PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection and Roulette Oil & Gas Co., LLC signed a consent order and agreement requiring the company to plug a shale gas well that was abandoned for 8 years in Hebron Township, Potter County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

But, DEP hasnt tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater. Conventional oil and gas well owners have reported road dumping between 3.5 The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 and 2021. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Mastriano: ‘It’s Pure Insanity’ International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas [ Energy Independence Means Renewables ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19 Mastriano: ‘It’s Pure Insanity’ International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas [ Energy Independence Means Renewables ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When Trump first took office in 2017, coal use was just under 60 million tons a year. Its a much dirtier fuel than natural gas, let alone renewables, in terms of climate change and air pollution. It went down while he was in office, despite his pledges to revive it. It now around 30 million tons a year. It was fracking.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million To Settle Lawsuit By Investors Who Claimed EQT Overstated The Benefits Of Its Rice Energy Merger In 2017 -- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The last Long Term Energy Plan published by the Province of Ontario in 2017 provided the energy sector, municipalities, stakeholders and the public with a roadmap for energy investments. Ultimately, it will be judged based on where the province lands on a number of policies, including the role of natural gas in Ontario.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

DEP issued the original violations for failure to restore the well pad and the water impoundment on July 14, 2017. Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Conventional Well Spills Among the DEP Oil and Gas inspection reports this week was an April 3 inspection of the Buhl Farm 1 conventional oil well owned by Edward W.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

But, DEP hasnt tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater. Conventional oil and gas well owners have reported road dumping between 3.5 The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 and 2021. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

The facility utilizes ethane, a by-product of natural gas, to make ethylene, a building block for plastic. Violations Forty-three notices of violation have been issued to Shell Petrochemical Plant to date since the construction of the complex began in 2017. Shell estimates that the facility has a production capacity of 1.6

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

Grand Jury Report The Forty-Third Statewide Investigating Grand Jury Report, released in 2020, highlighted the need for stricter regulations for fracking but five years later, we still don’t have them. Read more here.]

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

“Significant changes in the conventional oil and gas industry’s reporting practices will need to occur before meaningful improvement can happen,” Klapkowski concluded. 2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law. 753 well owners covering 81,396 wells did report.

Waste

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

The reasons are simple: wind and solar power are less costly and more quickly deployed than alternatives fueled by natural gas or coal. All that said, I would watch to see what happens this summer with a new tax bill to extend the existing 2017 cuts to corporate and high-income tax rates, which are set to expire this year.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

On March 19, firefighters and DEP responded to another explosion and fire at a conventional well owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co LLC in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. Photos: Row -- Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Response requested by April 9. DEP inspection report Part I. Read more here. Continuing monitoring. & Frederick J.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

And you can see those costs are up considerably from the last three years and even historically looking back to the 2017, 2018 capacity auction. “So The cleared resource mix includes: 45% natural gas, 21% nuclear, 22% coal, 4% hydro, 3% wind and 1% solar. That is up 9.5% from last year at $14.7 Obviously to use more than this.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

Original violation for abandonment issued March 8, 2017. . - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well (8+ Years) June 3, 2025 inspection of the Grancis Richards 1 conventional well located in Amity Township, Erie County as a result of a complaint found the well abandoned and not plugged. Violations continued. Response requested by July 1.

2025

A Greener Life

MARCH 21, 2025

Court ruling overview A court in oil-rich North Dakota found on Thursday that Greenpeace, which relies on independent founders to run its operations, must pay the pipeline and energy company First Transfer $667 million in damages for the pipeline protests in Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) between 2016 and 2017.

2016

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2025

[At a June 12 House Environmental Committee hearing, DEP reported 3,108 conventional wells were cited for abandonment in the eight years between January 2017 and December 2024-- only 17% appeared to be abandoned prior to January 2017. [In

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. Of Health Oil & Natural Gas Production Health Concerns -- Dept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

DEP said Laurel Mountain Production also never complied with the basic requirement to register the impoundment with the agency since it was constructed in 2017 as required by state regulations. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% DEP classified the facility as abandoned.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2025

May 2, 2025 inspections of the Jeffers Farms 7 , Jeffers Farms 8 , Jeffers Farms 9 , Jeffers Farms 10 and Jeffers Farms 14 shale gas wells in Harford Township, Susquehanna County are part of regular monitoring for gas leaks due to defective casing/cement discovered on August 17, 2017. Violations continued.

