Oil and Gas Boom in 2012
By CASEY JUNKINS Shale Play WHEELING, W.Va. - Hopes for thousands of new jobs to be created in the region by Royal Dutch Shell's multi-billion dollar ethane cracker led the conversation in 2012...
View ArticleDrilling for natural gas in the wilds of Lycoming Co.
By MIKE REUTHER Shale Play TROUT RUN, Pa. - To reach the Seneca Resoures drilling sites north of Trout Run is to negotiate a series of winding, narrow unpaved roads through rugged mountainous and...
View ArticleDrilling companies work on community relations
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Some gas drilling companies that spent years fighting, threatening and suing reluctant communities took a new tack in 2012: collaboration.
View ArticlePa. townships find money from impact fee helpful
By MIKE REUTHER Shale Play WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - For many of the more remote and rural Lycoming County communities, the money they stand to receive in natural gas impact fees may feel like a child's...
View ArticleShell given six more months to buy land for Pa. cracker
By CASEY JUNKINS Shale Play MONACA, Pa. - Officials in West Virginia and Ohio pointed fingers and cast blame on one another upon learning in March that Royal Dutch Shell planned to build a...
View ArticlePa. moves to limit air emissions from gas industry
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvania's natural gas compressor stations will have to meet tighter air pollution standards under a mandate from the state environmental agency.
View ArticleHorsehead takes $16M charge on cracker plant site
MONACA, Pa. (AP) - Horsehead Holding Corp.
View Article$500M drilling deal at Pa. airport riles some
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Paul D. McLaughlin Jr. recalls feeling heat rise up his neck when he heard about the $500 million deal for airport gas drilling.
View ArticleW. Pa. health board seeks 24-hour drilling notice
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Allegheny County Board of Health wants natural gas companies to provide 24-hour advance notice before drilling starts. The board passed the recommendation unanimously Wednesday...
View ArticleFed survey: Pa. shale gas boom regions robust
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Federal Reserve survey of regional economic trends says activity coinciding with the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom in Pennsylvania has been robust.
View ArticleDrilling Eyed as Possible Cause Of Off-Color Water in Pa. Town
PITTSBURGH (AP) - What causes clear, fresh country well water to turn orange or black, or smell so bad that it's undrinkable? Residents of a western Pennsylvania community have been trying for more...
View ArticlePa. water study shows spill concerns small
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvania's waterways show little evidence of damage from toxic chemical spills from its fast-growing natural gas industry, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings...
View ArticleCompressed gas station contract gets Pa. Town's OK
By MARK MARONEY Shale Play WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - It should be by the end of the year when the public will be able to drive up to a fast-fill compressed natural gas fuel pump in Williamsport and fill'er u.
View ArticleOil, gas reports may expand in states
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The federal government wants to provide more frequent oil and gas production reports for Pennsylvania and other states that have seen a boom in drilling in recent year.
View ArticleGas drilling to resume at site of spill in NE Pa.
TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (AP) - State environmental officials say gas drilling can resume at a northeastern Pennsylvania site where thousands of gallons of fracking fluid spilled.
View ArticleFee broached for Pa. water extraction, removal
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The head of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says he's considering seeking a new fee on water extracted by industry and permanently removed from the environmen.
View ArticlePlans suspended for 120-mile gas pipeline in Pa.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - The developers of a planned 120-mile natural gas pipeline in eastern Pennsylvania say the project is being suspended indefinitel.
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