Hearing

Last week's initiation of a show cause order by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) against operators of drilling waste injection wells thought to be linked with earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region was a dramatic and unusual step, an environmental lawyer with RRC experience told NGI's Shale Daily.

The recent initiation of a show cause order by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) against operators of drilling waste injection wells thought to be linked with earthquakes in the Barnett Shale region was a dramatic and unusual step, an environmental lawyer with RRC experience told NGI’s Shale Daily.

After a four-hour public hearing on Tuesday, a township zoning board in western Pennsylvania delayed making a decision about a contentious ordinance passed by supervisors earlier this year that allowed Rex Energy Corp. to develop five Marcellus Shale wells near a school in the area.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has once again rescheduled two public hearings for September regarding Hilcorp Energy Co.’s request for a forced pooling order in Western Pennsylvania, in which nearby property owners and drillers will be allowed to provide testimony.

The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners has set a new hearing and process for Oregon LNG’s application for a permit to cross county lands with a 36-inch diameter transmission pipeline to link a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility with interstate supply pipelines in the state of Washington.

For the second time in less than two months, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has postponed indefinitely a set of public hearings regarding Hilcorp Energy Co.’s request for a forced pooling order in Western Pennsylvania. Three property owners filed suit earlier this month to stop the company.

The oil and gas division of North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is planning a public hearing later this month for input on newly adopted Industrial Commission policy to reduce the amount of gas flaring at the wellhead.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has made a long-awaited decision to hold a special two-day hearing in Lawrence County later this month to gather input from stakeholders about whether Hilcorp Energy Co. should be allowed to create a forced pool drilling unit that would require landowners to share royalties.

After nearly three years of working to update aspects of the state’s oil and gas regulations, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has taken what it’s calling an “unprecedented” step to extend the public comment period on several proposals for another 30 days.