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  • Economic Impact | Energy Services | GreenHunter Resources | Heckmann | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Wastewater

    Start a Company or Get a Job in the Marcellus? Try Water

    February 15, 2012February 15, 2012

    Looking for a way to participate in the Marcellus and Utica Shale economic boom? As an investor, or as a business owner or even as a job seeker, you might want to consider water. Yeah, water. Try these numbers on for size: In 2011, drillers paid somewhere between $1.3-$1.7 billion to dispose of fracking wastewater in the Marcellus Shale. In 10 years it’s estimated to be a $15-$22 billion market—just in the Marcellus Shale.

    Read More “Start a Company or Get a Job in the Marcellus? Try Water”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Regulation | Steuben County

    Fremont, NY Considers a Ban on Fracking

    February 15, 2012February 15, 2012

    The Town of Fremont, NY is heading toward a vote to ban hydraulic fracturing. Fremont is in Steuben County, and a ban would adversely affect the property rights of rural landowners in the township.

    Read More “Fremont, NY Considers a Ban on Fracking”

  • Alternative Energy | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues

    Earthworks Admits Real Reason they Oppose Gas Drilling

    February 15, 2012February 15, 2012

    Although MDN has long pointed out the ideological underpinnings in the opposition of drilling for shale gas, here is yet another brief moment of honesty from an anti-drilling group about their true motivation:

    Read More “Earthworks Admits Real Reason they Oppose Gas Drilling”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Feb 15, 2012

    February 15, 2012February 15, 2012

    The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:

    Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Feb 15, 2012”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA | Taxation

    Gov. Corbett Signs New Marcellus Drilling Law

    February 14, 2012April 16, 2026

    privateNo public ceremony for the signing of historic legislation to regulate Marcellus Shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Monday evening, Gov. Tom Corbett’s office announced he had privately signed the new legislation into law. A detailed summary of the legislation is embedded below.

    Among the key provisions in the final bill:

    Read More “Gov. Corbett Signs New Marcellus Drilling Law”

  • Economic Impact | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Processing Plants | Shell | Statewide PA

    PA Finally Joins the Cracker Plant Sweepstakes

    February 14, 2012February 14, 2012

    It seems that Pennsylvania has finally woken up to the fact that Shell is about to decide where they will invest some $2 billion and generate thousands of new jobs by building an ethane cracker plant. One of three bills signed into law by PA Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday was a bill that,

    Read More “PA Finally Joins the Cracker Plant Sweepstakes”

  • Bradford County | Economic Impact | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania

    Bradford County, PA: “The Recession Passed Right Over Us”

    February 14, 2012February 15, 2012

    A balanced article looking at arguments both for and against shale gas drilling posted on the 13-WHAM TV website begins this way:

    Read More “Bradford County, PA: “The Recession Passed Right Over Us””

  • Allegany County | Garrett County | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Maryland | Regulation | Statewide MD | Taxation

    Maryland Delegates Propose 15% Severance Tax

    February 14, 2012February 14, 2012

    They must be smoking something good in Maryland—at least in the Maryland House of Delegates where Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-Baltimore) and Del. Sheila Hixson (D-Montgomery) introduced a bill last Friday that would require the state collect 15 percent of the wholesale value of any natural gas produced from Maryland’s portion of the Marcellus Shale.

    Read More “Maryland Delegates Propose 15% Severance Tax”

  • Barbour County | Crestwood Midstream | Energy Companies | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Mountaineer Keystone | Pipelines | Preston County | Taylor County | West Virginia

    Mum’s the Word on New Tygart Valley Pipeline in WV

    February 14, 2012February 14, 2012

    In December, MDN reported that Houston-based Crestwood Midstream will construct a new 16” inch Marcellus gathering pipeline that will run 42 miles through Preston, Taylor and Barbour counties in northeast West Virginia, connecting to Columbia Gas Transmission’s WB Pipeline in Randolph County, WV, delivering Marcellus gas to the Washington, DC and Baltimore markets (see this MDN story).

    Read More “Mum’s the Word on New Tygart Valley Pipeline in WV”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Feb 14, 2012

    February 14, 2012February 14, 2012

    The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:

    Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Feb 14, 2012”

  • Antero Resources | Belmont County | Energy Companies | Landowner Coalition News | Lease & Royalty Payments | Monroe County | Noble County | Ohio

    Antero Pays Record Rates in Eastern Ohio Utica Lease Deal

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    prices going higherThe Utica Landowner Group of eastern Ohio has just cut a deal with Antero Resources for what is believed to be the highest amount paid yet for a lease deal: $5,900 per acre for a signing bonus, and 21 percent royalties. The deal covers land in Belmont, Monroe and Noble counties in Ohio.

    Read More “Antero Pays Record Rates in Eastern Ohio Utica Lease Deal”

  • Air Quality | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Washington County | Wastewater

    EPA Investigation Launched in Washington County, PA

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    Washington County is the most active county in southwestern Pennsylvania for Marcellus drilling, including most numbers of wells drilled, pipelines to transport the gas and compressor stations to power the pipelines. Word has just leaked that last September the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a “multi-media” probe into drilling in Washington County. A multi-media probe means they analyze air, water and land impacts of drilling. Apparently the EPA doesn’t believe the PA Department of Environmental Protection can do its own job and needs an assist.

    Read More “EPA Investigation Launched in Washington County, PA”

  • Industrywide Issues | Lackawanna County | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County | Taxation | Wayne County | Wyoming County (PA)

    How Much Revenue will NE PA Counties Get from Impact Fee?

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    Pennsylvania’s northeastern counties stand to bring in millions of new revenue this year under the impact fee that Gov. Corbett is soon due to sign. Once the legislation is signed, county governments will have 60 days to decide whether or not to adopt an ordinance adopting the new fee structure, along with the restrictions it imposes on a county’s ability to regulate drilling via zoning (see this MDN story). Each county is allowed to keep 60 percent of the total impact fee collected. The other 40 percent? That goes to the state. The 40 percent is the “spread the wealth around” compromise lawmakers needed to strike in order to pass the legislation.

    Here’s a rundown on how much in new revenue northeastern PA counties stand to collect in direct fees, the 60 percent portion:

    Read More “How Much Revenue will NE PA Counties Get from Impact Fee?”

  • Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA | Taxation

    PA’s New Tax on Drilling (er Sorry, Impact Fee)

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    The new Marcellus drilling legislation passed by the Pennsylvania House and Senate (both controlled by Republicans), and due to be signed by Gov. Tom Corbett (also a Republican) is a great milestone. It places new restrictions on drilling and makes regulation of drilling across the state more even-handed. There are many things to like about the new legislation.

    But it’s also a disappointment. The so-called impact fee is really just a tax trying to fly under the radar as a fee. Why a tax? Because the fee as originally proposed would stay in the areas where drilling happens, where drilling is having an “impact.” If a municipality has to repair roads, or spend more on emergency services and policing, or hire extra workers in government offices—that extra expense should be reimbursed. That’s what an impact fee is supposed to do.

    Read More “PA’s New Tax on Drilling (er Sorry, Impact Fee)”

  • Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Wastewater

    Chesapeake’s Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, has pioneered a new technology that allows them to recycle up to 100 percent of fracking wastewater to be reused on new wells being fracked. The technology, called Aqua Renew (video embedded below) means less wastewater going either to municipal treatment facilities or injection wells for disposal.

    Read More “Chesapeake’s Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Feb 13, 2012

    February 13, 2012February 13, 2012

    The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:

    Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Feb 13, 2012”

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