Mar 26Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline DocumentThe Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible criminal activity, is faci...
Jan 16DEP Imposes $30.6 Million Penalty for Beaver County Pipeline ExplosionEnergy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in connection with the 201...
Jan 9Pipelines Under New Regulations per PHMSA’s “Mega Rule”The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream operators. Dubbed the “Mega R...
Dec 12, 2019Pa. to Texas: ATEX Pipeline is ExpandingTransporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances, extractors rely on v...
Aug 29, 2019Governor Wolf met by Mariner East Opponents Gov. Tom Wolf has made Pennsylvania’s energy industry a key focus of his administration. However, while some plans proposed by the governor have been met wit...
Aug 29, 2019DEP Audit Finds Beaver County Agency had Poor Oversight of Two Major Pipeline Projects The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources recently revoked some of the Beaver County Conservation District’s permitting powers after an audit sh...
Aug 1, 2019Increase in Wastewater Pipelines Raises Regulation Questions Natural gas companies are looking for better, more efficient ways to transport and dispose of contaminated wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing proces...
Jun 26, 2019Regulation and Oversight of Pipelines Carrying Natural Gas LiquidsRegulators and legislators are taking a new look at regulation of the pipelines that carry highly valuable gas liquids from the fracking fields of North Amer...
Jun 26, 2019Pennsylvania Takes Steps to Strengthen Gas Liquids Pipeline Safety RulesAs gas liquids pipeline construction has increased dramatically across Pennsylvania, the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) is now considering tightening ...
Jun 19, 2019Wasted Energy: Texas’ Surplus of NG Emphasizes Need for Pipeline InfrastructureTexas is home to the second-largest natural gas producing shale basin in the United States: the 86,000 square mile Permian basin. Though second in natural ga...
Jun 6, 2019Stressed Out: What Causes Pipelines to DegradeShale gas production over the past several years has caused a flurry of activity and generated a significant amount of physical development in the Commonweal...
May 2, 2019Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near PipelinesA recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and Energy Economics, the s...
May 2, 2019Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near PipelinesA recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and Energy Economics, the s...
Apr 24, 2019Bill to Streamline U.S. LNG Exports Reintroduced to SenateThe United States is exporting more liquid natural gas (LNG) than ever before. Data from the Department of Energy show that LNG exports in November of 2018 w...
Apr 11, 2019Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves against allegations of neg...
Mar 27, 2019PA Residents Ask SCOTUS to Review Pipeline Company’s Use of Eminent DomainA Lancaster County, Pennsylvania couple is trying to take their case to the highest court in the country. The issue at hand: whether their Fifth Amendment ri...
Mar 20, 2019AG Shapiro, PA Attorney General’s Office Launch Criminal Investigation against ME PipelinesThose who follow natural gas development, or have watched the evening news in the past two years know of Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline projects as one of th...
Mar 14, 2019Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline IssuesThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and shortcomings. Their f...
Mar 7, 2019ME2 to Begin Operations Again after Chester County Water ControversyNatural gas drilling will likely resume in Chester County in the very near future. Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco and owner and operator of...
Feb 28, 2019Pittsburgh Based Pipeline Company Subpoenaed by FedsThe United States Attorney’s Office is investigating the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is jointly owned by NextEra US Gas As...
