Tag: oil and gas
Chesapeake fined $1.9M for damaging Pennsylvania waterways
State and federal regulators levied a nearly $2 million fine against Chesapeake Appalachia for damaging streams and wetlands at 76 gas drilling sites in Pennsylvania. The damages happened across sites in Beaver, Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
New administration, new challenges for oil and gas industry
The Biden administration’s actions around oil and gas development, the environment and the climate have created a lot of uncertainty for the industry that employs tens of thousands of people in Ohio and Pennsylvania, oil and gas industry leaders say.
Ohio legislation would stop towns from banning natural gas
Three bills recently introduced in Ohio seek to stop local governments from limiting the use of fossil fuels. Similar legislation has been proposed or passed in several others states in response to some West Coast cities banning natural gas hookups in new construction.
Federal judge orders no new fracking in Wayne National Forest
The decision comes after a ruling last year found the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service failed to adequately consider the environmental impacts hydraulic fracturing could have on Wayne National Forest.
Chesapeake Energy settles for $5.3 million with Pa. AG
Landowners in Pennsylvania who felt cheated out of gas royalty payments will be paid $5.3 million by Chesapeake Energy, the Pennsylvania AG's Office said.
Annual US natural gas production drops in 2020
Annual U.S. natural gas production dropped by 1% in 2020 from the previous year, but production in Appalachia stayed strong.
Pa. bill would put new bonding requirements on renewable energy projects
SB 284 would require developers to post a bond with the state to cover costs related to decommissioning and reclamation and proper recycling or disposal of the project.
Sunoco pays $497,000 to Pa. DEP for Mariner East 2 pipeline...
Sunoco Pipeline agreed to pay $497,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for spilling drilling fluids into a Lebanon County creek.
Revolution pipeline back in service in western Pennsylvania
More than two years after the Revolution pipeline exploded in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, it is back in service.Â
Fracking permanently banned in Pennsylvania’s Delaware River basin
The Delaware River Basin Commission approved a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing, impacting the Marcellus Shale gas fields in northeast Pennsylvania.
