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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...
Oct 2, 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...
Oct 2, 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...
Oct 2, 2020


PA Legislators Urge Washington to Reconsider 2025 Fracking Ban
As new policies to combat climate change are on their way to the House floor, representatives from Pennsylvania urge their colleagues to...
Oct 2, 2020


Gas Industry a Significant Contributor to Washington County Economy
Washington County continued to benefit from the gas industry in 2019, leaders recently told an audience of business and industry...
Oct 2, 2020


Natural Gas Storage Hub Developer Narrows List of Appalachian Sites
A group that wants to build a large storage hub for natural gas liquids in the Appalachian basin to further develop the petrochemical...
Oct 2, 2020


Banking Industry Moves Away from Financing Fossil Fuels
In early January, shareholders at Barclays, a British investment bank, filed a resolution to preclude the bank from financing companies...
Oct 2, 2020


Declining Impact: Impact Fee Collections Drop after Price Drops and Warm Weather in 2019
It was a difficult year for the natural gas industry in 2019. Warmer than usual temperatures in the winter months of 2019 decreased the...
Oct 2, 2020


Appalachia Was a Top Producer of Natural Gas in 2019, But Success Could Spell Trouble in 2020
Natural gas production in Appalachia topped other US shale plays again in 2019. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration...
Oct 2, 2020


DEP Fights EPA's Methane Regulation Rollback
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources is urging the federal Environmental Protection Agency not to eliminate methane...
Oct 2, 2020


Pa. to Texas: ATEX Pipeline is Expanding
Transporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances,...
Oct 2, 2020


Natural Gas Drillers Face Expensive Wastewater Disposal as Drilling Slows
The amount of “produced” wastewater from Marcellus Shale wells being drilled in Pennsylvania has risen dramatically since the development...
Oct 2, 2020


Gas Royalties Increase in Pennsylvania, According to Estimate
Royalties from gas well leases are a source of income for many landowners in Southwestern Pennsylvania, but determining just how much...
Oct 2, 2020


Wastewater Road Spreading to be Considered by PA Legislation
The Pennsylvania Senate recently approved legislation setting separate environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas...
Oct 2, 2020


UNGD & Depression
Pennsylvania is one of the country’s leading producers of natural gas. Natural gas extraction is an industrial process, and as such may...
Oct 2, 2020


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 2, 2020


Low Natural Gas Prices Drive Push for Efficiencies, New Markets
Many of the speakers at the Shale Insight conference, an annual gathering of natural gas industry representatives held recently in...
Oct 2, 2020


WV Governor and Feds Focus on Petrochemical Development
Gov. Jim Justice in August signed an executive order creating a Downstream Job Task Force, which will work to bring manufacturing jobs to...
Oct 2, 2020


Greene County Undergoes Rebranding Welcoming Natural Gas Industry
Staff of the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub traveled to Waynesburg University in Greene County, Pa., to attend the launch event for the county’s...
Oct 2, 2020


Governor Wolf met by Mariner East Opponents
Gov. Tom Wolf has made Pennsylvania’s energy industry a key focus of his administration. However, while some plans proposed by the...
Oct 2, 2020
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