Recent Gas Drilling News (04-19-10 9PM EDT): NY & PA:
"Energy Companies Say Gas Drilling Can Help NYS Finances: "...The energy industry has a proposal to help New York State with its fiscal crisis. It's offering to lease state lands for natural gas drilling..." " (WNYC)- http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/153644 "NY Officials Eye PA Hydrofracking Incident: "...New York State stands to reap millions in revenues by licensing hydrofracking, a process regarded by environmentalists as a "public health threat". Development of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is now under closer scrutiny after sanctions and fines were issued against a driller in nearby Pennsylvania. Capital Distrcit Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports..." " (WAMC NY)- http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1638451 Is Schuyler Napping?: "...A plan by Kansas City-based Inergy Holdings, L.P., to use salt caverns just north of Watkins Glen as a regional storage hub for liquefied petroleum gas could pose significant safety and environmental risks that haven’t drawn much notice locally..." " (Schuyler County NY)- http://www.odessafile.com/features-Mantius9.html "New York officials watch action against gas driller: "...As they move to create rules to oversee natural gas drilling, state environmental officials are keeping an eye on Pennsylvania, where a gas company was banned from drilling because it allegedly contaminated drinking water..." " (Albany Times Union NY)- http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=922839&category=region "Drilling regs could be final by fall: "...The finalization of the state DEC's new natural gas drilling regulations is taking longer than some expected and may not be taking long enough, according to others..." " (Otsego County NY)- http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_109040009.html "Truth or Dare: "...Every time you ask anyone who is pro fracking if the process is dangerous; they invariably say no it is not dangerous, it is very safe, it is not a problem. Yet almost every day there are reports in the media to the contrary..." " (Press & Sun Bulletin NY)- http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100419/VIEWPOINTS02/4190341/Truth-or-Dare "Gas industry to recruit employees at Wednesday job fair: "...There will be an informational and recruiting session for potential workers in the gas drilling industry beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Owego Treadway Inn on Route 17C..." " (NY)- http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100419/NEWS01/4190350/1124/Gas-industry-to-recruit-employees-at-Wednesday-job-fair (Event) "New York Residents Against Drilling to Hold Public Meeting: "...The public is invited to an action-oriented meeting sponsored by NYRAD on Thursday April 29th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the George F. Johnson Memorial Library, 1001 Park St., Endicott..." " (WIVT/WBGH TV Binghamton NY)- http://www.newschannel34.com/content/developingnews/story/New-York-Residents-Against-Drilling-to-Hold/WKfB1KdnJE--4KTPoX5MgQ.cspx "Environmental advocates are dreaming of a green lobby day: "...Two days before the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, environmentally conscious citizens from across New York will be in Albany today for the 20th annual Earth Day Lobby Day..." " (NY)- http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2010-04-19-66962.113122_Environmental_advocates_are_dreaming_of_a_green_lobby_day.html (Event) "Webinar examines urban and rural shale-gas drilling differences: "Sheppard will be the featured speaker during a free Web-based seminar titled Perspectives on Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Southwest Pennsylvania, which will air April 29 at 1 p.m..." " (PA)- http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/webinar-examines-urban-and-rural-shale-gas-drilling-differences/14724.html "Gas Workers in Southwestern PA Find a New Resource: "...Marcellus Shale drilling activity has brought a number of new gas workers from Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Louisiana to the Southwestern counties of Pennsylvania..." "- http://www.mmdnewswire.com/press-release-distribution-8008.html "Yaw Supports DEP’s Strong Oversight Over Drilling Operations: "...Senator Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) said that strong and responsive drilling enforcement efforts by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are a clear indication that the system is working and local environmental interests will be protected when drilling violations are found..." " (PA)- http://www.northcentralpa.com/news/2010-04-19_yaw-supports-dep%E2%80%99s-strong-oversight-over-drilling-operations "Analyst: Cabot Gas' regulatory run-ins won't hurt business long term" (PA)- http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/analyst-cabot-gas-regulatory-run-ins-won-t-hurt-business-long-term-1.736635 "Dimock Residents Want More from Cabot: "...I don't know whether anyone knows