Operations at oil and natural gas wells in Pennsylvania harmed water supplies more than 200 times between December 2007 and May of this year, according to data compiled by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
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Confidential System Being Developed to Report Near-Misses on OCS
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have signed an interagency agreement to develop a confidential reporting system for near-miss incidents on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
September 3, 2013
Consumers Fined $437,000 for Deadly Natural Gas Incidents
Consumers Energy, one of Michigan’s largest natural gas utilities, has agreed to spend $1 million to create a response fund for natural gas disasters and to help train first responders following two deadly incidents in three years, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Monday.
August 13, 2013
GOM Incident Strike Team Readied
An offshore reserve response team to control incidents in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has been formed by the Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) and Wood Group PSN.
March 27, 2013
Interior to Assess Shell’s Alaska Drilling Program
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said last week he is concerned about a series of incidents involving Royal Dutch Shell plc’s operations offshore Alaska and hopes an investigation will determine how to move forward.
January 14, 2013
Interior to Assess Shell’s Alaska Drilling Program
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday he is concerned about a series of incidents involving Royal Dutch Shell plc’s operations offshore Alaska and hopes an investigation will determine how to move forward.
January 11, 2013
Spectra Incidents Under Investigation in British Columbia
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is investigating the causes of two separate incidents affecting Spectra Energy Corp. facilities north of Fort St. John, British Columbia (BC).
July 2, 2012
Pennsylvania DEP Fines Catalyst $185K for Violations
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Wednesday Catalyst Energy Inc. has been fined $185,000 and faces new restrictions after several incidents involving non-Marcellus Shale oil and natural gas wells in three northwestern counties.
February 27, 2012
BP to Appeal New Macondo-Related Citations
BP plc said last week it would appeal after federal officials slapped the producer with two additional charges involving five incidents of noncompliance (INC) related to the April 2010 Macondo well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
December 12, 2011
BP to Appeal New Macondo-Related Citations
BP plc said Wednesday it would appeal after federal officials on Wednesday slapped the producer with two additional charges involving five incidents of noncompliance (INC) related to the April 2010 Macondo well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
December 8, 2011
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