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6 days ago

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. ...

6 days ago

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 i...

Jun 25

Economic Downturn Means Lower Gas Royalty and Lease Payments

The natural gas industry had already entered an economic slump before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March, and the pain being felt by d...

Jun 25

Shale Compression: Report Tells of “Great Compression” in US Shale Industry

A report by ‘big four’ accounting firm Deloitte, describes the current state of the US shale industry as a “great compression”, largely d...

Jun 18

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 Washingt...

Jun 11

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

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...

Jun 4

Ohio Petrochemical Plant Developer Gives Updated Timeline for Final Decision

The developer of a proposed petrochemical plant in Belmont County, Ohio, said the project hasn’t been put on indefinite hold and gave a n...

May 28

Several Groups Promote Using Stimulus Money to Plug Gas Abandoned Wells

Abandoned and orphaned gas and oil wells are an expensive problem facing states in Appalachia and around the country. Now there are conce...

May 21

Fed Agrees to O&G Industry’s Requests for Access to Coronavirus Relief Loans

The Federal Reserve has amended guidelines for its coronavirus relief loans after a major push from the oil and gas industry and politici...

May 14

Study: Some Appalachian Shale Producers Face Financial Crisis

A recent study by an independent think tank spells out a growing crisis for shale gas producers in the Appalachian Basin. The Institute f...

May 14

Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects ac...

May 7

Shell Sells its Appalachian Shale Gas Assets; Remains Committed to Cracker Plant

Royal Dutch Shell announced it is selling its Appalachian shale gas holdings in northwestern Pennsylvania, but remains committed to its p...

May 7

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 30

Injection Well in Plum Borough Stalled After Battle for Approval

After a six-year-long wait, Penneco Environmental Solutions LLC, a Pittsburgh-based oil and gas wastewater disposal service, has been app...

Apr 23

LNG’s Struggles Amplified by COVID-19

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports have not been spared from COVID-19’s fallout. Efforts to stop the spread of the disease have caused i...

Apr 16

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 pads...

Apr 16

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

Petrochemical Tax Break Vetoed by Gov. Wolf

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

Apr 9

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...

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2019 Impact Fee Payments Fall with the Price of Gas

AG Report Finds ‘Systemic Failure’ by Pa. Agencies to Regulate Fracking

Economic Downturn Means Lower Gas Royalty and Lease Payments

Shale Compression: Report Tells of “Great Compression” in US Shale Industry

Range Resources Pleads No Contest to Washington County Environmental Crimes

Study Indicates that Firm Size Plays a Role in Drilling Safety

Analysis: Pa. Gas Methane Emissions Much Worse Than Reported

Ohio Petrochemical Plant Developer Gives Updated Timeline for Final Decision

Several Groups Promote Using Stimulus Money to Plug Gas Abandoned Wells

Fed Agrees to O&G Industry’s Requests for Access to Coronavirus Relief Loans

Study: Some Appalachian Shale Producers Face Financial Crisis

Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended

Shell Sells its Appalachian Shale Gas Assets; Remains Committed to Cracker Plant

Study Examines O&G Effects on Water Systems

Injection Well in Plum Borough Stalled After Battle for Approval

LNG’s Struggles Amplified by COVID-19

Range Resources Reaches Agreement Over Washington County Air Quality Violations

CNX Agrees to Upgrade Washington County Fish Habitat to Resolve Well Violations

Petrochemical Tax Break Vetoed by Gov. Wolf

Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Developer Reaches EDA as Study Cites ‘Significant Risks’

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