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Association News
6/28/2008
Get your exhibit space before it's gone!
6/27/2008
6/13/2008
The Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Partnership is preparing to apply for another round of incumbent worker training grant funds.
6/8/2008
Suit by POGAM and Allegheny Forest Alliance says federal law violated at Allegheny National Forest.
5/6/2008
Resolution reaffirms that oil and gas producers have a reasonable right to access their mineral property within the national forest.
4/30/2008
POGAM-backed measures aimed at resolving disputes over coalbed methane wells and protecting property rights for oil and gas producers in the Allegheny National Forest win the unanimous approval of a Senate Committee.
4/17/2008
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3/27/2008
"Come do what I do" ads will air from April 27 to June 11 throughout Western Pennsylvania.
2/14/2008
POGAM believes the Forest Service is targeting the industry in its plan for the Allegheny National Forest and is hoping to receive the backing of local municipal officials.
1/29/2008
The Partnership is using the funds to save companies up to 75 percent of the cost of sending their Pennsylvania employees to a variety of training programs in the coming months.
6/25/2007
Opeartors who work in the ANF should file their own appeals by July 2.
12/21/2006
Oil and Gas Partnership will emphasize the development and deployment of training resources
12/18/2006
To help meet the need for qualified labor, the newly formed Energy Industry Partnership has pledged $16,000 in support of the restored and revised petroleum technology program at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
11/14/2006
POGAM will use the money to address the burgeoning demand for new workers in the state’s oil and gas extraction industry
9/4/2006
POGAM filed formal comments with the US Forest Service on its proposed Land and Resource Management Plan for the Allegheny National Forest and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement associated with the plan.
8/3/2006
POGAM workforce study shows need for hundreds of new employees in PA over the rest of the decade
6/17/2006
POGAM business climate survey results
Member News
2/22/2008
The demand for natural gas has created a hiring boom for one area firm — adding nearly 200 employees companywide in the last two years and counting.
2/4/2008
Just call American Refining Group the company that keeps on giving.
State Government News
6/24/2008
State lawmakers consider governor's energy plan.
5/31/2008
Action coincides with similar order by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
5/30/2008
Supreme Court to consider zoning cases involving Salem and Oakmont.
5/28/2008
Governor says now is the time to act on his sweeping energy plan.
5/20/2008
State lawmakers promote Pennsylvania's energy independence.
5/14/2008
Southwest PA lawmaker wants minerals tax.
4/30/2008
Atlas America gives 139 acres in exchange for 2,031-acre lease.
4/23/2008
Legislation hopes to cut projected energy use by 2.5 percent in the next five years.
4/23/2008
Permit applies to oil and gas related disturbances of 5 acres or more.
4/22/2008
Pennsylvania Game Commission earned $3.9 million last year from its oil and gas leases, while the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources received $4.4 million.
4/10/2008
The state House enacts a resolution challenging new regulations imposed by the Forest Service to limit the development of private oil and gas rights on the Allegheny National Forest.
4/1/2008
Bid package expected to be ready about July 1.
3/17/2008
With a year’s worth of debate behind them, state lawmakers are nearing the point where they can start final bargaining on a new energy policy for Pennsylvania.
3/12/2008
Representatives vote in favor of borrowing to encourage use of cleaner energy sources, a main element of the governor's energy strategy.
Regional Industry News
6/24/2008
Impact of Marcellus Shale payments could have ripple effect on Pennsylvania economy.
6/24/2008
Greensburg company launches online service to help landowners negotiate the best lease with gas companies, with the opportunity to receive multiple bids.
6/19/2008
MarkWest Energy Partners signs agreement with Range Resources to build pipelines and natural gas processing facilities in the basin.
6/18/2008
Group hopes mineral rights valued at $5-$10 million in ANF will be donated.
6/18/2008
Lycoming County township sees gas leasing as a way of holding the line on taxes.
6/17/2008
Industry may pay to upgrade plants that handle waste water from process.
6/17/2008
Northwest PA on the fringe of the Marcellus play.
6/17/2008
Property owners cautioned to determined which mineral rights belong to them.
6/13/2008
East Resources and Fortuna Energy receive permits for shale wells.
6/9/2008
As large drilling companies seek to recover natural gas from beneath the state, large groups of landowners on the surface are helping to set the price and terms of that exploration.
6/6/2008
Higher gasoline prices have lowered demand.
6/4/2008
McKean County officials are looking at opening up county-owned land for oil and gas drilling as part of a move that could eventually affect the municipality’s bottom line.
6/4/2008
The final leg of a natural-gas pipeline from Colorado to Ohio is expected to be operating in 18 months, now that federal regulators have given final approval.
6/4/2008
Seeking solutions to an aging pipeline system.
6/4/2008
Borough decides to advertise for bids rather than accept one company's offer.
6/4/2008
Preservationist group thinks all drilling in Allegheny National Forest should be subject to NEPA review.
5/29/2008
Rockies Express connector would extend from Lancaster County into York County.
5/29/2008
More methane problems in southwest Pennsylvania town.
5/29/2008
Council creates committee to investigate leasing.
5/28/2008
School official wants to tax minerals again.
5/27/2008
County commissioners and Chamber of Commerce form group to identify key issues, research facts and propose public policy on gas exploration.
5/27/2008
The leasing boom reaches central Pennsylvania.
5/21/2008
Luzerne County landowners pool property for leasing.
5/20/2008
Leasing activity in Somerset County.
