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...
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- Aug 20, 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...
- Aug 13, 2020
EPA Expected to Rollback Regulations on Methane Emissions
In a move both praised and criticized by the natural gas industry, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has lifted existing...
- Jul 30, 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...
- Jul 30, 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...
- Jul 23, 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....
- Jun 25, 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 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
Air Quality Plan Being Considered for Proposed Washington County Power Plant
Public comments are being received on a modified air quality plan for a proposed combined-cycle, natural gas power plant in Washington...
- 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...
- 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 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
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
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...
- Mar 26, 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
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...
- Mar 5, 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...
- Jan 16, 2020
DEP Imposes $30.6 Million Penalty for Beaver County Pipeline Explosion
Energy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in...