Search Results for: "Upper Burrell"

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Olympus Pays $1.2M to Pipe Water to Well Pads in 2 Pitts. Towns

Olympus Energy, the renamed Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration (HHEX), concentrates its drilling in the Pittsburgh suburbs, including Upper Burrell and Allegheny Townships in Westmoreland County, PA. Olympus has just cut a $1.2 million deal with the Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington to extend three miles of waterlines near three Marcellus well…

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Plum Injection Well Back On – Boro Ends Legal Fight

In April of this year, MDN told you that the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) had finally, after more than two years of evaluation, granted a permit to build a shale wastewater injection well in Plum Boro in Allegheny County (see Miracle! PA DEP Approves Plum (Pittsburgh) Injection Well Permit). The Boro’s mayor and…

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Federal EPA Approves Permit for Plum, PA Wastewater Injection Well

As MDN reported last July, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency in charge of approving oil and gas wastewater injection wells, was actively reviewing an application and plan from Penneco Environmental Solutions (division of Penneco Oil Co.) to convert a plugged gas well into a brine (wastewater) injection well in Plum, PA–in Allegheny…

Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 15, 2018

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Huntley & Huntley begin seismic testing in Allegheny County; PA at severance tax crossroads; activists use Wayne Natl Forest decision to renew call for frack ban; Harrison County, WV votes to support local gas power plant; 24 rigs now…

Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Nov 16, 2017

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: H&H pitches fracking to A-K Valley business leaders in SWPA; Mike Turzai pledges no severance tax if he’s elected gov; new CNG buses on the way in Altoona; Chinese investment in WV could include PE resin; is…

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Civil Debate in Plum, PA re Proposed Wastewater Injection Well

As MDN reported in July, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency in charge of approving oil and gas wastewater injection wells, is currently reviewing an application and plan from Penneco Environmental Solutions (division of Penneco Oil Co.) to convert a plugged gas well into a brine (wastewater) injection well in Plum, PA–near Pittsburgh…

Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Sep 13, 2017

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA budget noose tightens, House working on plan, “moderate” Repubs still want severance tax; first Rover flow volumes sign of growth in Appalachia; NY’s stand against pipelines puts fate of projects in doubt; Plum, PA frack wastewater…

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Frivolous Lawsuit Delays H&H Drilling in Westmoreland County, PA

Huntley & Huntley has plans to drill shale wells in Upper Burrell Township (Westmoreland County), PA. As MDN reported in June, a landowner in Upper Burrell filed an appeal against Upper Burrell’s zoning ordinance that allows drilling in rural, agricultural districts (see Westmoreland Zoning Challenge Heads to Court, Delays H&H Drilling). H&H plans to drill…

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‘Father of Marcellus’ Weighs in on Proposed Plum, PA Injection Well

As MDN reported in July, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency in charge of approving oil and gas wastewater injection wells, is currently reviewing an application and plan from Penneco Environmental Solutions (division of Penneco Oil Co.) to convert a plugged gas well into a brine (wastewater) injection well in Plum, PA–near Pittsburgh…

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Westmoreland Zoning Challenge re H&H Wells Closer to Resolution

Huntley & Huntley has plans to drill shale wells in Upper Burrell Township (Westmoreland County), PA. As MDN reported in June, a landowner in Upper Burrell filed an appeal against Upper Burrell’s zoning ordinance that allows drilling in rural, agricultural districts (see Westmoreland Zoning Challenge Heads to Court, Delays H&H Drilling). H&H plans to drill…

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Westmoreland Zoning Challenge Heads to Court, Delays H&H Drilling

In May MDN told you that Huntley & Huntley was conducting seismic surveys in Lower Burrell, in Westmoreland County, PA (see Huntley & Huntley Targets New Drilling in Westmoreland County, PA). When a company begins to conduct seismic surveys, you know that applications for drilling permits are not far behind. Next door to Lower Burrell…

Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Aug 5, 2016

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: REX capacity expansion from east to west on track; Marcellus/Utica takeaway to New England & Mid-Atlantic; Talen reports $3M loss, Riverstone takeover in jeopardy?; radical anti from DC visits SWPA to spread lies; protesters want to block…

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“Enviro” Groups: Keep Acid Mine Drainage So Drillers Can’t Use It

Get this: Environmentalists (like those at PennEnvironment) hate fossil fuels from shale drilling so much, they would rather have millions of gallons of acid mine drainage pour into creeks and rivers in PA every day rather than let shale drillers use that drainage as a fracking fluid–thereby freeing up fresh water sources and solving one…