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Pennsylvania legislators propose separate regulations for conventional and unconventional drilling operations
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on May 15, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
Three Pennsylvania state representatives plan to introduce legislation that would separate regulations for conventional and unconventional drilling operations, asserting that “conventional drilling is, without question, far different than drilling in the Marcellus Shale, and it simply makes no sense to apply the same standards to these operations.” They argue that conventional drilling has been overlooked … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on May 2, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
Shareholders, including the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, are calling for Chevron, ExxonMobil, EOG Resources, Occidental Petroleum, and Pioneer Resources to disclose their hydraulic fracturing risk assessments. In their Proposal No. 6 on Chevron’s 2014 Proxy Statement which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Sisters of St. Francis state that … Continue reading
More briefs filed in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on April 28, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
Briefs continue to be filed in Robinson Township, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., Case No. 284 MD 2012, in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court concerning two issues: (1) whether the valid provisions of Act 13, P.L. ___, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Commonwealth’s Oil and Gas Act) are severable … Continue reading
Pennsylvania DCNR releases report on impact of shale gas development on public lands
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on April 23, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On April 16, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) issued a long-awaited report concerning shale gas activities in the state’s forests. In late 2010, the Bureau of Forestry initiated a Shale-Gas Monitoring Program to “track, detect, and report on the impacts of” shale gas development and “to provide objective and credible … Continue reading
Court upholds Pennsylvania’s forced pooling statute as constitutional
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on April 22, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On April 8, 2014, a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas judge upheld the state’s controversial forced pooling statute (section 34.1 of the Oil and Gas Lease Act) as constitutional. This pooling statute, which was signed into law on July 9, 2013, gives drillers the ability to pool leased properties into one unit for horizontal wells, … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on April 4, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
In a decision dated December 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Middle District, struck down major portions of Act 13, P.L. ___, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Commonwealth’s Oil and Gas Act) as unconstitutional. Robinson Township, et al v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al, No. 284 MD 2012 In the 4-2 decision, … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on March 31, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
The comment period for the Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed surface operations rules ended on March 14, 2014. These proposed rules would update Chapter 78 of the Pennsylvania Code relating to the construction and operation of oil and gas wells. The proposals focus on surface activities on and off well sites, such as waste … Continue reading
By Lauren Brogdon (US) on March 18, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On March 11, 2014, Pennsylvania House Bill 1684, which would have established fixed minimum royalty payments for landowners with unconventional gas leases, was tabled in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was apparently unable to move the bill to a vote due to inconsistency in the wording of the … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on February 26, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, New York, Northeast, United States
In mid-2008, the New York legislature passed regulations covering high volume hydraulic fracturing. Then-governor David Patterson ordered the DEC to conduct an environmental evaluation of fracking and horizontal wells and ordered the well approval process halted until the study was completed which was anticipated to be November 2009. A draft report was published in September … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on February 7, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On January 30, 2014, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Christine Ward dismissed her January 8th order agreeing to reconsider her memorandum opinion in which she granted an injunction allowing an oil and gas production company “reasonable ingress, egress, access to and use of the…properties of…sixteen (16) oil and gas leases…for the purpose of … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on February 6, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On December 19, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Middle Division, issued an opinion striking down major portions of Act 13, P.L. ___, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Commonwealth’s Oil and Gas Act) as unconstitutional. Robinson Township, et al v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al, Nos. 63, 64, 72 and 73 MAP 2012 … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirms lower court’s decision to deny legislators’ application to intervene in Act 13 lawsuit
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 24, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On April 20, 2012, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court denied the application of two Republican legislators to intervene in the lawsuit in which the constitutionality of Act 13, P.L. ___, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Commonwealth’s Oil and Gas Act) is being considered. The legislators appealed this order to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 22, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On January 14, 2014, six municipalities and an environmental group filed their answer to the state’s application for reconsideration of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s December 19, 2013 decision in which the court struck down major portions of Act 13, P.L. _____, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Oil and Gas Act) as … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 21, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On January 13, 2014, the Pennsylvania Senate’s Appropriations Committee passed S.B.411 which would amend Pennsylvania’s Environmental Good Samaritan Act to limit the liability of mine operators who provide “treated mine drainage from a permitted mining activity site” for reuse in hydraulic fracturing operations in oil and gas development. The mine operators would be “immune from liability … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 17, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
Upon a request from over 60 Pennsylvania landowners, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Christine Ward agreed to re-consider her granting of an injunction to allow an oil and gas production company “reasonable ingress, egress, access to and use of the . . . properties of . . . sixteen (16) oil and gas … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 14, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, New York, Northeast, United States
On December 17, 2013, the trustee and a shareholder for a bankrupt energy company sued New York’s governor, its Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) and other state officials, asserting that the shareholder has lost over $21 thousand due to the decrease in the value of the company’s stock and that the company has lost more than $100 million … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 10, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On January 2, 2014, the administration of Governor Tom Corbett filed an application for reargument, asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Middle District, to reconsider its December 19, 2013, decision striking down major portions of Act 13, P.L. ___, 58 Pa. C.S. §§2301-3504 (a substantial re-write of the Commonwealth’s Oil and Gas Act) as unconstitutional. In … Continue reading
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on January 7, 2014 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
On December 26, 2013, the judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, ordered 69 individuals and one golf course in Allegheny County to allow an oil and gas production company “reasonable ingress, egress, access to and use of the…properties of…sixteen (16) oil and gas leases identified in the Amended Complaint for … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down major portions of Act 13 as unconstitutional
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on December 20, 2013 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, Northeast, Pennsylvania, United States
Late yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a highly fractured set of opinions, struck down major portions of Act 13, the revised Oil and Gas Act. Four opinions (totaling more than 200 pages) were issued: a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, a dissenting opinion, and a second dissenting opinion. The newest member of the Supreme … Continue reading
Do state energy laws preempt municipal zoning ordinances banning oil and gas development?: Briefs filed in NY CASE
By Barclay Nicholson (US) on December 20, 2013 Posted in Hydraulic fracking, New York, Northeast, United States
On May 2, 2013, a New York state appeals court issued an order upholding a local ordinance banning all activities related to the exploration for, and production or storage of, natural gas and petroleum in the Town of Dryden, New York. The court affirmed the judgment of the lower court, entered on February 22, 2012, … Continue reading