Regulations

A Pennsylvania lawmaker plans to introduce a bill soon that would prohibit gas gathering companies from becoming public utilities.

Michigan regulators on Wednesday announced a new series of regulations that will impact the future operations of oil and gas drillers using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) to stimulate production.

Elected officials at all levels of government in Pennsylvania should implement regulations to block gas extraction in “pristine places and locations near where people live or work,” said the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center. The group said it has documented well sites within two miles of more than 320 daycare facilities, 67 schools and nine hospitals in the state. PennEnvironment also called on lawmakers to strengthen clean water laws, “halt the use of toxic chemicals” in hydraulic fracturing and increase resources available to regulators. In addition, PennEnvironment called on the federal government to “end the special treatment for the gas industry and apply the nation’s core public health and environmental laws to gas extraction, just as it would regulate any potential threat to public health or the environment.”

Range Resources Corp. is threatening to leave a western Pennsylvania township over a dispute with local officials.

The Marcellus Shale industry shouldn’t discount new regulations outright, according to the head of one major midstream player.

The Marcellus Shale industry shouldn’t discount new regulations outright, according to the head of one major midstream player.

In a March 2 letter to Gov. Tom Corbett, a group of 80 Pennsylvania state representatives said they would hold up royalty revenues if the state leased additional forest land for natural gas development.

FERC has issued UGI Storage Co. a certificate to acquire from UGI Central Penn Gas Inc. (UGI CPG), own and operate 14.7 Bcf of underground gas storage capacity in north-central Pennsylvania, in the heart of the state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale play.

FERC has issued UGI Storage Co. a certificate to acquire from UGI Central Penn Gas Inc. (UGI CPG), own and operate 14.7 Bcf of underground gas storage capacity in north-central Pennsylvania, in the heart of the state’s portion of the Marcellus Shale play.