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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 13, 2019
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...
Mar 13, 2019
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...
Mar 13, 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 13, 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...
Mar 7, 2019
PA PUC Plans to Bolster Pipeline Safety
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gladys Brown is requesting more state and federal dollars to ramp up pipeline safety...
Feb 28, 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...
Feb 21, 2019
CNX to Plug Problematic Well Pad in Westmoreland County
A hydraulic fracturing well used to extract Utica shale gas in Westmoreland County will now be plugged and rendered non-operational....
Feb 21, 2019
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...
Feb 14, 2019
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...
Feb 14, 2019
Act 13 Impact Fees
There has been a lot of talk regarding Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s announcement proposing the creation of a severance tax on natural...
Feb 7, 2019
Wolf Proposes Natural Gas Severance Tax to Fund Capital Projects
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has expressed his intent to present legislation creating a natural gas severance tax in the Commonwealth....
Feb 7, 2019
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