32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 12-18

Last week (Dec. 12-18), the number of permits issued to drill new shale wells in the Marcellus/Utica bumped up nicely… Continue reading The post 32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 12-18 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 14-20

Last week (Nov. 14-20) saw a total of 31 new shale permits issued across the Marcellus/Utica, up slightly from 26… Continue reading The post 26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 14-20 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Allegheny Twp Leases Under Tredway Trail to Olympus for $2,200/Ac

These days we don’t often see the contract details for new leases signed by landowners to allow shale drilling. We… Continue reading The post Allegheny Twp Leases Under Tredway Trail to Olympus for $2,200/Ac first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Pitt Tries to Recruit SWPA Families for Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study

What if we gave the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) a $2.5 million grant to study a link between peanut butter… Continue reading The post Pitt Tries to Recruit SWPA Families for Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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SWPA Landfill Plans to Burn Leachate w/Frack Waste – Antis Oppose

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently held two public hearings about a plan by the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill… Continue reading The post SWPA Landfill Plans to Burn Leachate w/Frack Waste – Antis Oppose first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21

After several weeks of anemic permit numbers for Pennsylvania, last week PA came roaring back by issuing 30 permits to… Continue reading The post 45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Western PA Farmers Talk About Deductions, Falling Royalties

The same old issue keeps returning in Pennsylvania for landowners and rights owners. The Pennsylvania Minimum Royalty Act guarantees payments… Continue reading The post Western PA Farmers Talk About Deductions, Falling Royalties first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26

Last week, for June 20-26, the number of new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica decreased just a bit… Continue reading The post 29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 30-Jun 5

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.

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RGGI May Be Woke, But Pennsylvanians Will Go Broke

RGGI May Be Woke, But Pennsylvanians Will Go Broke Dr. Jay Lehr Sr. Policy Analyst – International Climate Science Coalition Tom Harris Ex. Director – International Climate Science Coalition … … [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvania, thanks to trust-funder Tom Wolf is pursuing RGGi to be woke but it’s likely to make Commonwealth consumers go broke unless

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Dec 14-18

Last week Pennsylvania issued 25 new shale well drilling permits in both northeast and southwest PA, although most of the permits for SWPA. Ohio issued 4 new shale well permits, all of them to the same company (Encino Energy) and the same well pad (in Harrison County). West Virginia issued 6 new shale well permits,

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 14-18

Last week Ohio finally broke the drought of not issuing permits for new shale wells in the Buckeye State. Finally! Last week Pennsylvania issued 13 new permits for wells on three well pads. Ohio issued 4 new permits for wells on two well pads. And West Virginia issued 1 new permit.This post appeared first on

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ME2 Pipe Inspector Admits Falsifying Welding Records 77 Times

In March a worker hired to x-ray welds on sections of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in southwestern Pennsylvania was charged with falsifying records–that he falsely claimed to have performed work when he didn’t (see ME2 Pipeline Worker Charged with Falsifying Welding Records). Yesterday the worker, via a video hearing, plead guilty to 77 counts

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Anti Group Loses Yet Another Penn Twp (PA) Frack Ban Case

A leftist anti-fossil group calling itself Protect PT, in Penn Township (Westmoreland County), PA, backed with big money from Big Green groups, continues to sue in an effort to block shale drilling in the township. And they keep losing their lawsuits. Protect PT has launched multiple challenges to a local Penn Township ordinance which allows Apex

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Antis Continue Attempt to Tie Childhood Cancer to SWPA Fracking

A group of enviro-Nazis has sunk to a new low in their holy mission to block Marcellus Shale drilling. A group of colluding Big Green groups along with sympathetic (and sycophantic) “reporters” (i.e propagandists) from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are exploiting the pain and suffering of southwestern PA families of children who have cancer in their

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