Counties

Shale drillers have driven a significant increase in the real estate property taxes that counties in eastern and southeastern Ohio have collected since the first Utica Shale wells came online seven years ago, according to a report prepared by the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) and industry-backed Energy In Depth.

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot market will get a shot in the arm once the Global LNG Exchange (GLX) launches with the goal of streamlining transactions.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to spend $1.56 million to launch an “unprecedented” expansion of the state’s fine particulate matter air monitoring network in areas of heavy natural gas development activity.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to spend $1.56 million to launch an “unprecedented” expansion of the state’s fine particulate matter air monitoring network in areas of heavy natural gas development activity.

Running counter to national trends, ozone pollution levels in seven counties in Wyoming have worsened this year, according to the annual “State of the Air 2016” report from the American Lung Association (ALA), which was released on Wednesday.

Running counter to national trends, ozone pollution levels in seven counties in Wyoming have worsened this year, according to the annual “State of the Air 2016” report from the American Lung Association (ALA), which was released on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said this week that his office has started an audit of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) collection and distribution of the unconventional shale gas well impact fee and how the funds are being spent by counties and municipalities.

Ohio’s unconventional oil and natural gas production skyrocketed in 2015, with each growing by about 100% from 2014 levels. An analysis of the data shows that many of the same operators and counties continue to push those volumes higher.

Counties and mining interests in Nevada have filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Reno, NV, seeking to block the historic state-federal agreement protecting the greater sage grouse by restricting development in designated habitat areas in a state-administered program (see Daily GPI, Sept. 22).