Tag: oil and gas
Cecil Township holds heated meeting on well pad setbacks
The Cecil Township Board of Supervisors held a public meeting on June 5 for a proposed oil and gas ordinance that will set further setbacks on well pads.
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.
Recent changes make it easier to force Ohio landowners to allow...
The number of so-called “unitization” orders issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has surged in recent years.
Austin Master’s frack waste threatens Martins Ferry water sources
Austin Master Services wastewater treatment facility along the Ohio River was recently cited for improperly storing oil and gas waste.
DEP fines Equitrans $1.1M for Rager Mountain release
Equitrans was fined more than $1 million for violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field.
PUCO approves sale of Dominion Energy Ohio
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the joint notice of Enbridge Elephant Holdings, LLC’s purchase of Dominion Energy Ohio.
Paul Harvey plans to share lifelong passion of gas engines with...
Paul Harvey shares a biographical sketch of his life and the series of events that led to his collection at Coolspring Power Museum in his first column.
BLM seeks input on fracking in Wayne National Forest
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on an evaluation detailing potential impacts from oil and gas leasing in the Wayne National Forest.
DEP to require fracking companies to be more transparent about chemicals...
Pennsylvania plans to implement new policies that compel operators to publicly disclose chemicals before they drill unconventional wells.
Orphan wells hard to plug, despite influx of federal dollars
Representatives from the ODNR and Pennsylvania DEP, as well as plugging and environmental contractors, talked about the realities of plugging orphan wells during a panel at the Shale Insight Conference.
