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Energy

PrintE-mail Pennsylvania DEP issues $1M in fines to major gas driller

Written by Dick Pryor Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:18

ChesapeakeHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania state regulators have fined natural gas drilling company Chesapeake Energy Corp. more than $1 million, which officials say is the single largest fine for an oil or gas operator in the state. The state Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday that the fine stems from Chesapeake's contamination of private water wells with methane gas in northern Pennsylvania and a tank fire at a drilling site in southwestern Pennsylvania. DEP Secretary Michael Krancer says it's important that natural gas drillers take very seriously their responsibilities to comply with environmental regulations. Chesapeake confirms that it is agreeing to pay the fines and says it has improved its well-construction practices, but it's not assuming blame for the water well contamination.

 

PrintE-mail Md. Plans Lawsuit Over Spill of Fracking Fluid

Written by Dick Pryor Tuesday, 03 May 2011 17:51

ChesapeakeBALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland's attorney general says he plans to sue a gas-drilling company over a spill of thousands of gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid into a Susquehanna River tributary last month. Douglas Gansler said Monday he has filed a notice of intent to sue Oklahoma-City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. for allegedly violating federal anti-pollution laws. A company spokesman tells The Baltimore Sun that the April 19 spill into Towanda Creek in Leroy Township, Pa., had a limited environmental impact with no adverse effects on aquatic wildlife. He says the spill had no effect on the Susquehanna River, which empties into the Chesapeake Bay. Gansler says the fluid contained toxic chemicals. Drilling companies use it to fracture the bedrock and release natural gas from the Marcellus Shale, which underlies parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland ---

PrintE-mail Pipeline Firm Threatens to Use Eminent Domain

Written by Dick Pryor Thursday, 14 April 2011 20:04

TRANSCANADAOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico is again threatening landowners with court action if they don't sell TransCanada the rights it needs to build the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada was criticized last summer for mentioning eminent domain in letters to landowners. Company spokesman Terry Cunha says TransCanada has agreements with more than 80 percent of landowners along the six-state route and wants to be ready if the project is approved. National Wildlife Federation spokesman Tony Iallonardo says TransCanada shouldn't bully landowners before it secures U.S. State Department approval. The project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada has also proposed connecting to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.

PrintE-mail Pipeline firm threatens to use eminent domain

Written by Dick Pryor Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:34

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico is again threatening landowners with court action if they don't sell TransCanada the rights it needs to build the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada was criticized last summer for mentioning eminent domain in letters to landowners. Company spokesman Terry Cunha says TransCanada has agreements with more than 80 percent of landowners along the six-state route and wants to be ready if the project is approved.

National Wildlife Federation spokesman Tony Iallonardo says TransCanada shouldn't bully landowners before it secures U.S. State Department approval. The project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada has also proposed connecting to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.

 

PrintE-mail Preliminary magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Arkansas

Written by Dick Pryor Thursday, 07 April 2011 17:55

GREENBRIER, Ark. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a magnitude 3.6 earthquake near Greenbrier in central Arkansas. No injuries or damage is reported. The quake was recorded at 9:34 p.m. about two miles northeast of Greenbrier. The site is about 35 miles north of Little Rock. There have been more than 1,000 quakes in the area since September - including the largest quake to hit the state in 35 years - a magnitude 4.7 on Feb. 27. Two natural gas companies have shut down two injection wells in the area as researchers study whether the operations are connected to the earthquakes. Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and
Clarita Operating of Little Rock have shut down the wells.

 

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