Panelists, film share benefits of gas industry
LYCOMING County, Pa. - Economic boom, employment growth and increased wages were named as some of the benefits to having the gas industry in Lycoming County by a panel in late July.
View ArticleResidents of Pa. drilling town near settlement
DIMOCK, Pa. -- Residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania town who say their well water was poisoned by a gas driller are nearing a settlement of their long-running and highly contentious federal lawsuit.
View ArticlePa. banks, homeowners examine oil and gas leases
PITTSBURGH (AP) - When Donald Yost tried to refinance his home about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in January, he met a roadblock. It wasn't his credit score - he had a solid rating - or the appraisal...
View ArticleLycoming Commissioners receive studies on gas industry
LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. - With a limited amount of gas industry impact fee revenue coming to the county and its local municipalities, a clear idea of what industry impacts are is needed to make sure the...
View ArticleReport criticizes gas drilling enforcement
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvania regulators aren't inspecting tens of thousands of oil and gas wells even once a year, a new report say.
View ArticlePa. drilling activity has slowed; industry officials remain optimistic
LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. - The natural gas industry may well have reached its peak in Lycoming County in 2010 and 2011, but there's no reason to believe that the best economic times are over.
View ArticleBusiness leaders urged to focus on opportunity
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A state official urged local business leaders to take advantage of opportunities at a time when manufacturing statewide is on the increase.
View ArticlePa. Supreme Court hears drilling, zoning debate
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had an unusual standing-room-only crowd late last month, as lawyers debated a new law that regulates the state's booming natural gas industry.
View ArticlePa. Supreme Court hears Marcellus Shale mineral case
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvania's Supreme Court heard arguments last month in a natural gas case that could create chaos for major energy companies and thousands of leaseholders.
View ArticleIn Rock Run
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The question of whether or not the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources should allow natural gas drilling in the Rock Run area has brought out heated...
View ArticleRegion benefits from shale drilling operation
By BRETT DUNLAP Shale Play PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Those involved in the local natural gas business believe Marcellus Shale drilling will have a positive impact on the state.
View ArticlePa. criticized over gas drilling pollution tests
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A state representative says the way Pennsylvania reports possible water pollution related to natural gas drilling is seriously flawed.
View ArticleNatural gas fuel station on Williamsport's agenda
By MARK MARONEY Shale Play WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The construction of a compressed natural gas fueling station for city, county, corporate and personal use is on the radar in Williamsport.
View ArticleFracking within a mile of a nuclear plant
By CASEY JUNKINS Shale Play SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. - Despite concerns associated with nearby seismic activity, officials do not foresee any problems with Chesapeake Energy's plans to frack within one mile...
View ArticleOnetime drilling opponent signs lease on Pa. farm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An author and one-time anti-drilling activist whose family owns a historic 153-acre farm has leased the land to a gas company, saying it's better to work with the industry than to...
View ArticleNatural gas drillers target U.S. truck, bus market
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - If the trash truck or bus rolling down your street seems a little quieter these days, you're not imagining things. It's probably running on natural gas.
View ArticleOil and Gas Boom in 2012
By CASEY JUNKINS Shale Play WHEELING, W.Va. - Hopes for thousands of new jobs to be created in the region by Royal Dutch Shell's multi-billion dollar ethane cracker led the conversation in 2012...
View ArticleDrilling for natural gas in the wilds of Lycoming Co.
By MIKE REUTHER Shale Play TROUT RUN, Pa. - To reach the Seneca Resoures drilling sites north of Trout Run is to negotiate a series of winding, narrow unpaved roads through rugged mountainous and...
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