CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

New Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology Coming to Marcellus Region

Water is an essential component of the hydraulic fracturing process. It is also of the key topics in the debate surrounding the...

Texas Petrochemical Plant Inferno Finally Extinguished

Holding tanks in a petrochemical terminal facility in Deer Park, Texas caught fire earlier this week. The facility is owned and operated...

Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline Issues

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and...

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...

ME2 to Begin Operations Again after Chester County Water Controversy

Natural gas drilling will likely resume in Chester County in the very near future. Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco and...

Pittsburgh Based Pipeline Company Subpoenaed by Feds

The United States Attorney’s Office is investigating the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is jointly owned...

PA DEP Suspends All Pending Energy Transfer LP Pipeline Permits

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has taken firm action against Sunoco parent company Energy Transfer LP. Beginning...

Environmental Activists File Federal Suit Against State of Ohio

Anti-fracking activists want their day in court with officials from Ohio’s state government. The groups have filed a civil suit against...

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.