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

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

Companies involved in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are under the microscope of several state and federal agencies. The industry has not come into t...

As new policies to combat climate change are on their way to the House floor, representatives from Pennsylvania urge their colleagues to reconsider vital pie...

A bill that would provide an incentive for downstream developers to bring their business to the Commonwealth by way of significant tax breaks has been approv...

The state and its municipalities are being impacted by the natural gas downturn. Both Act 13 impact fees and permitting revenues are suffering, which transla...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources is urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency not to eliminate methane control requirements at...

The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream operators. Dubbed the “Mega R...

Transporting 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...

The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development of unconventional d...

With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water) from such processes. T...

Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem exists with so-called aba...

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...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources recently revoked some of the Beaver County Conservation District’s permitting powers after an audit sh...

Natural gas companies are looking for better, more efficient ways to transport and dispose of contaminated wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing proces...

Regulators 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...

As gas liquids pipeline construction has increased dramatically across Pennsylvania, the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) is now considering tightening ...

Two recent decisions by the West Virginia Supreme Court illustrate the evolving legalities over the rights of property owners near gas drilling operations. I...