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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...
Jun 18, 2020


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 11, 2020


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, 2020


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...
Jun 4, 2020


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...
May 28, 2020


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...
May 21, 2020


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...
May 14, 2020


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...
May 14, 2020


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...
May 7, 2020


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...
May 7, 2020


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...
Apr 30, 2020


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...
Apr 23, 2020


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...
Apr 16, 2020


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 16, 2020


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...
Apr 9, 2020


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...
Apr 9, 2020


Natural Gas Companies Cutting Back on Capital Spending
Major oil and gas companies were already cutting capital spending as a reaction to record low prices before the coronavirus pandemic...
Apr 2, 2020


Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document
The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...
Mar 26, 2020


State of the County Economy: Armstrong County
As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of...
Feb 27, 2020


Global Energy Use is Rising
Energy consumption around the world is expected to rise almost 50 percent by 2050, a report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency...
Feb 27, 2020
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