Reports continue to document the extraordinary economic stimulus the gas drilling industry is creating throughout Pennsylvania benefiting its citizens. Williamsport, a former logging center, is now a gas drilling center. Industries such as the hotel, chemical and other businesses are expanding throughout the Commonwealth. Of course the economic impact is tempered by environmental concerns which… Read more »
Vowing to maintain State game land areas that contain wetlands, streams and certain wild life habitat, the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission has opened additional acreage for gas drilling rig construction and exploration. Fees received for leasing state game lands total into the millions of dollars. The money will go to the Commission and will… Read more »
As the battle over taxation of drilling rig /gas producing companies heats up in Pennsylvania opponents of the tax are citing major economic contributions to the State’s economy. Anti-tax advocates claim that the gas drilling industry has already contributed at least $15 billion in revenues. This number includes money for royalties, construction of drill rig… Read more »
Canonsburg, Pa. – The myth that those developing Marcellus Shale natural gas resources are not paying taxes just became even more difficult to peddle by those opposed to responsible, job-creating energy production in the Commonwealth. In fact, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, the Marcellus Shale has been, and continues to be, a major tax windfall… Read more »
A gas drilling well emergency has occurred in Bradford County. The Scranton Times has reported that the Atgas 2H well operated by Chesapeake Energy in Leroy Twp. blew out at around 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Several families have been evacuated from the area as a precautionary measure. Emergency crews from the Department of Environmental… Read more »
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/553796/Keep-Drilling-Rigs-at-Work.html?nav=511 Keep Drilling Rigs at Work April 6, 2011 By The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register “Moratoriums such as New York\’s make no sense in view of the gas drilling industry\’s environmental record. We are aware of no serious, proven environmental problems with Marcellus Shale wells. … Americans need all the help we can get with… Read more »
W HOOSH! THAT giant sucking sound heard around Luzerne County last week was Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc., pulling up stakes and exiting the state. As it rapidly withdraws from the county\’s Back Mountain region and the commonwealth, Encana carries in its draft a flurry of emotions, not the least of which are certain residents\’ dashed… Read more »
December 14, 2010 – John Hellmann is a professor of materials science and engineering and associate dean for education, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Part 1 Part 2 Originally Posted At: PSU.edu
This month’s Marcellus Educational Webinar program hosts Dana Aunkst and Eugene Pine from DEP discussing new regulations for natural gas drilling. As the natural-gas drilling boom into the deep Marcellus Shale formation has unfolded, state regulators have become increasingly aware of pollution risks to ground and surface water, and they have scrambled to develop regulations… Read more »
The New York State Environmental Conservation Commission has announced new regulations for natural gas drilling in the New York City and Syracuse watersheds. These new rules will, in effect, preclude drilling in those particular areas amid concerns about possible contamination to drinking water. The new regulations indicate that these watersheds will be removed from drilling… Read more »
