Tag: oil and gas
BLM seeks input on fracking in Wayne National Forest
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on an evaluation detailing potential impacts from oil and gas leasing in the Wayne National Forest.
DEP to require fracking companies to be more transparent about chemicals...
Pennsylvania plans to implement new policies that compel operators to publicly disclose chemicals before they drill unconventional wells.
Orphan wells hard to plug, despite influx of federal dollars
Representatives from the ODNR and Pennsylvania DEP, as well as plugging and environmental contractors, talked about the realities of plugging orphan wells during a panel at the Shale Insight Conference.
$350 million available to oil and gas sector to cut methane...
Up to $350 million in grant funding has been made available to help monitor and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
Has natural gas production peaked in Appalachian Basin?
According to a new report, the natural gas industry in the Appalachian Basin hit peak production in 2022, and it won't be equaled again for decades.
More than 450 people evacuated after gas leak at Columbiana Co....
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management is responding to a natural gas release from a well in Columbiana County, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a press release July 11.
Largest well owner in Appalachia charts path to net zero by...
Much of Diversified Energy's methane emissions come from leaks, so the company launched a program to survey its 58,000 Appalachian wells for leaks last year.
Ohio oil and gas industry paid $57M in property taxes in...
This is the second highest tax payment year in the past 12 years, according to the Ohio Oil and Gas Association.
Are higher bonds the way to fix the abandoned oil and...
Unplugged orphan and abandoned wells are a problem in Pennsylvania that should be fixed. Everyone agrees on that. How this problem should be solved continues to be debated.
Failure by design: Leaking oil and gas wells slip through the...
Dave McCallion has tried for nearly six years to get the leaking oil and gas well in his hay field fixed. The well seems to exist in a regulatory gray area.
