PA Regulators Raise Well Permit Fees to Counteract Low Impact Fee Revenues and Permit Applications
The state and its municipalities are being impacted by the natural gas downturn. Both Act 13 impact fees and permitting revenues are...
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- Dec 5, 2019
Natural Gas Compressor Stations may lead to High Exposure to Noise, According to 2017 Pilot Study.
Contributed by: Tim Yeung A 2016 review article by Hays et al. suggested a possible link between noise from unconventional oil and gas...
- Nov 21, 2019
Shell Executive Gives Overview of Pa. Cracker Plant Construction
The lead executive in charge of the construction of Shell’s ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, Pa., recently gave an overview of the...
- Nov 7, 2019
Shale Gas Waste Disposal May Prove Dangerous
With the rise in oil and gas extraction from deep shale formations comes an increase in wastes, specifically waste water (frack water)...
- Nov 7, 2019
Abandoned Wells Present Major Problem for Pennsylvania, Neighboring States
Oil and gas drilling has been occurring in Pennsylvania since 1859, when the first commercial oil well was drilled. A major problem...
- Oct 9, 2019
Too Much of a Good Thing
There is no shortage of natural gas in the United States. This, however, is not always a good thing. Since 2012, when the ‘shale boom’...
- Aug 29, 2019
DEP 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...
- Aug 15, 2019
Research Studies Impact of Shale Development in PA State Parks
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), natural gas extraction takes place on...
- Aug 1, 2019
Increase 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...
- Jul 25, 2019
Study Analyzes Relationship between Wastewater Well Sites and Socioeconomics
Are oil and gas companies targeting lower socioeconomic areas for wastewater injection wellsite locations? A study from 2018 explored...
- Jul 18, 2019
What are Natural Gas Hydrates?
The most abundant source of natural gas is not located in shale formations, but rather, in the depth of our oceans. Natural gas hydrates...
- Jun 6, 2019
Court Says Operating History Relevant in Zoning Permit Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a borough’s denial of a conditional use permit for unconventional oil and gas development in an oil...
- May 30, 2019
Lukewarm Weather is Driving NG Storage Up and Prices Down
Comfortable weather is causing uncertainty in the natural gas futures market. Natural gas futures, one of the metrics commodities traders...
- May 16, 2019
Energy Options as Market Shifts from Coal
Many see nuclear energy as the best alternative to coal. Two bills to subsidize nuclear energy to the tune of approximately $500M, which...
- Mar 20, 2019
Commonwealth Court allows Challenge to Zoning Ordinance Affecting Waste Fluid Injection Well
On March 8, the Commonwealth Court held that a well operator could challenge Plum Borough’s zoning ordinance restricting the location of...
- Mar 14, 2019
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...
- Mar 7, 2019
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...
- Feb 21, 2019
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...
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