Township

Residents of Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, PA, whose drinking water supplies were contaminated by natural gas, are to receive a share of $4.1 million that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. agreed to pay under a settlement negotiated with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Southwestern Energy Production Co. (SEPCO), a subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Co., said last week a lawsuit claiming that its drilling in Lenox Township, PA, contaminated nearby water wells contains “unfounded allegations.”

Southwestern Energy Production Co. (SEPCO), a subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Co., said Tuesday a lawsuit claiming that its drilling in Lenox Township, PA, contaminated nearby water wells contains “unfounded allegations.”

The release Wednesday in Dimrock Township, PA, of an estimated 8,500 gallons of a gel used to fracture natural gas shale has been contained, according to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials.

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) have reached a settlement agreement in the Aug. 21, 2004 gas explosion in Sandy Township, PA, that destroyed a home and left two residents dead. The settlement agreement ends an informal investigation into the gas explosion, which resulted from a leak in a gas line, the PUC said. Under terms of the settlement, National Fuel agreed to pay a $50,000 fine, fund an additional $30,000 of safety-related activities for its system and committed to undertake system improvements costing more than $1.8 million. National Fuel agreed to modify its operating procedures and accelerate an ongoing plastic pipe leakage survey of its Pennsylvania system. The company has also retrained and tested its plastic fusion work crew members. The PUC has given interested parties 20 days to comment on the settlement agreement and will issue a final determination on the settlement at an upcoming public meeting. National Fuel serves about 210,000 natural gas customers in 14 Pennsylvania counties.

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) have reached a settlement agreement in the Aug. 21, 2004 gas explosion in Sandy Township, PA, that destroyed a home and left two residents dead.

Moon Township, PA-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP said last week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alaska Pipeline Co. (APC) from SEMCO Energy Inc. for $95 million in cash.

Moon Township, PA-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP said Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alaska Pipeline Company (APC) from SEMCO Energy Inc. for $95 million in cash.

Calpine Corp. of San Jose, CA, acquired the rights to build, ownand operate a 545-MW gas-fired power plant in Ontelaunee Townshipin eastern Pennsylvania. The proposed Ontelaunee Energy Center willserve users throughout the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM)power pool. Permitting for the proposed $285 million facility isnow underway, with construction scheduled to begin in early 2000.The plant, which is scheduled to start production in late 2001,will burn 85,000 to 90,000 MMBtu of gas per day.