2025

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Renewable energy already provides reliable power with significant grid penetration at a levelized cost of energy that is comparable to or lower than gas or coal. Natural gas and nuclear power also benefit from IRA tax incentives, as do domestic manufacturing and clean energy jobs. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

And we have done so since 2017 even as we have continued to grow. jobs, including 603,900 direct jobsup 51% since 2017. billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue in 2023, 146 % above 2017, highlighting its growing fiscal value. 4 In 2023, it supported 4.7 million U.S. Direct contributions added 231 billion to GDP.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Since 1859 when the first wells were drilled, an estimated 300,000 to 760,000 conventional oil and gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania. Abandoned Conventional Wells DEP reported in March 2024, its inspections between January 1, 2017 and January 23, 2024 identified 2,773 unique wells that were cited for being abandoned and not plugged.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad. DEP Inspection Reports: Kropp Well 1H and Kropp Well 7H.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 22, Senators Steven Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, introduced Senate Bill 581 to increase setback safety zones from natural gas drilling sites and other infrastructure based on the latest science. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2022

Energy Information Administration released its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook which projects solar and wind renewable energy’s share of electricity generation will keep rising and lead to a decline in natural gas generation. ‘We Natural Gas Prices “In March, the Henry Hub natural gas spot price averaged $4.90

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Energy Information Administration (EIA)-- -- Natural Gas: Pennsylvania’s marketed natural gas production, primarily from the Marcellus Shale, reached a record 7.6 Why aren't natural gas or nuclear or coal, why aren't they applying for new generation capacity? Yaw praised. Energy Information Administration.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

JUNE 7, 2021

By the time Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, FEMA was already dealing with the aftermaths of two other huge storms. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped up to 60 inches of rain on some parts of Houston. Clustering. FEMA workers were exhausted. Equipment and supplies were already deployed elsewhere. An uncertain future.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

This was during the peak of the unconventional natural gas development boom, colloquially known as “fracking.” There was a lot of buzz about the environmental effects of unconventional natural gas development, and several documentaries were produced on the subject,” she said. “I Why Does It Matter?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 20, the natural gas industry and Senate Republicans launched an effort to unleash the industry by reducing regulations, requiring automatic approval of permits and limiting opportunities for public review of permits at a hearing of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in Pittsburgh. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

At a February 6 hearing of the House Republican Policy Committee , members and the natural gas industry recommended the need to remove roadblocks to faster permit reviews by DEP they said stand in the way of economic growth and lower natural gas prices. Read more here. They don’t want to sell their products on the cheap.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

You can help DEP’s evaluation too by sending the problems you’ve had with conventional oil and gas drilling operations to DEP’s Oil & Gas Program email: ra-epoilandgas@pa.gov. Oil & Gas Drilling Is Not A Clean Business Do you believe drilling conventional oil and natural gas wells is a clean business?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On December 1, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, said he has ordered a “top to bottom review” of how DEP regulates underground natural gas storage areas as a result of the leak of 1 billion cubic feet of gas from the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Cambria County November 6 to 20.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

million penalty to DEP for the 2018 Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explosion in Beaver County. Sunoco operates numerous petroleum, natural gas, and hazardous liquids pipelines in Pennsylvania, including the Mariner East 2 Pipeline. see list below) [Energy Transfer Partners also paid a $30.6 Read more here.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In 2017, environmental advocates and some states like New York who have long been concerned with the climate change impacts associated with new liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipelines had reason for optimism. FERC reviews proposals to build interstate LNG pipelines and terminals pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

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Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of natural gas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN] -- House Committee Meets Oct.

Natural Gas