The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says a 16-month long investigation concluded that gas drilling did not cause nearby residential water wells to contain high levels of methane in Franklin Township, Susquehanna County. Speaking to StateImpact last September at a protest in Philadelphia, Franklin Forks resident Tammy Manning said she was convinced gas drilling caused [...]
Good news seems to keep pouring in for Pennsylvania’s shale drillers. Last week, Cabot Oil and Gas reported record production volumes and earnings for 2012. Speaking at a hearing in Philadelphia City Council Wednesday afternoon, David Yoxheimer, from the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, says Marcellus wells produced 2 trillion cubic feet of natural [...]
A new report issued this week by the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development, centered at Wilkes University, says Marcellus Shale activity is the “prime factor” for recent economic growth in Northeast Pennsylvania. The study looks at development trends in two other shale plays, one in Texas and the other in Arkansas. It compares [...]
When you drive north on route 29 in Susquehanna County, just before you hit the traffic light in downtown Montrose, sits a restaurant that’s easy to miss. The Summerhouse Grill welcomes diners from the back door. Inside, it’s a surprisingly bustling and busy room. Everyone here seems to know one another. After all, only about [...]
On any given day, drivers along Route 29 in Susquehanna County might spot a gray-haired man with a small notebook in one hand, and his thumb out in the other. He’s Craig Czury, a 61-year-old poet who grew up in the coal regions, and began his writing career delving into that dying industry. “I was [...]
Hundreds of protestors are rallying in the street outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center today. Organizers of “Shale Gas Outrage” say gas drilling is polluting water wells, the air, and destroying the pristine landscape of rural Pennsylvania. The event began with a song by gospel singer Rhetta Morgan. Later Maya van Rossum, from the Delaware Riverkeeper Network [...]
The Associated Press reports on a planned $750 million pipeline that will carry natural gas from northeast Pennsylvania to New York, and how the project is getting wrapped up in the politics of the Cuomo Administration’s impending ruling on new hydraulic fracturing regulations. The Constitution Pipeline would run from Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania through New [...]
A fire at a Susquehanna County well pad was more contained than initially thought, according to the Times-Tribune: LATHROP TWP. – A late Tuesday night gas well fire originally reported in Susquehanna County as an explosion may have just been a valve fire. Kristi Gittins, vice president of public affairs for Chief Oil & Gas, [...]
Note: Chesapeake Energy’s production data has not been included in the Department of Environmental Protection’s report yet. The company says it submitted the information to the state by Wednesday night’s deadline, and blames a “technical issue” for the snag. Once Chesapeake’s information is included, Bradford County’s totals will certainly go up . We’ll update this [...]
The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a hearing on a compressor station proposal for Bridgewater and Brooklyn townships. Williams Energy wants to build the compressor, which would dehydrate, condense and pressurize gas from nearby Marcellus wells in order to send it through their growing system of pipelines. According to the DEP’s announcement, the station [...]
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