Marshall County, WV, has denied Statoil ASA’s request that a roughly $353,000 property tax overpayment be refunded. Statoil said the overpayment resulted from a clerical error when it used production estimates instead of actual volumes to calculate its 2015 payment. State law does permit refunds for such clerical errors, but the West Virginia Tax Department told county commissioners that the company’s miscalculation was a matter of negligence. The commissioners voted 2-1 last month to deny the refund.
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Colorado’s Weld County Agrees on Rules For New Oil/Gas Operations Near School
The five-member elected board of commissioners in Weld County, CO, the state’s top natural gas producer among 64 counties, on Wednesday unanimously approved a major oil/natural gas drilling operation proposed by Extraction Oil and Gas (EO&G) that is located close to a middle school east of Greeley, CO. Company representatives said the new wellsite eventually will add $70 million to the local economy.
July 1, 2016
Belmont, Monroe Counties Continue to Drive Ohio’s Utica NatGas Production
Belmont and Monroe counties continued to dominate Ohio’s Utica Shale production in the first quarter, with wells in the play’s sweet spot there accounting for much of the increase in the state’s natural gas production, according to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
June 21, 2016
Pennsylvania Impact Fees Decline on Lower NatGas Prices
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) said late Wednesday that it collected about $187.7 million from the state’s natural gas producers last year, or $35.8 million less than what it collected in 2014 as a result of the steep year-over-year decline in benchmark prices.
June 16, 2016
Federal Court Rules WV County Injection Well Ban Violates State Law
A federal judge last week ruled that an ordinance passed by a Southern West Virginia county banning the disposal of oil and natural gas wastewater in underground injection wells violates state laws and is preempted by the state’s regulatory primacy over the practice.
June 13, 2016
Determined Colorado County Continues Fracking Ban
Reacting to a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling, Boulder County commissioners on Thursday imposed a new six-month moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) after lifting a four-year prohibition that had been in place for unincorporated portions of the county. The ban will last through Nov. 18.
May 20, 2016
Another Pennsylvania Court Rules Against Landowners Challenging Mariner East Pipeline
A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Sunoco Logistics Partners LP can condemn the land of three property owners in Southeast Pennsylvania that refused to sign easements for the company’s Mariner East (ME) 2 pipeline project.
April 12, 2016
Another Pennsylvania Court Rules Against Landowners Challenging Mariner East Pipeline
A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Sunoco Logistics Partners LP can condemn the land of three property owners in Southeast Pennsylvania that refused to sign easements for the company’s Mariner East (ME) 2 pipeline project.
April 12, 2016
‘Monster’ Wells Shunned in 2015, But Chesapeake, EP, EQT Still Ramp Up Gushers
Few U.S. onshore oil and natural gas producers were working to build “monster” wells in 2015 as they contracted budgets and reduced crews, but there still proved to be impressive results in a few key basins, according to Rystad Energy.
March 31, 2016
Facing Court Challenge, WV County Amends Injection Well Ban
Facing an industry court challenge, local leaders in Fayette County, WV, have walked back the language in a county-wide injection well ban they passed earlier this year.
March 29, 2016
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