Tag: drilling
Well-pad setback petition moves on to Pennsylvania DEP
The petition asks the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to consider adopting setbacks of 3,281 feet from any building and drinking water well, 5,280 feet from any building serving vulnerable populations (including schools and hospitals) and 750 feet from any surface water. Currently, the minimum statewide setback distance from homes and private wells is 500 feet.
Longest lateral in US drilled into Marcellus shale by Expand Energy
Expand's Rig EDC 41 drilled the longest lateral in U.S. history, at 27,657 feet or 5.2 miles, at BW Edge MSH 210H well in Marshall County, West Virginia.
Cecil Township to add new restrictions on oil and gas drilling
The Cecil Township Board of Supervisors is set to revise an 2012 oil and gas ordinance that will increase well setbacks and limit hours of operations.
Drilling violations in Pa. counties
The Pennsylvania DEP has collected a $1.7 million civil penalty prescribed in a consent order and agreement with Energy Corporation of America.
CNX penalized for drilling violations in Greene County
The Pennsylvania DEP recently announced CNX Gas Company has agreed to two civil penalties totaling $433,500 for violations at well sites in Greene County.
Energy companies can deduct production costs
Federal court rules that "at the well" pricing is determined by the location where the gas or is valued.
Eclipse drills new record lateral
Eclipse Resources Corporation set a new lateral length record with its new "super-lateral" well in the eastern Ohio Utica Shale condensate area.
Pa. receives $173 million in drilling impact fees
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will distribute $173 million in impact fees from shale oil and gas drilling to county and municipal governments, the Marcellus Legacy Fund and state agencies.
Oil and gas drilling permits climbing in Ohio, Pa.
There were 268 oil and gas drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale play, and 112 permits issued in Ohio’s Utica play in March/April.
Utica and Marcellus shale: Oil and gas drilling permits inch higher
Pennsylvania issued 189 drilling permits for unconventional shale oil and gas wells in September and October; Ohio issued 61 drilling permits. Find out where.
