Problematic Well Pad in Westmoreland County
A hydraulic fracturing well used to extract Utica shale gas in Westmoreland County will now be plugged and rendered non-operational....
PA DEP Suspends All Pending Energy Transfer LP Pipeline Permits
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has taken firm action against Sunoco parent company Energy Transfer LP. Beginning...
Environmental Activists File Federal Suit Against State of Ohio
Anti-fracking activists want their day in court with officials from Ohio’s state government. The groups have filed a civil suit against...
Wolf Proposes Natural Gas Severance Tax to Fund Capital Projects
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has expressed his intent to present legislation creating a natural gas severance tax in the Commonwealth....
Act 13 Impact Fees
There has been a lot of talk regarding Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s announcement proposing the creation of a severance tax on natural...
Natural Gas Prices Drop in Spite of Cold Weather
The winter time and cold temperatures generally drive natural gas commodity prices upward. Naturally, the demand for natural gas...
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