PA Marcellus Digest – April 24, 2013
Possible Explosive Devices Found At Two Gas Drilling Sites
State Impact
Marie Cusick
April 19, 2013
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the possible remains of small explosive devices at two natural gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Pa. firm opens new plant to treat Marcellus waste
The Wall Street Journal
April 18, 2013
A Pennsylvania firm has opened a new plant to treat and recycle wastewater generated by Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP1210b59c44af411cad561c9046498235.html
Rise in U.S. Gas Production Fuels Unexpected Plunge in Emissions
Wall Street Journal
Russell Gold
April 18, 2013
U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have fallen dramatically in recent years, in large part because the country is making more electricity with natural gas instead of coal.
DEP Proposes Increasing Gas Well Permit Fees
State Impact
Marie Cusick
April 22, 2013
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports the state Department of Environmental Protection is looking into raising the fees drillers pay for shale gas well permits, to keep up with the demands on the department:
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/04/22/dep-proposes-increasing-gas-well-permit-fees/
Protesters to rally outside DEP office
Citizen’s Voice
Elizabeth Skrapits
April 22, 2013
To mark Earth Day, various environmental organizations led by the Pennsylvania Green Party are scheduling demonstrations in front of Department of Environmental Protection regional offices throughout Pennsylvania today to protest the agency's oil and natural gas drilling policies.
http://citizensvoice.com/news/protesters-to-rally-outside-dep-office-1.1476847
Pa. legislative package would boost funding for natural-gas vehicle conversions
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Erich Schwartzel
April 22, 2013
Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's Act 13 legislation defined the state's approach to shale gas development when it was passed in 2012. The hundreds of pages of law introduced an impact fee levied against drillers, outlined what communities could regulate and promoted the use of natural gas in everyday vehicles.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/pa-legislative-package-would-boost-funding-for-natural-gas-vehicle-conversions-684524/#ixzz2RPlgWrk9
PUC, Energy Association Host Workshop on Natural Gas Vehicle Market Development
Wallaby
April 18, 2013
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAP) today hosted a workshop focusing on the natural gas distribution company (NGDC) and Commission roles in fostering the economic development and the expansion of the necessary infrastructure for natural gas vehicles (NGVs).
http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041836.HTM
Pa. Governor Corbett Cuts Ribbon at Waste Management's Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Facility in Bucks County
Wallaby
April 19, 2013
Governor Tom Corbett today attended a ribbon cutting for Waste Management's new compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facility in Bristol, Bucks County.
http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2013/2013041966.HTM
U.S. Energy companies work to turn gas into liquid motor fuels
TribLive
Timothy Puko
April 20, 2013
When Roy Lipski went to Houston last month to pitch his business at one of the world's largest meetings of energy executives, he went armed with photos of a little town in Butler County.
He's one in a growing group of businessmen trying to make Pennsylvania the lab for an experiment of global importance.
http://triblive.com/business/headlines/3818064-74/gas-oil-calumet#ixzz2RPmPbnF2
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