The Oil Drum Visits a Marcellus Shale Gas Well
A nice series of photographs with commentary from David Murphy (The Oil Drum blog) who recently visited a Marcellus drilling site in Troy, PA: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6488.
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Bradford County, PA Experiencing a Job Boom, Leads Entire State in Net Job Growth
Little, rural Bradford County located in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeing a boom in new jobs: According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and the Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Bradford County led the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in net job growth from March of 2009 to March 2010. According to the Northern Tier [...]
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Establishes Marcellus Shale Field Office in Northeast PA
To it’s credit, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) has established a field office in Northeastern PA specifically to monitor compliance with Marcellus drillers in the Susquehanna River watershed. Too bad the Delaware River Basin Commission is not as industrious and sensitive to landowners’ rights as the SRBC (no drilling allowed in the Delaware River [...]
PA College of Technology to Offer Marcellus Gas Drilling Courses to High Schoolers in Northern and Central PA
The Pennsylvania College of Technology (part of the Penn State University system) continues to innovate by offering training for those interested in jobs and careers in the gas drilling industry. This time, they’re offering courses to high schoolers: The National Science Foundation has awarded a $294,689 grant to the Pennsylvania College of Technology to educate [...]
Chesapeake on Track to Drill 170 Wells and Operate 31 Drilling Rigs in Marcellus Shale in 2010
This bit of information about Chesapeake’s Marcellus Shale activities from a recent operational update: With approximately 1.5 million net acres, Chesapeake is the largest leasehold owner in the Marcellus Shale play that spans from northern West Virginia across much of Pennsylvania into southern New York. On its Marcellus leasehold, Chesapeake estimates it has approximately 26 [...]
PA DEP Takes Aggressive Action Against Cabot Oil & Gas over Dimock Township Methane Contamination
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is not happy with what it says is lack of progress on the part of Cabot Oil & Gas in the remediation of methane contamination of water supplies in Dimock Township, PA. The DEP blames Cabot for the methane contamination. Cabot claims they really aren’t at fault and [...]
Chesapeake Energy’s Permit to Use State Route 1007 in Bradford County Revoked Until Damage is Repaired
Chesapeake Energy’s permit to use a PA State Route in Bradford County has been revoked—now a second time—by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). From the PennDOT press release: HARRISBURG, Pa., April 15 — A road use permit issued to Chesapeake Energy Corporation for moving its drilling trucks and other equipment over State Route 1007 [...]
Proposed New Marcellus Wastewater Treatment Plant Shifts from Athens Township to Tuscarora Township
After getting turned down by the supervisors in Athens Township, PA, Somerset Regional Water Resources is now planning to build a Marcellus wastewater treatment plant in nearby Tuscarora Township. Both Athens and Tuscarora are located in Bradford County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. A search of DEP permit applications confirms that Somerset has applied for a permit [...]
SRBC Fines Southwestern Energy $50K for Lack of Proper Approvals
Although the details are somewhat slim in the newspaper account, the known facts are that Southwestern Energy started construction on a well conductor pipe at a site in Wyalusing Township (Bradford County, PA) in early January, before the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) had given its approval for said construction—something required by law. So the [...]
A Novel Approach to Signing New Landowners by Chesapeake Energy in Bradford County, PA
Forget the landmen, Chesapeake Energy wants to talk directly to landowners and is throwing a “signing party” hoping to convince landowners in Bradford County to show up and sign up at the Wysox Fire Hall on March 20th. Chesapeake sent letters to unsigned landowners in Towanda, North Towanda, Wysox, Standing Stone, Monroeton, Asylum, Wyalusing and [...]
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