5/19/2008
The Michigan company hoping to extract natural gas from deep beneath Nockamixon Township has filed a lawsuit asking Bucks County Court to preempt two township ordinances that restrict gas and oil exploration.
5/19/2008
Oil City man develops system that keeps wells from pumping dry.
5/19/2008
Western PA water authorities consider leasing acreage.
5/15/2008
Program will be broadcast on May 22 at 7 p.m.
5/15/2008
Versailles official says agency changed its mind about paying for one resident's problem.
5/12/2008
Property owners, legislators meet with Williams representatives about Rockies Express extension through Chester County.
5/12/2008
Tennessee Gas transmission line could help move Northeast PA Marcellus gas to market.
5/12/2008
Fayette County commissioners oppose lowering permit fee to settle lawsuit.
5/12/2008
Lawyer wants property owners to negotiate leases as group.
5/8/2008
Wayne County township rescinds $10,000 well permit fee in response to public outcry.
5/8/2008
Shale drilling creates booming economies in Texas and Arkansas.
5/8/2008
Soaring crude oil prices reflect British novelist Charles Dickens opening salvo in "A Tale of Two Cities" - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
5/8/2008
Drilling for natural gas may conjure up images of catastrophes, but experts in the field say safety is at the forefront of the oil and gas industry.
5/5/2008
Landowners and natural gas drilling companies are not the only ones reaping the benefits from the natural gas boom in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
5/5/2008
Susquehanna landowners want more money, sue to break leases.
5/5/2008
Utility passes along higher gas costs.
5/5/2008
A new economic boom in the Endless Mountains.
5/5/2008
Washington County benefits from drilling at park.
5/1/2008
Wayne and Susquehanna county landowners band together to seek bids to lease 60,000 acres.
4/28/2008
Equitable Resources Inc. will add about 200 engineers and other employees in the region by year's end and is looking for a bigger headquarters.
4/28/2008
Range Resources seeks zoning amendement to allow it to build processing plant.
4/28/2008
School district considers offers to drill on its 200-plus acres.
4/28/2008
Interest in gas drilling having a large effect on the region's economy.
4/22/2008
More than 1,000 landowners gather in Tunkhannock to learn about gas leasing.
4/17/2008
The Friends of Drake Well, Inc., a membership association that supports the Drake Well Museum, announced recently the availability of a new Pennsylvania license plate commemorating the Drake Well and the birth of the modern oil and gas industry in Titusville.
4/16/2008
Leasing interest going strong in Northeast PA.
4/16/2008
Wyoming County town looks into leasing borough property.
4/16/2008
350 Bucks County property owners ignore scare tactics over leasing.
4/11/2008
Price postings pass $105.
4/11/2008
Exploration boom reaches Bradford County.
4/10/2008
Plans to drill at Rimrock in Allegheny National Forest apparently hit an emotional nerve.
4/7/2008
The natural gas industry's hottest exploration area isn't off Louisiana's Gulf Coast, in the Colorado Rockies or the Texas Panhandle. It's Pennsylvania.
4/2/2008
Responding to six months of increases in wholesale natural gas prices, Pittsburgh's three natural gas utilities raise their rates.
4/1/2008
Final edition broadens book's scope to fill in more of the region's oil history.
3/31/2008
$20 million lawsuit against CNX Gas Co. LLC and Consol Energy Inc. claims the companies have extracted coalbed methane gas from their properties without compensating property owners.
3/31/2008
Penn Grade prices leap to $4.50 a barrel, one of the largest single-day increases ever.
3/27/2008
Coal company says CNX Gas shareholders were asking too high a price.
2/25/2008
The U.S. Forest Service tells Allegheny National Forest to redo parts of its management plan to clarify its authority to manage oil and gas drilling.
2/8/2008
An Economic & Workforce Brief prepared by Penn State University’s Workforce Education & Development Initiative provides a glimpse into the large impact of oil and gas operations on the economy of four counties in Northwest Pennsylvania.
General Industry News
5/13/2008
Demand, not speculation, pushes up crude oil prices.
5/12/2008
Industry emphasizes that rising oil prices are not its fault.
4/30/2008
Soaring crude prices have not resulted in increased oil supply.
Federal Government News & Politics
6/18/2008
President makes renewed push to get Congress to end long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling.
6/13/2008
VP also calls for extension of Bush tax cuts
6/9/2008
Federal bill would attempt to control crude oil speculation.
5/15/2008
IPAA criticizes defeat of bill allowing states to open offshore waters to oil and gas development, expediting permitting process of federal lands and encouraging development of non-traditional energy resources.
5/15/2008
House and Senate both pass bills to stop filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of the year.
5/1/2008
Erie congressman pushes for gas-tax rollback and more drilling.
4/30/2008
Eastern Pennsylvania congressman touts legislation taxing crude oil and natural gas sales.
4/2/2008
Oil company executives tell Congress that earnings are in line with other industries, defend tax incentives.
Employment Opportunties / Want Ads
6/27/2008
New Tech Engineering seeks to hire qualified senior level Regulatory and Environmental Consultants for its Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office.
6/19/2008
Seneca Resources seeks petroleum engineer in Brookville.
6/19/2008
Western New York-based producer seeking candidates.
6/6/2008
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Statistics
6/23/2008
NYMEX Strip Price Chart, Baker-Hughes Rig Count, EIA Storage Analysis, courtesy of Mid American Natural Resources
6/19/2008
Weekly overview of natural gas markets & prices
6/19/2008
Weekly overview of natural gas storage activity