Posted on November 28, 2022
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Southwestern PennsylvaniaIn the Spring of 2011, Chesapeake Appalachia LLC was the first oil and gas producer to drill an unconventional Marcellus Shale well in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Yet, while large drilling sites are multiplying in Union Township, there are still no unconventional… Continue Reading “MARCELLUS SHALE HISTORY: Tale of Two Townships and a Decade of Fracking Issues in America 2011-2022”
Category: EQT Gas Production, PennsylvaniaTags: drilling, El Rama, EQT, Finleyville, fracking, gas wells, Hartson Compressor Station, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Shale, McIntosh Compressor Station, natural gas, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, Sarah 9H, Sarah Well Pad, shale gas, Union Township
Posted on November 17, 2022
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Mr. Hess served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2001 to 2003, Executive Deputy at DEP from 1995 to 2001, as staff to the PA Senate Environmental Committee and various positions in the former Department of Environmental Resources, working on… Continue Reading “3 Major Natural Gas Articles from David Hess – PA Environment Digest Blog”
Category: Fracking in Pennsylvania, Health near Fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus shale, natural gas, Oil & Gas Contamination, Pennsylvania air quality, PFAS, Radioactive drilling waste, SW Pennsylvania, Washington County PATags: Chevron, drilling, drilling noise, EQT, fracking, health risks, health studies, hydraulic fracturing, impoundment dam, impoundments, LWV, Marcellus Shale, Marianna, PFAS, PITT, public health, shale gas, shale gas drilling, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on November 14, 2022
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The following DEP notices were published in the November 12 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups — Lower Mount… Continue Reading “Pennsylvania DEP Permit Notices | Compliance Dashboard | Nov 5-12, 2022”
Category: Pennsylvania Bulletin, Petrochemicals, Pipelines, SW Pennsylvania, Washington County PATags: Armstrong County, Beaver County, Bradford County, Chevron, Clinton County, cracker plant, Delaware County, Elk County, EQT, FERC, gas wells, Governor Shapiro, Greene County, Lycoming County, methane, NFG, Northampton County, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEP, Range Resources, Senator Fetterman, Susquehanna County, unconventional wells, Warren County, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on November 7, 2022
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Lawsuit filed October 28, 2022 in Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington County Courthouse Latkanich v. Chevron et al PFAS: The latest toxic concern for those near fracking By Kristina Marusic | Environmental Health News | August 4, 2022 For more than a decade, Bryan Latkanich… Continue Reading “LANDMARK LAWSUIT: Latkanich v Chevron, EQT, PFAS Defendants”
Category: Litigation, Marcellus shale, natural gas, Pennsylvania, PFAS, SW Pennsylvania, Washington County PATags: acetone, air contamination, barium, benzaldehyde, benzene, biocides, butyl cyclohexane, chemicals, Chevron, Crawford County, drill sites, drilling, drinking water, E&S, EQT, ethyltoluene, flaring, formaldehyde, frac fluid, fracking, Fredericktown, gas infrastructure, hippuric acid, hydraulic fracturing, impoundments, Latkanich, lawsuits, Marcellus Shale, Martins Ferry, methane, napthalene, NORM, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, pits, pollution, polyethylene glycol, produced water, radiation, radioactive waste, radium, spills, strontium, styrene, tetradecane, thorium, toluene, toxins, transmuconic acid, Utica Shale, VOCs, water contamination, water well, wells, xylene
Posted on November 6, 2022
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Bentworth schools were closed Friday November 4, 2022 due to a fire on Johnston Road, in close proximity to Bentworth High School, at Equitrans Midstream’s H-108 natural gas transmission line, located in Bentleyville Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania. More: News video Source “Equitrans technicians were… Continue Reading “UPDATED: Bentworth School District Closed due to Equitrans Midstream Fire”
Category: Marcellus shale, Oil and gas accidents, Pennsylvania, PipelinesTags: Bentworth High School, Bentworth School District, E-Train, EQT, Equitrans Midstream, ETRN, gas infrastructure, gas transmission
Posted on July 27, 2022
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According to this latest news story, EQT’s transaction with Diversified “freed EQT of about $200 million in plugging and other liabilities.” On July 25th, reporter Anya Litvak covered this latest story about abandoned wells in our tri-state area in “Lawsuit claims Diversified and EQT… Continue Reading “LITIGATION: The Abandoned Well ‘Hot Potato’”
Posted on July 19, 2022
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Many of the stories surrounding drilling and fracking over the past 20 years have been “Stranger than Fiction” and this latest story qualifies. It was first reported in THE DAILY BEAST four days ago, and saw a follow-up story in today’s THE INTELLIGENCER. WHEELING… Continue Reading “The Texas Attorney and West Virginia Judge”
Category: West VirginiaTags: Bethany Hallam, Deer Lakes Park, drilling waste, EQT, fracking, gas lease, gas royalties, litigation, New Martinsville, oil and gas, PA DEP, parks, public parks, Range Resources, Rich Fitzgerald, spills, Wetzel County