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Association News
8/18/2008
Joint POGAM/IOGA-PA committee recommends changes to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's comprehensive plan.
7/18/2008
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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.
6/27/2008
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
7/14/2008
Long-time POGAM board member Bob Metzgar and his wife fund construction of of Penn State Erie campus admissions, financial aid and alumni center.
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
8/20/2008
Rendells says new DEP chief will "balance the economic opportunities of natural gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale against the environmental threats."
8/17/2008
Requirement goes into effect October 15.
8/17/2008
New application addendum is effective now.
8/15/2008
State county commissioners organization wants to "share" revenue from drilling.
8/7/2008
State agency weighs in on two towns' high court appeals.
8/4/2008
Responding to the natural gas boom in the Marcellus Shale formation, a House committee plans a first look next month at new bills to tighten state regulation of drilling activities.
7/14/2008
Joseph R. Powers has served as DEP deputy secretary since 2003.
7/14/2008
A total of 18 tracts in Lycoming and Tioga counties.
7/11/2008
Spent 5½ years as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
7/9/2008
DCNR near to adopting management plan that partially lifts moratorium on shallow gas drilling.
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.
4/23/2008
Permit applies to oil and gas related disturbances of 5 acres or more.
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.
Regional Industry News
8/20/2008
Without a clear reference to natural gas drilling in the Clean and Green law, interpretation is left to county assessors.
8/19/2008
High prices are driving increased extraction of oil and other fossil fuels in Pennsylvania, Washington Post finds.
8/19/2008
Bradford father and son arrested for vandalizing tank batteries, meters and compressor station.
8/19/2008
Lycoming County project to connect with Williams Transco system.
8/19/2008
Baker Hughes plans facility in Westmoreland County, to employ up to 175 people.
8/18/2008
Vandals tamper with tank batteries, causing loss of more than 10,000 gallons of crude oil.
8/15/2008
Wyoming County Landowners Group signs lease for 45,000 acres.
8/15/2008
After finalizing deal with Ebensburg, GFI Oil & Gas offering landowners $2,000-an-acre signing bonus.
8/14/2008
Greene County sewage treatment plant plans to double its rate for treating water from gas well drilling.
8/14/2008
The Clinton County commissioners have decided to look into forming a task force to educate themselves on gas leasing and its community-wide effects.
8/14/2008
Almost two-thirds of respondents support more domestic drilling.
8/12/2008
Luzerne County owns land within the Marcellus Shale region along the Wyoming County border.
8/11/2008
Mayor calls arrangement a "win-win situation."
8/11/2008
State lawmaker wants to take a new look at the ban on drilling in Lake Erie.
8/7/2008
The 17-month celebration of the oil and gas industry's sesquicentennial begins.
8/7/2008
PGE plans more horizontal wells in Potter and McKean counties.
8/7/2008
Penn Grade has lost nearly $24 a barrel since it hit a record $138.50 on July 4.
8/6/2008
Borough approves five-year lease with a $2.6-million signing bonus.
8/6/2008
Kriebel Resources drilling in Mount Pleasant park.
8/4/2008
Pros and cons of using sanitary treatment facilities to dispose of water from drilling.
8/4/2008
Farmland preservation official wants notification of new well locations.
8/1/2008
Televised town hall meeting covers variety of deep-gas issues.
8/1/2008
University wants to keep $5 million in profits from the sale of Texas land and oil wells given as a gift.
7/31/2008
Add high-paying jobs to the economic benefits of the rush to release natural gas from the Marcellus Shale buried beneath Lycoming County.
7/31/2008
Northeast PA township would require a hearing for every proposed well.
7/31/2008
Borough getting ready to offer up to 700 acres for lease.
7/24/2008
Bedford County residents protest proposed gas storage field; company seeks eminent domain.
7/22/2008
Rising prices lure natural gas drillers to vast, but deep Appalachian field.
7/22/2008
The Delaware River Basin Commission hears all about gas drilling.
7/22/2008
Gas play good for producers, landowners and job-seekers.
7/18/2008
Wyoming County Council of Governments decides to explore road bonding and posting as companies flock to the region to develop natural gas wells.
7/11/2008
Warren County School District looks at leasing some of its property.
7/11/2008
Chesapeake America bids on 84.4 acres.
7/11/2008
A citizens group that advocates protecting the Delaware River Watershed has joined forces with Nockamixon in the fight to control natural gas drilling.
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.
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
8/20/2008
Production has begun falling at all of the major Western oil companies, and they are finding it harder than ever to find new prospects.
8/4/2008
Most of the new onshore drilling of the past seven years has produced natural gas, not oil.
7/29/2008
The Arctic may contain as much as a fifth of the world’s yet to-be-discovered oil and natural gas reserves, the United States Geological Survey says.
Federal Government News & Politics
8/19/2008
House could consider expanded offshore drilling as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month.
7/15/2008
Push for U.S. exploration gains traction, but big political hurdles remain.
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
House and Senate both pass bills to stop filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of the year.
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.
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
8/18/2008
NYMEX Strip Price Chart, Baker-Hughes Rig Count, EIA Storage Analysis, courtesy of Mid American Natural Resources
8/14/2008
Weekly overview of natural gas markets & prices
8/14/2008
Weekly overview of natural gas storage activity