The FracTracker Alliance and Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) are offering free training sessions across southeastern Pennsylvania for citizens who want to utilize the mapping capability of fractracker.org, a web-based tool for tracking and visualizing data related to shale gas extraction operations. The sessions “will show people how to find where drilling operations are located and learn more about them, according to MWA, which said the tool is already being used by citizen water monitoring volunteers and community advocates. Sessions are scheduled in Washington County Feb. 26, Butler County March 26, and Westmoreland County April 30, with more sessions planned through October. Information and registration is available by contacting Melissa Troutman (melissa@mtwatershed.com, (724) 455-4200 ext 6). The training sessions are sponsored by the Heinz Endowments (see Shale Daily, Sept. 2, 2011).
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Pennsylvania DEP Paves Way for Use of Acid Mine Water in Fracking
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has finalized the process it will use for encouraging and reviewing proposals to use mine-influenced water, such as acid mine drainage, in oil and gas extraction operations from shale formations.
Coal Mine Water Said Feasible for Shale Drilling
Abandoned coal mines in Pennsylvania may be a technically viable source of water for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations, but economics and regulations ultimately could decide whether operators find the solution feasible, according to a recent report by the Rand Corp.
Petrohawk Subsidiary Fined for Fayetteville Habitat Damage
Hawk Field Services LLC (HFS), a subsidiary of Petrohawk Energy Corp., on Tuesday was fined $350,000, ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution and placed on probation for three years for damaging endangered species habitat in the Fayetteville Shale in Van Buren County, AR.
Utah Basin Project Stirs Conflicting Energy, Environmental Interests
Serious Canadian energy investment and equally focused environmental interests are warily eyeing each other in and around the Uinta Basin in southeastern Utah, where energy developers see an extension of their oil sands plays in Western Canada, and a group called Living Rivers warns of a potential environmental and public health disaster.
New York County Seeks Drilling Ban
The Westchester County (NY) Board of Legislators has called for a ban on proposed natural gas drilling in the Catskill-Delaware watershed region of the Marcellus Shale play. The board also called on New York’s governor and Department of Environmental Conservation to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing throughout the state.
Retrospective: 2000 Was the Year the Market Showed Muscle
Calling 2000 a watershed year for the natural gas market issomewhat akin to saying 1776 was an important time in U.S. history.With only a couple of exceptions, last year began with all spotprice indexes between $2 and $3. It ended with January 2001 indexesranging from $8.56 (Questar) to $18.81 (Transco Zone 6-NYC).
2000: Year The Market Showed Off Its Muscles
Calling 2000 a watershed year for the natural gas market issomewhat akin to saying 1776 was an important time in U.S. history.With only a couple of exceptions, last year began with all spotprice indexes between $2 and $3. It ended with January 2001 indexesranging from $8.56 (Questar) to $18.81 (Transco Zone 6-NYC).
Viking Pricing Proposal Gets Cool FERC Reception
In what some predicted would be a “watershed” decision, FERClast week scrapped a proposal in which Viking Gas Transmissionsought authority to incrementally price existing transportationcapacity as it opened up on its system without filing a full-scalerate case. The Commission did not generically address the issue inthe order, leaving open the door for similar proposals by otherpipelines.
Viking Pricing Proposal Gets Cool FERC Reception
In what some predicted would be a “watershed” decision, FERClast week scrapped a proposal in which Viking Gas Transmissionsought authority to incrementally price existing transportationcapacity as it opened up on its system without filing a full-scalerate case. The Commission did not generically address the issue inthe order, leaving open the door to similar proposals by otherpipelines.
