Tag: natural gas
Quick tips on pipeline easements, leases
As pipeline construction projects wrap up in some areas, farmers and landowners are left wondering what rights they have when land is left damaged. Dale Arnold, with Ohio Farm Bureau, addresses some of those concerns during Farm Science Review.
Soil restoration is key after pipelines
Pipeline construction is sure to change your landscape and there are a lot of things you can do to make sure the soil gets put back correctly.
Shale gas development spurs invasive plant spread in Pa. forests
A team of researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has found that invasive plants are increasing with natural gas development.
API releases 50-state analysis of natural gas benefits
Natural gas contributed $51B to the Ohio and Pennsylvania economies in 2015.
Pa. receives $173 million in drilling impact fees
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will distribute $173 million in impact fees from shale oil and gas drilling to county and municipal governments, the Marcellus Legacy Fund and state agencies.
DEP approves permit for injection well
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently approved an underground injection control well for disposal of wastewater.
Oil and gas drilling permits climbing in Ohio, Pa.
There were 268 oil and gas drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale play, and 112 permits issued in Ohio’s Utica play in March/April.
A record? Ohio well’s horizontal leg stretches 19,300 feet
Eclipse Resources Corporation successfully drilled its newest record-setting “super-lateral” well, the Great Scott 3H in less than 17 days. The Ohio well had a total measured depth of 27,400 feet and lateral extension of 19,300 feet.
US natural gas production fell in 2016
Pennsylvania and Ohio had the two largest annual natural gas production increases from 2015 to 2016, reflecting higher production from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays.
Natural gas to be largest source of U.S. electricity generation
The Energy Information Administration expects that electricity generation fueled by natural gas will continue to exceed that of any other fuel.
