Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican In Name Only from Fayette County) has turned against the Marcellus industry. Yesterday, Krupa introduced legislation, House Bill (HB) 1656, that bans drilling new wastewater injection wells in the state, making it much harder to drill new shale wells. Companies end up drilling fewer wells without a place…
Read More...We’re naming names. Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican from Fayette County) has turned against the Marcellus industry. She is introducing legislation that would ban drilling new wastewater injection wells in the state, making it much harder to drill new shale wells. Companies end up drilling fewer wells without a place to dispose of…
Read More...This is the first time a proposed new wastewater injection well in Fayette County, PA, is appearing on our radar screen. G2 STEM, a Virginia-based company, filed an application in June 2022 with the federal EPA to construct and operate a wastewater injection well in Nicholson Township. The EPA recently held an online hearing (July…
Read More...New shale permits issued for Jun 26 – Jul 2 in the Marcellus/Utica saw a dramatic increase, thanks to a bump in Pennsylvania’s numbers. There were 39 new permits issued last week, way up from 11 issued the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 30 new permits in Pennsylvania, 8 new permits in Ohio,…
Read More...New shale permits issued for Jun 12-18 in the Marcellus/Utica gained one. There were 21 new permits issued, up from 20 the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 12 new permits in Pennsylvania, 6 new permits in Ohio, and 3 new permits in West Virginia. Snyder Brothers scored the most new permits, with 9…
Read More...New shale permits issued for May 8-14 in the Marcellus/Utica rose from the prior week. There were 26 new permits… Continue reading The post 26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 8-14 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...New shale permits issued for Apr. 3-9 in the Marcellus/Utica dropped again from the prior week. There were 18 new… Continue reading The post 18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 3-9 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...New shale permits issued for Mar. 27-Apr. 2 in the Marcellus/Utica dropped quite a bit from the prior week. There… Continue reading The post 21 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 27-Apr 2 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...It took us a while to track down this story, but we finally have details about the settlement of a… Continue reading The post SWPA Landowners Settle Class Action Lawsuit with Chief for $5.5M first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a consent order assessing a $600,000 fine against a trucking company that… Continue reading The post PA DEP Fines Trucking Co. $600K for Dumping Drill Cuttings No Permit first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Two weeks ago a pathetically low six new permits were issued to drill shale wells across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West… Continue reading The post 20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 30-Jun 5 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) is once again spinning an error by a major Marcellus driller, Range Resources, as some sort of evil plot to avoid and defraud the DEP. Due to a mistake by a former employee, Range misclassified 42 old conventional wells on acreage it owns and did not plug the
Read More...Zenith Energy, based in Houston, TX and Metuchen, NJ, announced yesterday it has purchased the bulk terminal storage operations of Guttman Energy in three locations: Aurora, Ohio, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, and Star City, West Virginia. Zenith says the reason for buying the terminals is to support customers in the Marcellus/Utica. What, exactly, is Zenith selling to
Read More...Last week Pennsylvania issued 12 new shale well drilling permits with a mix of permits issued in both the southwest (wet gas) and northeast (dry gas) regions of the state. Ohio issued 7 new permits, all of them except one in the same county (Jefferson). West Virginia was a goose egg–no new permits issued last
Read More...Peregrine Energy Partners, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, continues a program to buy royalty rights in the Marcellus/Utica. In January 2019 we told you about Peregrine’s purchase of rights from undisclosed sellers in southwest PA (see Peregrine Energy Buys Royalty Rights in Greene County, PA). In March of this year, Peregrine purchased more rights, in Fayette
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