SE PA’s First Shale Gas Well Stopped by New Moratorium

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The new moratorium on shale gas drilling in southeastern Pennsylvania, instituted as a last-minute political ploy by none other than Republicans in the latest state budget (see this MDN story), has claimed its first victim. An exploratory gas well in the South Newark Basin (Bucks County) due to be drilled by Turm Oil has been denied a permit by the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection.


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willisja on July 16, 2012 | Filed Under Bucks County, Energy Companies, Hydraulic Fracturing, Industrywide Issues, Pennsylvania, Regulation, Turm Oil

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