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GOP lawmakers seek vote on Pa. gas drilling bill - CBS News
GOP lawmakers seek vote on Pa. gas drilling bill
CBS News
Pennsylvania lawmakers have talked about whether to tax the natural gas industry since it arrived in earnest in 2008 to tap into the Marcellus Shale natural gas formation, considered the nation's largest-known natural gas reservoir.
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Marcellus Shale gas industry supports fair, uniform policies - Patriot-News
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Marcellus Shale gas industry supports fair, uniform policies
Patriot-News
By Patriot-News Op-Ed By Stephanie Catarino Wissman There is much debate surrounding House Bill 1950, the Marcellus Shale legislation that is working its way through the General Assembly. HB 1950 is not an industry giveaway, nor is it lax on ...
Shale impact fee near final dealPittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Final Impact Fee In PlaceStateImpact Pennsylvania
Outdoor groups urge Corbett to uphold moratorium on state forest gas leasesAltoona Mirror
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Pennsylvania Natural Gas Drilling Bill: GOP Lawmakers Seek Vote - Huffington Post
Pennsylvania Natural Gas Drilling Bill: GOP Lawmakers Seek Vote
Huffington Post
Pennsylvania lawmakers have talked about whether to tax the natural gas industry since it arrived in earnest in 2008 to tap into the Marcellus Shale natural gas formation, considered the nation's largest-known natural gas reservoir.
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Allegany County Board of Health to vote on well testing recommendations - Hornell Evening Tribune
Allegany County Board of Health to vote on well testing recommendations
Hornell Evening Tribune
By BRIAN QUINN The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) hasn't started issuing oil and gas drilling permits for the Marcellus Shale area. Still, the Allegany County Board of Health wants to take a “pre-emptive” measure to help public ...
Hydrofracking panel deadlines on hold as DEC wades through 46000 commentsThe Journal News | LoHud.com
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Public health impacts of Marcellus Shale drilling still unknown - Patriot-News
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Public health impacts of Marcellus Shale drilling still unknown
Patriot-News
My colleagues in the Marcellus Shale regions tell me that they are getting questions from patients every day, such as “I've had well water for many years — should I have it tested now that there's a gas well nearby?” and “I've had this rash off and on ...
Outdoor groups urge Corbett to uphold moratorium on state forest gas leasesAltoona Mirror
Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in PennsylvaniaBizjournals.com
Corbett should impose drilling taxCentre Daily Times
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Officials say area could see similar success from shale development - Zanesville Times Recorder
Officials say area could see similar success from shale development
Zanesville Times Recorder
Submitted photo » Anadarko Petroleum is one of the key players in the Marcellus Shale area in Pennsylvania and is looking to find success in Ohio's Utica Shale. The company has permits for four drilling sites in Muskingum County in Meigs Township.
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Robert Swift: Capitol Matters: Impact fee has no impact at this time - Towanda Daily Review
Robert Swift: Capitol Matters: Impact fee has no impact at this time
Towanda Daily Review
Tom Corbett and House and Senate Republican leaders to reconcile different Marcellus Shale impact fee bills have yielded little clarity except for the realization that informal deadlines for agreement continue to slip by. Like white puffs of smoke from ...
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Natural gas cost heading lower - Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
Natural gas cost heading lower
Toledo Blade
Fracking has allowed drillers to unlock huge volumes of natural gas contained in the Marcellus shale region -- mostly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio -- over the last five years. Nearly 25 percent of the nation's natural gas supplies come from ...
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Outdoor groups urge Corbett to uphold moratorium on state forest gas leases - Altoona Mirror
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Outdoor groups urge Corbett to uphold moratorium on state forest gas leases
Altoona Mirror
But with a budget shortfall looming in Harrisburg and the Marcellus Shale industry expanding in the region, sportsmen say they are worried. Their concern: balancing the books at the expense of shrinking state forest areas.
Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in PennsylvaniaBizjournals.com
Corbett should impose drilling taxCentre Daily Times
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Health care jobs, construction growing - Parkersburg News
Health care jobs, construction growing
Parkersburg News
The state has already seen some increases in employment due to development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit. Workforce West Virginia reported on its website job openings related to Marcellus Shale development, including the need for an ...
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Drilling for answers: What you want to know about fracking - New Philadelphia Times Reporter
Drilling for answers: What you want to know about fracking
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
By Anonymous Exploration for oil and gas deposits in Utica and Marcellus shale formations thousands of feet below the surface has just begun in the Tuscarawas Valley, with drilling companies scrambling to obtain rights to the mineral riches below.
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Tax exempt complain about tax relief for others - Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)
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Tax exempt complain about tax relief for others
Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)
West Virginia likely will land a $2 billion cracker that will convert the “wet” natural gas in the Marcellus shale into a cheap feedstock for plastics and the like. This will be cheaper than oil-based feedstock. Not only will this mean thousands of ...
W.Va. cracker chase enters waiting phaseWetzel Chronicle
WVCBP: Cracker incentive worth $300 millionState Journal
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Processor Facilities To Be Built - Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling Intelligencer
Processor Facilities To Be Built
Wheeling Intelligencer
By CASEY JUNKINS Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register CAMERON - As the latest example of the how quickly the Marcellus and Utica shale rush is burgeoning, MarkWest Energy will more than double the capacity of its Majorsville ...
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Bill would register, set limits on Allegheny shale well sites - Connellsville Daily Courier
Bill would register, set limits on Allegheny shale well sites
Connellsville Daily Courier
Two Allegheny County councilmen will introduce legislation on Tuesday that would create a registry of permits issued for Marcellus shale gas well sites and set restrictions on where drilling operations can be situated on county-owned property.
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Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in southwest Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Business Times
Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in southwest Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Business Times
This week, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked the most active Marcellus Shale drillers in southwest Pennsylvania. Coming in at No. 7 on the list was Williams Production Appalachia LLC, with 59 Marcellus wells drilled in southwest Pa.
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Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in Pennsylvania - Bizjournals.com
Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in Pennsylvania
Bizjournals.com
This week, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked the most active Marcellus Shale drillers in Pennsylvania. Coming in at No. 7 on the list was Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. , with 172 Marcellus wells drilled in Pa. The complete list of the most active Marcellus ...
Top 7: Most active Marcellus Shale drillers in southwest PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Business Times
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GUEST VIEW: New group eyes fracking safety - Victor Post
GUEST VIEW: New group eyes fracking safety
Victor Post
Drilling of the Marcellus shale may seem a remote possibility for our neighborhood but recent events like the brine well spill in Pennsylvania, which leaked into a trout stream in Allegany State Park have caused irreversible damage. The Utica shale is ...
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W.Va. cracker chase enters waiting phase - CBS News
W.Va. cracker chase enters waiting phase
CBS News
Burdette told The Associated Press that the two companies that each want to build a massive "cracker" facility in the Marcellus shale region are negotiating with owners of potential sites. These plants convert or crack molecules in a byproduct of ...
Cracker site search enters waiting phaseState Journal
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GUEST VIEW: New group eyes fracking safety - Brighton-Pittsford Post
GUEST VIEW: New group eyes fracking safety
Brighton-Pittsford Post
Drilling of the Marcellus shale may seem a remote possibility for our neighborhood but recent events like the brine well spill in Pennsylvania, which leaked into a trout stream in Allegany State Park have caused irreversible damage. The Utica shale is ...
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Smaller law firms working to secure spots in shale industry - Pittsburgh Business Times
Smaller law firms working to secure spots in shale industry
Pittsburgh Business Times
Pittsburgh's small and midsized law firms are looking to carve out niches in the Marcellus Shale industry as business opportunities continue to grow. Even as the field already is crowded with big full-service law firms and a recent influx of Texas ...
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