Contributed by: Grace Kovalan, Student Research Fellow In recent years, there has been an extreme increase in the number of horizontally...

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

Somerset County, Pennsylvania, is home to 73,447 residents. Between 2010 and 2018 (the most recent year data was available), the...

One of the newest, most-efficient coal-burning power plants in the U.S. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the face of...

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...

As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of...

A Pennsylvania’s regulatory agency took the unusual step of revoking a permit it had issued for an injection well to dispose of fracking...

The population of Greene County followed the trend set by most counties in western Pennsylvania, having decreased between 2010 and 2018....

Shell officials said the company will temporarily suspend construction of its ethane cracker plant in Beaver County after pressure from...

As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of...

Washington County continued to benefit from the gas industry in 2019, leaders recently told an audience of business and industry...

Energy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in...

It was a difficult year for the natural gas industry in 2019. Warmer than usual temperatures in the winter months of 2019 decreased the...

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

Royalties from gas well leases are a source of income for many landowners in Southwestern Pennsylvania, but determining just how much...

A 2018 article published in Resource and Energy Economics investigating the effects of the oil and gas boom on schooling decisions in the...

Accidents happen. However, there are some accidents that can reap much more havoc than others. This is especially true in the natural gas...

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

Many of the speakers at the Shale Insight conference, an annual gathering of natural gas industry representatives held recently in...

Buildings worldwide are increasingly in need of renovations in order to decrease energy use. Even when buildings are retrofitted, often...