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Association News
2/8/2010
Proposals due by February 15.
1/5/2010
12/18/2009
Has served as exec since 1983.
12/16/2009
The Forest Service was wrong to institute a ban and insist an environmental impact statement be completed before drilling could continue, judge rules.
10/30/2009
2,000 people sign petition asking government leaders to end drilling moratorium.
6/25/2007
Opeartors who work in the ANF should file their own appeals by July 2.
Member News
12/11/2009
POGAM member company donating $750,000 to underwrite monitoring network.
State Government News
2/5/2010
New office is a response to the boom in Marcellus drilling in northeast Pennsylvania.
2/5/2010
The total spent was $1,560,607, or just over $6,000 per well.
2/1/2010
Severance tax talk heats up as the time approaches for a new state budget proposal.
1/27/2010
Democrats and Republicans from western PA confirm, applaud state’s stringent regulatory standards.
1/26/2010
Legislation will establish panel to resolve land use disputes.
1/25/2010
Representative Roherer would use royalties from leasing state lands to help abolish school property taxes.
1/19/2010
Extracting shale gas uses least amount of water compared to a variety of other energy sources
1/15/2010
Governor Rendell called the success of the sale “proof positive” that his administration’s “conservative approach” to opening up the Marcellus Shale is paying dividends.
1/14/2010
After the state's offering Tuesday of 32,000 acres that generated $128.5 million - twice the revenue budgeted - Senate Republicans say they already have an agreement in place to raise $180 million next year from additional leasing.
1/13/2010
More than $128 million bid on 32,000 acres of state forest land.
1/12/2010
...though some feel that a levy on natural gas would be a lucrative source of income.
12/14/2009
DCNR chief John Quigley on gas leasing in the state forests.
12/1/2009
House Democratic leaders are making taxation and regulation of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation top priorities next year.
11/19/2009
Permitting reflects interest in northern tier drilling.
11/17/2009
Agency targets 150 sites for inspection.
11/9/2009
DEP says it will be able to keep up with drilling oversight.
11/9/2009
Commission wants to monitor waterways to see if natural gas drilling is having an impact.
11/9/2009
Six tracts totaling 32,000 are being offered. Bid deadline: January 12.
11/4/2009
Fees paid by drillers are supporting the activities of natural gas inspectors in the Marcellus Shale formation even as large job layoffs loom at the state Department of Environmental Protection.
11/4/2009
Clearfield County man fined for illegally storing and disposing of vegetable oil left over from an abandoned biodiesel operation.
10/14/2009
Governor Rendell tells why the severance tax should be delayed...for six months.
5/1/2009
Development of privately held oil and gas interests underlying government lands: Government cannot control or precondition access.
2/24/2009
Court upholds preemption of township regulation of oil and gas activity.
Regional Industry News
1/25/2010
Sessions take place 8-9:30 a.m. January 27, February 3, February 10 and February 17.
1/18/2010
Couple donates lease proceeds to local charities.
1/18/2010
Company questions whether Lackawanna County township can set conditions for operations.
1/15/2010
Three-part series presented by Steptoe & Johnson law firm.
1/12/2010
Growing opposition to the method for extracting gas from the shale is pushing drillers to prove aquifers are safe.
1/12/2010
Permitting and drilling both were down in 2009; Marcellus wells double.
12/29/2009
Sam Pees, 83, of Meadville, respected geologist, oil field historian, writer and lecturer, died December 27.
12/29/2009
Chesapeake, Spectra partner in pipeline expansion project.
12/29/2009
Northeast PA plant would be operated by Eureka Resources.
12/15/2009
All-stock deal worth $31 billion will give Exxon Mobil a big stake in shale gas.
12/14/2009
Marker in Titusville honors founder of the Tidewater Pipe Company.
12/7/2009
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette takes a positive look at the Marcellus.
12/3/2009
EPA confirms that aquatic life was killed by invasive algae, but there is no way of knowing how it found its way into the creek.
12/2/2009
Volume 2, Issue 6 now available.
12/1/2009
Organization hiring a full-time president and support staff.
12/1/2009
FERC approves 26.5-mile pipeline by Texas Eastern.
12/1/2009
A watershed protection group has drawn the disdain of the natural gas industry by offering a training program to help citizens learn how to document and report potential environmental violations at drilling sites.
11/25/2009
Sylvan Energy charges that Greene County township improperly enacted ordinances that unlawfully regulate and restrict development of oil and natural gas.
11/18/2009
Texas Eastern will provide 150 million cubic feet per day of transportation capacity for Range Resources in the Marcellus Shale.
11/17/2009
Marcellus one of few North American plays to see activity increase.
11/16/2009
EnCana will work with WhitMar Exploration in Luzerene County exploration.
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
2/5/2010
The U.S. will still need huge gas supplies brought from Alaska by pipeline, even though vast shale gas resources in the Lower 48 States can now be developed.
1/29/2010
World Economic Forum hears about shale gas.
1/22/2010
Williams will create one of the biggest natural gas partnerships in the nation by combining its pipeline and processing units.
1/14/2010
Domestic output up 3.9 percent, while Russian production declines 17 percent.
12/24/2009
An editorial worth reading from Investor's Business Daily.
12/22/2009
An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international demands that the United States do more to fight global warming: It's cleaner than coal, cheaper than oil and a 90-year supply is under our feet.
11/20/2009
Growth in U.S. gas supplies is likely to outstrip demand for most of the next decade, primarily because of the boom in shale production.
11/18/2009
Man who won $1.8 million in federal leases without the intent or ability to pay cannont argue in court that he acted out of necessity to protect the environment.
11/4/2009
The American Petroleum Institute publishes a new guidance outlining industry best-practices for properly drilling and cementing wells that are being hydraulically fractured.
Federal Government News & Politics
2/1/2010
The drilling moratorium may be gone, but the agency is still working on new rules as an addendum to the 2007 Allegheny National Forest management plan.
1/26/2010
Exxon's decision to purchase XTO Energy, one of the nation's largest gas producers, could mark a dramatic shift in the way Washington understands domestic energy supply.
1/18/2010
U.S. Energy Secretary says hydraulic fracturing can be done safely.
12/1/2009
Agency continues to move forward with limits on access to private mineral rights in Allegheny National Forest.
Workforce Development
1/26/2010
Three courses set between now and March 18.
1/19/2010
Pennsylvania College of Technology has received a $15,000 contribution from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to support training for workers in the natural gas industry.
1/7/2010
Register now!
12/3/2009
Wellsboro campus to offer training for potential roustabouts and truck drivers.
Employment Opportunties / Want Ads
1/12/2010
Service company position in Pennsylvania.
1/6/2010
Location: Bradford, PA
12/18/2009
Responsible for supervision of production for NY and PA.
Statistics
10/15/2009
Weekly overview of natural gas markets & prices
10/15/2009
Weekly overview of natural gas storage activity
10/15/2009
Price postings for Penn Grade and other crude oil.
10/12/2009
NYMEX Strip Price Chart, Baker-Hughes Rig Count, EIA Storage Analysis, courtesy of Mid American Natural Resources