Does the industry have a BMP manual with practices for protecting sensitive areas?
There are a host of regulations that protect sensitive areas. For example, prior to a natural gas operator constructing a [...]
Is it controlled enough and constructed enough to know where it is headed?
We’re going to guess that your question refers to the movement of gas. If not, please resubmit and we’d be [...]
What is the long-term beneficial impact on air quality in PA by using natural gas to produce electricity in the states to the West?
Through leveraging more homegrown natural gas to meet our nation’s growing energy demands, both in power generation as well as [...]
Does fracking occur once in each well or is it a continuous process that is repeated constantly?
In the vast majority of cases, a well is fractured once. However, in some cases, operators may choose to re-frac [...]
How do you know with certainty that our drinking water will not be affected?
History, strong regulatory oversight and modernized well casing standards, is the short answer. Specific well integrity and cement regulations have [...]
What is being done to address the dust from those roads?
Natural gas development is certainly an industrial activity that in some cases, and depending on the current weather conditions, can [...]
Discuss the tax structure and implications of that tax structure knowing there is $1.65 billion tax credits being offered to Shell.
It’s our understanding that the tax credit you are referring to is available to any petro-chemical company that locates in [...]
Has enough research been done to know for certain there are no health issues caused by disposal water from fracking?
Oil and gas development has a long and storied history in Pennsylvania. More than 350,000 oil and gas wells have [...]
Could environmentally friendly housing be sent to the region?
We don’t see why not, however that’s a decision that will be made by regional developers and county housing agencies. [...]
How do you respond to complaints about tap water ‘catching fire’, houses exploding, water contaminated?
Shallow natural gas – or methane – has historically been, and continues to be, present in communities across Pennsylvania. This [...]
