Pennsylvania

An affiliate of Energy Transfer LP (ET) has agreed to pay a $30.6 million fine related to a 2018 natural gas pipeline explosion in Western Pennsylvania, and it reached a deal with regulators to lift a nearly year-old suspension of regulatory reviews for all the projects in the state.

An affiliate of Energy Transfer LP (ET) has agreed to pay a $30.6 million fine related to a 2018 natural gas pipeline explosion in Western Pennsylvania, and it reached a deal with regulators to lift a nearly year-old suspension of regulatory reviews for all the projects in the state.

Project sponsors have asked FERC for another two years to finish constructing the PennEast Pipeline, which has struggled to obtain regulatory approvals and permits.

An Energy Transfer LP employee who oversaw security at work sites along the Mariner East (ME) pipeline project in Pennsylvania, along with four others from two different security companies, were arrested this week and charged with bribery, conspiracy and related offenses.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Friday that it would fund additional research on the potential health impacts of natural gas development in the state.

Appalachian executives shared their frustration with an industry audience in Pittsburgh last week, saying that resistance to natural gas throughout the Northeast is shaping up to be a big problem for the basin’s trajectory.

The boom in U.S. unconventional natural gas production, particularly growth from the Appalachian Basin, has led to significant savings for residential, commercial and industrial end-users across the country, according to a study commissioned by two Ohio-based industry groups.

CNX Resources Corp. has reached a settlement with Pennsylvania regulators requiring the company to post a $1.48 million performance bond to ensure coverage for the costs of plugging 141 natural gas wells in the southwestern part of the state.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has suspended the well permits of a small Texas-based producer in an unprecedented move for failing to pay required impact fees.