PA Marcellus News Digest
January 22, 2013
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SIERRA CLUB INVESTIGATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S ECONOMIC STUDY ON NATURAL GAS EXPORTS
Contractor Gave Gas Exports a Clean Bill of Health – but Often Works for the Oil and Gas Industry
Sierra Club Press Releases
Jan 22
WASHINGTON, DC - The Sierra Club today filed a formal information request calling on the Department of Energy (DOE) to explain how it hired a notoriously anti-environmental contractor to determine whether massive increases in natural gas production for export are in the public interest. Exporting natural gas would require increased fracking in America. Fracking is a violent process that dislodges gas deposits from shale rock formations and is known to contaminate drinking water, pollute the air, and cause earthquakes.
Link: http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2013/01/sierra-club-investigates-department-energys-economic-study-natural-gas/
Contractor Gave Gas Exports a Clean Bill of Health – but Often Works for the Oil and Gas Industry
Sierra Club Press Releases
Jan 22
WASHINGTON, DC - The Sierra Club today filed a formal information request calling on the Department of Energy (DOE) to explain how it hired a notoriously anti-environmental contractor to determine whether massive increases in natural gas production for export are in the public interest. Exporting natural gas would require increased fracking in America. Fracking is a violent process that dislodges gas deposits from shale rock formations and is known to contaminate drinking water, pollute the air, and cause earthquakes.
Link: http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2013/01/sierra-club-investigates-department-energys-economic-study-natural-gas/
Articles
Pittsburgh International Airport drilling deal could net $40 million
Sum would eclipse Consol's initial offer
Post-Gazette
Andrew McGill
Jan 18
A month ago, it looked as if the Allegheny County Airport Authority was throwing money away.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/allegheny-county-airport-drilling-deal-could-net-40m-670884/
Sum would eclipse Consol's initial offer
Post-Gazette
Andrew McGill
Jan 18
A month ago, it looked as if the Allegheny County Airport Authority was throwing money away.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/allegheny-county-airport-drilling-deal-could-net-40m-670884/
Area fracking wells inch closer to schools
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 20
INDUSTRY — Some local students are getting an up-close and personal lesson on the oil and gas industry.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/area-fracking-wells-inch-closer-to-schools/article_b9261080-30bc-5989-a7a8-e0b543965796.html
Times Online
Rachel Morgan
Jan 20
INDUSTRY — Some local students are getting an up-close and personal lesson on the oil and gas industry.
Link: http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/area-fracking-wells-inch-closer-to-schools/article_b9261080-30bc-5989-a7a8-e0b543965796.html
Shale industry here to stay
Observer-Reporter
Walter Schenbach
Opinion
Jan 22
I was disappointed to see all the letters about the natural gas industry in this newspaper neglect one important point – the natural gas industry is employing thousands of residents across Pennsylvania and it’s here to stay.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130121/OPINION02/130129876#.UP8KjB3peSp
Observer-Reporter
Walter Schenbach
Opinion
Jan 22
I was disappointed to see all the letters about the natural gas industry in this newspaper neglect one important point – the natural gas industry is employing thousands of residents across Pennsylvania and it’s here to stay.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130121/OPINION02/130129876#.UP8KjB3peSp
Leasehold acquisition: The first step of natural gas extraction
Daily Review
Johnny Williams
Jan 22
Editor's Note: This is the first part in a six-part series giving a step-by-step look at the process that a natural gas company conducts to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. The series is a collaboration with Chesapeake Energy. The company's methods of operations are not meant to reflect the operations of other natural gas companies.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/leasehold-acquisition-the-first-step-of-natural-gas-extraction-1.1432911
Daily Review
Johnny Williams
Jan 22
Editor's Note: This is the first part in a six-part series giving a step-by-step look at the process that a natural gas company conducts to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. The series is a collaboration with Chesapeake Energy. The company's methods of operations are not meant to reflect the operations of other natural gas companies.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/leasehold-acquisition-the-first-step-of-natural-gas-extraction-1.1432911
Allegheny County moves forward with rules on gas drillers’ emissions
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 22
County officials made slight changes to their proposed shale drilling notification rules and then gave them a unanimous preliminary approval Tuesday morning.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3341663-74/county-officials-rules#axzz2IiRnGkIJ
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 22
County officials made slight changes to their proposed shale drilling notification rules and then gave them a unanimous preliminary approval Tuesday morning.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3341663-74/county-officials-rules#axzz2IiRnGkIJ
Independent film takes pro-fracking perspective
Inquirer
Kevin Begos
AP
Jan 22
PITTSBURGH - FrackNation is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to criticize environmentalists without being a tool for big industry?
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130122_Independent_film_takes_pro-fracking_perspective.html
Inquirer
Kevin Begos
AP
Jan 22
PITTSBURGH - FrackNation is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to criticize environmentalists without being a tool for big industry?
