By TheMarcellusShale.com By Marie Cusick The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports a National Academy of Sciences committee will convene next week to scrutinize public concerns and potential risks of shale gas drilling. The panel will examine a number of topics including air, water, and climate concerns, but they will not issue specific recommendations, according to the Post-Gazette: “This review [...]
By TheMarcellusShale.com By Marie Cusick Governor Corbett appeared on CNBC’s Kudlow Report last night to talk about Pennsylvania’s natural gas boom. Among the questions he faced were how much the state’s economy has benefited, and how Pennsylvania has managed to “beat the environmental groups.” Corbett touted the jobs brought by the industry, and said fracking [...]
By Taylor Tiano TribLive By Rick Bruni Jr. From spooked cattle to losing underground water, Fayette County residents vented their anxieties Wednesday to a pair of natural gas industry representatives at the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Hall. The concerns are over seismic testing which uses planted explosives and vibrating trucks to create sound waves that measure [...]
By Taylor Tiano StateImpact BY MARIE CUSICK After facing mounting public pressure regarding the possibility of expanding natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has agreed to hold a public meeting on the issue. “DCNR is responding to requests that the public be given the chance to provide the [...]
By TheMarcellusShale.com By Susan Phillips State Rep. Greg Vitali, (D-Delaware County), says he’ll be introducing a bill to amend Act 13 public health provisions. One of the most controversial provisions of the state’s new drilling law requires doctors to sign non-disclosure forms in order to get information on chemical exposures to treat patients. The language [...]
By TheMarcellusShale.com By Marie Cusick After facing mounting public pressure regarding the possibility of expanding natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has agreed to hold a public meeting on the issue. “DCNR is responding to requests that the public be given the chance to provide [...]
By Taylor Tiano BloombergBusinessweek AP News HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Another natural gas exploration company says it’s experimenting with the gas to power huge pump engines that drive the hydraulic fracturing process. Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. said Monday that it successfully tested an engine last month in northern Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County with gas from [...]
By Taylor Tiano Farm and Dairy by Kristy Foster Seachrist SALEM, Ohio — Carroll County continues to be the drilling hub in the Utica shale in Ohio. During April, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued 24 permits for wells in Carroll County. All of the permits issued were to Chesapeake Exploration. Carroll County Lee Township led the month [...]
By TheMarcellusShale.com By Susan Phillips Discord over how to best protect the environment from impacts of natural gas drilling has led to a coalition of grassroots environmental groups shunning the Environmental Defense Fund. The groups plan to hold a conference call on Wednesday to “send a message…disapproving of [EDF's] willingness to be coopted by industry [...]
By TheMarcellusShale.com By Marie Cusick The Associated Press reports Chesapeake has named an Anadarko executive, Robert Douglas Lawler, as its new CEO. Chesapeake is the second-largest natural gas producer in the United States and the most active gas driller in Pennsylvania. Lawler is currently the senior vice president for international and deep-water operations at Anadarko. [...]
