The Pennsylvania DEP released an assessment of the compliance of conventional oil and gas operators and found a lack of compliance in several areas. The post Report finds conventional well operators don’t comply with Pa. DEP rules appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board approved an emergency measure to curb emissions at conventional oil and natural gas well sites on Wednesday. The post Pa. approves emergency measure to curb emissions at conventional well sites appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...A Pennsylvania House committee recently rejected an oil and gas emissions regulation, jeopardizing over half a billion dollars in federal highway funds. The post Pa. House rejection of oil and gas regulations puts funding for roads at risk appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined Olympus Energy LLC $175,000 for erosion and sedimentation violations at a well pad in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, according to Farm and Dairy. In a recent press release, the DEP cited several occasions in 2019 when the company allowed sediment-laden water to flow into a tributary of the Youghiogheny
Read More...Work is beginning to plug 12 more abandoned oil and gas wells in the Cornplanter State Forest in Forest County, Pennsylvania, according to the state departments of Conservation and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Plugging the Harmony Township wells, some of which are believed to date back to the 1920s, marks the first phase of
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has finalized the last of three settlements with EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC, assessing civil penalties totaling $427,650 for violations at pipeline sites, according to Farm and Dairy. The DEP entered into a consent order and agreement with EQM for violations that occurred from 2016 through 2019 during construction of
Read More...While the number of new wells drilled in Pennsylvania declined in 2019, more natural gas gas fracked within the state last year than any previous year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. According to the DEP’s 2019 Oil and Gas Annual Report, last year’s production totaled 6.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
Read More...After two years of investigating, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has reported the findings of a grand jury looking into whether shale gas producers had violated environmental protection laws. Gov. Tom Wolf’s Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees regulation of the industry, isn’t mincing words: “The report is legally erroneous, which compromises its conclusions.”* DEP
Read More...A new federal study concluded there’s no evidence that suggests oil and gas production in northern Pennsylvania has contaminated the state forest service’s rivers and streams, according to Kallanish Energy. The study was published earlier this month in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It found no signs wastewater from fracked wells had
Read More...Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has issued a split decision on environmental regulations on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, ruling in part on the side of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, who challenged the regulations 16 days after they took effect, according to WCN 24/7. The seven-judge panel issued a 91-page decision against the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Read More...Last week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC to identify and restore or mitigate all streams and wetlands that it illegally eliminated or altered during the construction of the Revolution Pipeline, according to a DEP press release. During the construction of the pipeline, ETC illegally eliminated at least 23 streams
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