The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it has levied a $125,000 fine against a driller, Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC (PGE), for two separate incidents in Lycoming County.
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Pennsylvania DEP Fines Ultra $40K for Illegal Transfer Station
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has levied a $40,000 fine on an Ultra Petroleum Corp. subsidiary for several violations from 2011, including operating an illegal transfer station from a Marcellus Shale well pad in Potter County.
API, Pennsylvania Producers Join in Marcellus Education Effort
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has allied with the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (PIOGA) in a partnership to serve as a forum for information about the Marcellus Shale.
Atlas Striving for 100% Water Reuse in Marcellus
Stung by a recent fine for allowing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluids to contaminate a watershed, Atlas Resources has set a goal of 100% reuse of flowback and production brine water as part of a strategy it believes is fundamental to sustainable operations in the Marcellus Shale.
OSHA Fines Companies $16.6M for Kleen Energy Blast
The federal regulator in charge of workplace safety Thursday levied a fine of $16.6 million against the companies that were involved in the deadly natural gas explosion in February at the Kleen Energy Systems LLC power plant construction site in Middletown, CT.
Correction
In two recent articles: “After Six Years, Kelly to Leave FERC” and “Record $30M Fine for Energy Transfer Rattles Industry” (see NGI, Sept. 28a; Sept. 28b), William F. Hederman was identified as an analyst with Washington Research Group. Hederman is actually a senior vice president at Concept Capital’s Washington Research Group. NGI regrets the error.
McClendon Stumps For Gas in Texas Power Patch
If natural gas prices stay in a range of $8-10, “we’ll do fine,” and so will the power industry, Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon told an audience of Gulf Coast power industry executives last week in Texas as he delivered his “message of optimism about natural gas supply.”
McClendon Stumps For Gas in Texas Power Patch
If natural gas prices stay in a range of $8-10, “we’ll do fine,” and so will the power industry, Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon told an audience of Gulf Coast power industry executives in Texas as he delivered his “message of optimism about natural gas supply.”
Slowing Growth, Regulation Hit Southwest Gas; 2Q Loss Reported
Quarterly results were essentially flat when excluding nonrecurring items for Southwest Gas Corp. which faces the challenge of fine tuning its strategy for maximizing its regulatory climate and gaining rate changes. Last week the Las Vegas, NV-based company reported a loss of $337,000, or 1 cent/share, for the second quarter, compared with profits of $3.7 million, or 9 cents/share, for the same period last year.
Former AEP Desk Chief to Pay $350,000 for Bogus Gas Trades
The former chief of the American Electric Power’s (AEP) Gulf trading desk agreed to pay a $350,000 fine to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to settle charges that he directed AEP natural gas traders to submit misleading or knowingly inaccurate information to two Platts’ publications, Gas Daily and Inside FERC’s Gas Market Report for almost two years (see Daily GPI, Sept. 21, 2005).