Rural

Following two home explosions in a rural area of northwest Pennsylvania within three months of each other, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) Monday called on Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu to coordinate efforts and the sharing of information with local authorities, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from risks associated with the development of shale gas in the Marcellus and Utica plays.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered Chesapeake Energy to stop work on a natural gas drilling well pad in rural Potter County for failing to implement required erosion and sediment controls, DEP said Wednesday.

Enterprise Products Partners LP has completed repairs to the portion of its partially owned North Texas gas pipeline that was damaged on the afternoon of June 7 in rural Johnson County, TX, the partnership said Monday.

Eleven Republicans from western and rural states have formed the Senate Western Caucus (SWC) to promote exploration and production of more domestic energy, including onshore and offshore oil and natural gas. “America deserves an all-of-the-above energy strategy,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), caucus chairman who, along with several other Republicans, introduced comprehensive energy legislation that supports the development of domestic resources, such as wind, solar, nuclear, clean coal and oil and natural gas.

Eleven Republicans from western and rural states have united to form the Senate Western Caucus (SWC) to promote exploration and production of more domestic energy, including onshore and offshore oil and natural gas. “America deserves an all-of-the-above energy strategy,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), caucus chairman who, along with several other Republicans, introduced comprehensive energy legislation that supports the development of domestic resources, such as wind, solar, nuclear, clean coal and oil and natural gas.

“Mischief” at several well sites in a rural area near Fort St. John, BC — including valves being tampered with and shots fired at structures — does not appear to be related to a series of minor explosions along an EnCana Corp. natural gas pipeline near Dawson Creek, BC, earlier this year, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators said on Thursday.

No injuries or interruptions of service resulted from a rupture of Tennessee Gas Pipeline in rural Clark County, KY shortly after noon July 22, a spokesman said.

No injuries or interruptions of service resulted from a rupture of Tennessee Gas Pipeline in rural Clark County, KY shortly after noon Saturday, a spokesman said.

A fire that resulted from a rupture on Williams’ Mid-America (liquids) Pipeline in a rural area north of Kansas City, MO Tuesday was brought under control and was essentially out by the end of the day, company officials said.