PA Marcellus News Digest
August 31, 2012
Articles
Equitable’s plan to use more local gas is challenged
Pitt Trib
Kim Leonard
Aug 31
Under a proposal challenged by a consumer advocate and natural gas producers, Equitable Gas wants its customers to pay a surcharge averaging 71 cents a month to help the utility shift to selling more gas from Marcellus shale wells.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2510417-74/gas-equitable-customers-plan-utility-challenged-local-production-natural-surcharge#axzz257B8Ze2X
Pitt Trib
Kim Leonard
Aug 31
Under a proposal challenged by a consumer advocate and natural gas producers, Equitable Gas wants its customers to pay a surcharge averaging 71 cents a month to help the utility shift to selling more gas from Marcellus shale wells.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2510417-74/gas-equitable-customers-plan-utility-challenged-local-production-natural-surcharge#axzz257B8Ze2X
State production of natural gas to keep growing, experts say
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Aug 31
Drilling has slowed across the state, but that does not mean Pennsylvania’s historic rate of new natural gas production will follow very soon, experts said on Thursday.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2509879-74/gas-production-pennsylvania-energy-marcellus-wells-drillers-drilling-experts-jolly#axzz257B8Ze2X
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Aug 31
Drilling has slowed across the state, but that does not mean Pennsylvania’s historic rate of new natural gas production will follow very soon, experts said on Thursday.
Link: http://triblive.com/business/2509879-74/gas-production-pennsylvania-energy-marcellus-wells-drillers-drilling-experts-jolly#axzz257B8Ze2X
Commissioners receive studies on gas industry
Sun Gazette
David Thompson
Aug 31
With a limited amount of gas industry impact fee revenue coming to the county and its local municipalities, a clear idea of what industry impacts are is needed to make sure the money is spent wisely.
Link: http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/582700/Commissioners-receive-studies-on-gas-industry.html?nav=5011
Sun Gazette
David Thompson
Aug 31
With a limited amount of gas industry impact fee revenue coming to the county and its local municipalities, a clear idea of what industry impacts are is needed to make sure the money is spent wisely.
Link: http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/582700/Commissioners-receive-studies-on-gas-industry.html?nav=5011
Energy symposium touches on Act 13
Observer-Reporter
Michael bradwell
Aug 31
The secretary of the state Department of Environmental Resources said Thursday he’s confident the state Supreme Court will rule in favor of the municipal zoning provisions originally set forth in Act 13.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/krancer-speaks-at-symposium
Observer-Reporter
Michael bradwell
Aug 31
The secretary of the state Department of Environmental Resources said Thursday he’s confident the state Supreme Court will rule in favor of the municipal zoning provisions originally set forth in Act 13.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/krancer-speaks-at-symposium
Governor Tom Corbett: Mitt Romney has right energy policy
Patriot-News
Op-Ed
Aug 31
Pennsylvanians have a history of ushering in game-changing energy innovation. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in northwestern Pennsylvania, one of the first for the sole purpose of finding petroleum. The development of this well ushered in a new era in energy production that has changed the course of civilization.
Link: http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2012/08/governor_tom_corbett_mitt_romn.html
Patriot-News
Op-Ed
Aug 31
Pennsylvanians have a history of ushering in game-changing energy innovation. In 1859, an oil well was drilled in northwestern Pennsylvania, one of the first for the sole purpose of finding petroleum. The development of this well ushered in a new era in energy production that has changed the course of civilization.
Link: http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2012/08/governor_tom_corbett_mitt_romn.html
Drilled Wells in PA by Watershed Data Available
Frac Tracker
Matt Kelso
Aug 30
There are two new Pennsylvania watershed available for download on FracTracker’s DataTool:
- Pennsylvania Watersheds (HUC12), which shows the boundaries of watershed boundaries within the state at relatively fine level of detail. [...]
- Pennsylvania Watersheds With Drilled Unconventional Wells (8-29-2012), which contains those watersheds in the above dataset with one or more drilled wells, as determined by a spatial join with PADEP drilled unconventional welldata.Included on this dataset for each watershed is the number of unconventional wells drilled within its boundary from January 1, 2005 through August 29, 2012, as well as a density of wells per square kilometer.
Link: http://www.fractracker.org/2012/08/drilled-wells-in-pa-by-watershed-data-available/
Frac Tracker
Matt Kelso
Aug 30
There are two new Pennsylvania watershed available for download on FracTracker’s DataTool:
- Pennsylvania Watersheds (HUC12), which shows the boundaries of watershed boundaries within the state at relatively fine level of detail. [...]
- Pennsylvania Watersheds With Drilled Unconventional Wells (8-29-2012), which contains those watersheds in the above dataset with one or more drilled wells, as determined by a spatial join with PADEP drilled unconventional welldata.Included on this dataset for each watershed is the number of unconventional wells drilled within its boundary from January 1, 2005 through August 29, 2012, as well as a density of wells per square kilometer.
Link: http://www.fractracker.org/2012/08/drilled-wells-in-pa-by-watershed-data-available/
Overhauled permit rules would streamline review process
Post-Gazette
Laura Olson
Aug 30
HARRISBURG -- Revamped permitting guidelines released Thursday by state environmental regulators propose to make the review process more efficient and outline several criteria for how applications may rise to the top of the pile.
Link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#label/Marcellus+Digest/1397dcd7dd296585
Post-Gazette
Laura Olson
Aug 30
HARRISBURG -- Revamped permitting guidelines released Thursday by state environmental regulators propose to make the review process more efficient and outline several criteria for how applications may rise to the top of the pile.
Link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#label/Marcellus+Digest/1397dcd7dd296585
DEP Issues Draft Permit Review Changes
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Aug 30
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/08/30/dep-issues-draft-permit-review-changes/
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Aug 30
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/08/30/dep-issues-draft-permit-review-changes/
Marcellus Shale Coalition releases suggestions for pre-drill water sampling
Express
Patrick Creighton and Travis Windle, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Aug 30
PITTSBURGH - The Marcellus Shale Coalition has released a Recommended Practice for pre-drill water supply surveys. This is the third in a series of recommended practices, all aimed at reinforcing the MSC's Guiding Principles to "continuously improve our practices and seek transparency in our operations" while furthering a fact-based dialogue that encourages responsible American natural gas development.
Link: http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/540689/Marcellus-Shale-Coalition-releases-suggestions-for-pre-drill-water-sampling.html?nav=5003
Express
Patrick Creighton and Travis Windle, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Aug 30
PITTSBURGH - The Marcellus Shale Coalition has released a Recommended Practice for pre-drill water supply surveys. This is the third in a series of recommended practices, all aimed at reinforcing the MSC's Guiding Principles to "continuously improve our practices and seek transparency in our operations" while furthering a fact-based dialogue that encourages responsible American natural gas development.
Link: http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/540689/Marcellus-Shale-Coalition-releases-suggestions-for-pre-drill-water-sampling.html?nav=5003
Chesapeake Energy holds landowners meeting for Towanda residents
Daily Review
Johnny Williams
Aug 30
Chesapeake Energy sought to help landowners living in the Towanda and North Towanda townships by holding a landowners relations meeting at the Towanda High School on Tuesday night.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/chesapeake-energy-holds-landowners-meeting-for-towanda-residents-1.1365712
Daily Review
Johnny Williams
Aug 30
Chesapeake Energy sought to help landowners living in the Towanda and North Towanda townships by holding a landowners relations meeting at the Towanda High School on Tuesday night.
Link: http://thedailyreview.com/news/chesapeake-energy-holds-landowners-meeting-for-towanda-residents-1.1365712
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