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6/30/2009
Two events in one!
6/3/2009
POGAM, others file "Minard Run II" suit over oil and gas rights in the Allegheny National Forest.
5/20/2009
Tetra Tech, Inc., study reveals that natural gas development was only a minor contributor to elevated levels of total dissolved solids in the Monongahela last fall.
5/11/2009
10/15/2008
POGAM and IOGA-PA join to advocate issues related to Marcellus Shale development.
8/18/2008
Joint POGAM/IOGA-PA committee recommends changes to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's comprehensive plan.
7/14/2008
The Forest Service has a limited non-regulatory role in seeking accommodations to address surface estate issues when severed private oil and gas rights are exercised.
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.
6/25/2007
Opeartors who work in the ANF should file their own appeals by July 2.
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.
Member News
6/10/2009
KKR to provide about $350 million in capital.
State Government News
6/17/2009
In addition to three-year increase in PIT, governor still wants a severance tax.
6/17/2009
Economic realities make governor's severance tax plan a bad idea.
5/29/2009
Agency defends multiple-tier approach for permit fees, removes penalty provision for drilling deeper than anticipated.
5/28/2009
House Democrats raise the possibility of increasing income tax to deal with $3.2-billion deficit.
5/22/2009
DRBC says that all companies intending to extract natural gas from shale formations in Special Protection Waters must secure commission approval.
5/11/2009
Severance tax proposal meets resistance.
5/11/2009
Legislation would address the effect of drilling on Clean and Green status.
5/11/2009
Depleted oil and gas wells, unmineable coal beds and salt caverns in northcentral and western Pennsylvania are likely candidates to store carbon dioxide emissions.
5/7/2009
Some county conservation districts unhappy about DEP taking over all review of E&S permitting at drill sites.
5/7/2009
Counties still uncertain whether drilling nullifies a property's Clean and Green status.
5/6/2009
The budget battle begins. Governor still wants a severance tax, GOP doesn't.
5/4/2009
Permit would allow TerrAqua Resource Management to treat 400,000 gallons per day
5/1/2009
Development of privately held oil and gas interests underlying government lands: Government cannot control or precondition access.
4/27/2009
Prior to joining DCNR four years ago, he was government relations manager with the environmental advocacy group PennFuture.
4/24/2009
Senate votes overwhelmingly for confirmation.
4/22/2009
Natural Gas Choice and Competition Act of 1999 was supposed to increase competition and lower prices.
4/2/2009
Apologized for statements put out by environmental group he once led.
3/31/2009
Hanger nomination vote to occur by April 22.
3/31/2009
PUC considers extending inspection authority to non-utility pipelines.
3/27/2009
Drilling in state forest lands would generate $260 million per year for the state and create jobs.
3/18/2009
Producers express concern about continuing calls for a severance tax on gas production.
3/18/2009
Senate Bill 275 would establish panel to resolve objections.
3/16/2009
New SRBC rule requires gas exploration companies to post signs at water-withdrawal sites.
2/24/2009
Court upholds preemption of township regulation of oil and gas activity.
2/6/2009
Tax would have a disastrous impact on Pennsylvania’s conventional gas producers
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.
Regional Industry News
7/1/2009
Volume 2, Issue 1 (June) now available.
7/1/2009
An unbiased, in-depth look at the entire fracing process.
6/19/2009
It's free, but you need to call to reserve a seat.
6/17/2009
"Owning Pennsylvania gas wells was like owning bonds because they guaranteed income to the owners for decades and decades."
6/5/2009
A massive natural gas reserve beneath Wayne County and the region will become the country’s largest natural gas source by 2020.
6/4/2009
DEP has received a permit application for a water treatment plant to treat wastewater from the natural gas well drilling process in Athens Township, Bradford County.
6/4/2009
New venture is called Laurel Mountain Midstream.
5/19/2009
Trout Unlimited official causes an uproar by mistakenly claiming gas producer would use 75% of creek's flow.
5/19/2009
Central PA city hopes for Marcellus drilling on its property.
5/12/2009
A plant that will process natural gas taken from the Marcellus Shale formation in southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia now is operational.
5/5/2009
Son joins father in pleading guilty to damaging equipment, spilling oil.
5/4/2009
Pennsylvania College of Technology plans to train Marcellus workforce.