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130122_Independent_film_takes_pro-fracking_perspective.html
State questions proposal for Allegheny to monitor emissions
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 22
State environmental regulators are protesting the Allegheny County Health Department‘s proposal to track air emissions from a growing number of shale gas wells in the county.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3306743-74/county-state-emissions#axzz2IjHrZcBK
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 22
State environmental regulators are protesting the Allegheny County Health Department‘s proposal to track air emissions from a growing number of shale gas wells in the county.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3306743-74/county-state-emissions#axzz2IjHrZcBK
Report recommends gas pipeline placement steps
Times-Tribune
Robert Swift
Jan 22
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania should locate natural gas pipelines along existing highway rights of way and near industrial developments where possible to further development of the Marcellus Shale reserves, according to a new report by the Corbett administration.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/report-recommends-gas-pipeline-placement-steps-1.1432826
Times-Tribune
Robert Swift
Jan 22
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania should locate natural gas pipelines along existing highway rights of way and near industrial developments where possible to further development of the Marcellus Shale reserves, according to a new report by the Corbett administration.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/report-recommends-gas-pipeline-placement-steps-1.1432826
Drillers explore ‘groundbreaking’ fracking technique
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 21
Traditional vertical drilling for gas and oil could lessen in favor of state-of-the-art horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of rock layers, perhaps as shallow as 1,000 feet underground and not far from drinking water aquifers.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3239089-74/wells-fracking-drilling#axzz2IjHrZcBK
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 21
Traditional vertical drilling for gas and oil could lessen in favor of state-of-the-art horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of rock layers, perhaps as shallow as 1,000 feet underground and not far from drinking water aquifers.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3239089-74/wells-fracking-drilling#axzz2IjHrZcBK
Washington County judge questions former colleague’s handling of gas case
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 18
Fallout from the actions of a former Washington County judge under state investigation spread on Friday, becoming the focus of a hearing in a high-profile natural gas industry case.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3321123-74/case-hearing-gas#axzz2IesmjLM7
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Jan 18
Fallout from the actions of a former Washington County judge under state investigation spread on Friday, becoming the focus of a hearing in a high-profile natural gas industry case.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3321123-74/case-hearing-gas#axzz2IesmjLM7
Fracking for natural gas being powered by it, too
Daily Local
Marc Levy
AP
Jan 20
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. And now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by the very fuel it has been so successful in coaxing up from the depths.
Link: http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20130120/NEWS03/130129958/fracking-for-natural-gas-being-powered-by-it-too
Daily Local
Marc Levy
AP
Jan 20
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. And now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by the very fuel it has been so successful in coaxing up from the depths.
Link: http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20130120/NEWS03/130129958/fracking-for-natural-gas-being-powered-by-it-too
Photographers Seek to Shine Light on Marcellus Shale Drilling
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Jan 21
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/01/21/photographers-seek-to-shine-light-on-marcellus-shale-drilling/#more-15617
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Jan 21
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/01/21/photographers-seek-to-shine-light-on-marcellus-shale-drilling/#more-15617
The 'shale revolution' won't shake things up as much as people expect
Post-Gazette
Gwynne Dyer
Jan 20
Which of the following statements is true? The United States now has a 100-year supply of natural gas, thanks to the miracle of shale gas. By 2017 it will once again be the world's biggest oil producer. By 2035 it will be entirely "energy-independent" and free in particular from its reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/the-shale-revolution-wont-shake-things-up-as-much-as-people-expect-671214/
Post-Gazette
Gwynne Dyer
Jan 20
Which of the following statements is true? The United States now has a 100-year supply of natural gas, thanks to the miracle of shale gas. By 2017 it will once again be the world's biggest oil producer. By 2035 it will be entirely "energy-independent" and free in particular from its reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/the-shale-revolution-wont-shake-things-up-as-much-as-people-expect-671214/
Environmental bill of rights issue requires further legal review; Ferguson Township skips discussion
CDT
Jessica VanderKolk
Jan 21
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — They came with their “peace on earth” and anti-fracking signs, but about a dozen residents barely had warmed their chairs before their issue of interest was removed from Monday night’s Board of Supervisors agenda.
Link: http://www.centredaily.com/2013/01/21/3473304/environmental-bill-of-rights-issue.html
CDT
Jessica VanderKolk
Jan 21
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — They came with their “peace on earth” and anti-fracking signs, but about a dozen residents barely had warmed their chairs before their issue of interest was removed from Monday night’s Board of Supervisors agenda.
Link: http://www.centredaily.com/2013/01/21/3473304/environmental-bill-of-rights-issue.html
Pa. auditor to review wastewater from shale well drilling
Post-Gazette
Don Hopey
Jan 21
Prompted by accidental spills and leaks from Marcellus Shale gas development and the industry's waste disposal practices, new Auditor General Eugene DePasquale will begin a review this week of the state Department of Environmental Protection's water regulation, testing and enforcement program.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/environment/pa-auditor-to-review-wastewater-from-shale-well-drilling-671310/
Post-Gazette
Don Hopey
Jan 21
Prompted by accidental spills and leaks from Marcellus Shale gas development and the industry's waste disposal practices, new Auditor General Eugene DePasquale will begin a review this week of the state Department of Environmental Protection's water regulation, testing and enforcement program.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/environment/pa-auditor-to-review-wastewater-from-shale-well-drilling-671310/
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