The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is hiring more inspectors for gas and oil wells. Right now there are 125 inspectors statewide. By the summer, an additional 68 will be on board bringing the total to 193 inspectors. Which is a good thing according to the York (PA) Dispatch, which notes:
In the last year, to [...]
The severance tax, like a bad penny, keeps turning up. Pennsylvanians (and eventually New Yorkers) will have to stay vigilant against greedy politicians who can’t help themselves when there’s something nearby that can be taxed. Tax revenues equal money flowing through politicians’ hands, and that equals power. The latest example:
State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19th, of [...]
Narrowsburg, NY – The River Reporter (Feb 25) ‘Unauthorized’ wastewater hearing brings flowback feedback
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has granted its first permit to a wastewater treatment facility since new, stricter guidelines were recently implemented. From The River Reporter article:
The DEP has issued its first new permit for treating drilling wastewater [...]
WTAE Pittsburgh (Feb 25) Rendell Talks Expanded Sales Tax Plan In Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (Democrat), has proposed a severance tax on natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. But the Governor himself is not optimistic that the Pennsylvania Legislature will pass his proposals. From the WTAE news report:
In addition, Rendell is reviving proposals [...]
Katie Klaber, the new President of the Marcellus Shale Coalition recently appeared on the Clean Skies News network to discuss the environmental issues of natural gas drilling. It’s an informative and short piece (under 10 minutes), and worth watching (embedded below).
Among the things discussed that MDN found interesting:
Ms. Klaber says Marcellus Drilling will bring 110,000 [...]
MarketWatch/PR Newswire (Feb 25) Southwestern Energy Announces 2009 Financial and Operating Results
Southerwestern Energy made it’s 2009 results known today in a press release. Of concern to landowners in the Marcellus, particularly in northeastern PA, is this paragraph:
Appalachia – The company began leasing in northeastern Pennsylvania in 2007 in an effort to gain [...]
Vancouver Sun (Feb 22) Tertzakian: Lessons from a green ice resurfacer’s failure
Will Marcellus Shale gas find a market over the border in Canada? It sure looks that way. An excerpt from an article published in the Vancouver Sun, says, in part:
In fact, the real Energy Story of the Week came in the form [...]
PR Newswire (Feb 16) Game Commission Delivers Annual Report to Legislature
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe presented the agency’s annual report to the General Assembly, and delivered testimony before the House Game and Fisheries Committee on February 16. Below is an excerpt of his testimony as it touched on [...]
Houston Star-Telegram (Feb 16) Chesapeake reports 19 percent production increase
Chesapeake Energy, one of the largest gas drilling companies in the U.S., recently reported a 19% increase in its natural gas production across all of its shale plays. With respect to the Marcellus, we learn from a Houston Star-Telegram article that:
Chesapeake has a huge [...]
Philly.com – Philadelphia Inquirer (Feb 17) Japanese firm to invest $1.4 billion in Marcellus operation
The Philadelphia Inquirer has posted a story about the huge investment from Mitsui in Anadarko. As Marcellus Drilling News reported yesterday, Mitsui has purchased a 32.5% stake in Anadarko for $1.4 billion. What was not in the original news [...]
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