4/30/2009
Vandalism led to spill of over 45,000 gallons of crude.
4/22/2009
Officials say leasing plan could save homeowners $55 million in property taxes.
4/22/2009
Tennessee Gas official talks about northeast PA pipeline project.
4/7/2009
Agency now says problem not caused by hydro-fracturing activities.
4/7/2009
Atlas-Williams deal illustrates the continued lure of the Marcellus.
3/11/2009
Judge rules that state's Minimum Royalty Act does not preclude deduction of post-production expenses.
3/4/2009
This year's outing scheduled for July 11, will include golf and sporting clays.
11/17/2008
Report shows more than 26,000 full and part-time jobs related to industry.
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
6/19/2009
Shale gas pushes up reserve estimates.
5/22/2009
Why shale now?
5/19/2009
Louisiana report shows shale development is a huge boon for economic growth.
5/7/2009
Expedition team on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip rescued by oil tanker.
Federal Government News & Politics
6/19/2009
U.S. Senate committee approves an energy bill that would open large tracts of the Gulf of Mexico to and provide federal loan guarantees for a gas pipeline project in Alaska.
6/17/2009
API estimates oil and gas production would drop 20.5% over 5 years if federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing becomes law.
6/10/2009
Court suggests trying to resolve issues via mediation.
6/9/2009
Senator Bob Casey falls in with radicals who would kill natural gas production in Pennsylvania
6/5/2009
States already regulate hydraulic fracturing aggressively and effectively, and a federal law would be redundant, officials told a US House subcommittee.
5/29/2009
PA attorney general complains about severe economic hardships resulting from Allegheny National Forest oil and gas policy.
5/28/2009
Environmentalists and the natural gas industry are getting ready for a battle in Congress over hydraulic fracturing.
5/28/2009
Victory in the first round of an unfair trade complaint against Chinene imports of oil tubular products.
5/28/2009
Allegheny National Forest officials talk about forest-wide analysis of all planned oil and gas activity over the next four years.
5/13/2009
POGAM plans a lawsuit challenging the settlement and NEPA requirement.
5/13/2009
Forest Service data request is unlawful and unworkable.
5/8/2009
Legislation could cost the economy $4 billion.
5/5/2009
Warren County Commissioners seek intervenor status in NEPA suit.
4/30/2009
Forest officials say they will consider four alternatives for oil and gas policy.
4/24/2009
Meetings take place week of April 27.
4/22/2009
Judge in ANF case hears from industry about proposed settlement.
4/14/2009
Forest Service outlined proposed method of handling oil and gas projects under proposed settlement.
4/13/2009
Citing a closed-door deal between the US Forest Service and the Sierra Club as a subversion of judicial process, POGAM asks the federal court to stay a proposed settlement of litigation between the two that would impose NEPA review requirements on oil and gas activities in the ANF.
4/11/2009
Forest Service schedules public meetings April 13, 14 and 15 to explain settlement.
4/10/2009
Details seem to favor coalition of preservation groups
3/31/2009
Catalyst Energy says Forest Service is illegally refusing to allow companies to access privately owned minerals.
3/30/2009
Warren County Commissioners want agency to return to former method of dealing with oil and gas development.
3/6/2009
Public meetings set for March 9 in Warren, March 10 in Bradford and March 11 in Clarion.
Workforce Development
7/1/2009
Needs assessment says most workers would be general laborers with basic skills.
6/5/2009
We need your input as we prepare to apply for more grant funds.
6/4/2009
Three petroleum technology scholarships have been endowed at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford by industry representatives.
6/4/2009
Accredited petroleum industry safety training in Indiana.
3/17/2009
Funding had been set in motion by former Congressman Peterson.
3/5/2009
Save up to 75% on a variety of valuable training programs.
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
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
Employment Opportunties / Want Ads
5/22/2009
Western New York company seeks production manager
4/17/2009
Drilling engineer, reservoir engineer and completions engineer.
Statistics
6/29/2009
NYMEX Strip Price Chart, Baker-Hughes Rig Count, EIA Storage Analysis, courtesy of Mid American Natural Resources
6/18/2009
Weekly overview of natural gas markets & prices
6/18/2009
Weekly overview of natural gas storage activity