if there is a permanent fix to it..." " (WNEP PA)- http://www.wnep.com/news/countybycounty/wnep-susq-dimock-residents-cabot-water,0,1837816.story "Editorial: PennDOT's diligence establishes an example: "...It was only a matter of time before the drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale region began to take its toll...So it wasn't a total surprise when we heard that PennDOT this week revoked a road use permit for Chesapeake Energy Corporation, the second such revocation the company has accrued since March 1..." " (PA)- http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_14902423 "State's forests could pay high price for drilling of Marcellus Shale gas reserves, official warns" (PA)- http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/04/states_forests_could_pay_high.html National & Canadian: "Exxon CEO: Welcomes Any EPA Probe On Shale-Gas Technique"- http://www.easybourse.com/bourse/actualite/marches/exxon-ceo-welcomes-any-epa-probe-on-shale-gas-technique-819056 "ExxonMobil says it favors fracing fluid openness: "...ExxonMobil says it favors disclosing the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing to ease concerns about potential contamination..." " (AP)- http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/04/19/ExxonMobil_favors_fracing_disclosure/ "Cabot Sanctioned Big Time for Dimock Disaster" (NRDC)- http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ksinding/cabot_sanctioned_big_time_for.html "US Refinery Status: Exxon Torrance, Ca., Plant Reports Flaring: "...The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list..." "- http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100419-710259.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesEurope "Ugly Reality of Fracking: "...Ernst, a biologist and environmental consultant to the oil and gas industry, says EnCana "told us ‘we would never fracture near your water.’ But the company fracked into our aquifer in that same year [2004]." By 2005, she says, "My water began dramatically changing, going bad. I was getting horrible burns and rashes from taking a shower, and then my dogs refused to drink the water. That’s when I began to pay attention." More than fifteen water-wells had gone bad in the little community..." "- http://www.greenmuze.com/climate/energy/2562-ugly-reality-of-fracking.html "Dalton Utilties CEO defends hydraulic fracturing: "...Dalton Utilities CEO Don Cope said the water company's potential use of hydraulic fracturing is a "different animal" from a similar technique the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating..." " (Tennessee)- http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/19/dalton-utilties-ceo-defends-hydraulic-fracturing/?local "Gas well leak forces evacuation of nearby residents: "...The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office reports nearly 25 homes in south Caddo Parish were evacuated as a precaution Monday morning, after gas vapors were detected at a well site..." " (Louisiana)- http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=12337997 "Petition prompts Flower Mound to consider measures to slow gas drilling boom: "...A grass-roots initiative aimed at slowing the gas drilling boom in Flower Mound is slated to be discussed Monday night by the Flower Mound Town Council..." " (Texas)- http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/042010dnmetfmdrilling.261f5b895.html "Gas companies blitz Flower Mound residents: "...a Williams official said the company is not trying to influence the upcoming Town Council election...Today several readers sent me a copy of a letter being sent to some residents by another company with drilling interests in the Barnett Shale. Keystone Exploration is making no bones about trying to influence the the election (click on the image to enlarge- http://lewisvilleblog.dallasnews.com/assets_c/2010/04/Keystone-77802.html )..." " (Texas)- http://lewisvilleblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/04/gas-companies-blitz-flower-mou.html "SE District jumps into Super Ditch case: "The board also voted unanimously to oppose an application by Pioneer Natural Gas and other companies drilling for coal-bed methane in the Raton Basin near Trinidad...The state Division of Water Resources considered the water a waste product of mining until a state Supreme Court decision declared coal-bed drilling a consumptive use. Wells that are tributary to the Arkansas River, through the Purgatoire River watershed, must augment depletions to groundwater..." " (Colorado)- http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_43c3b9c4-4aa4-11df-820b-001cc4c03286.html "Colo. Pushes Natural Gas To Cut Plant Emissions: New Colo. Law Pushes Xcel Energy Toward Using More Natural Gas To Cut Power Plant Emissions"- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/ap/business/main6412014.shtml "Gov. Ritter signs historic clean-air clean-jobs act: "...Xcel will work with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to submit a plan to the Public Utilities Commission by Aug. 15, detailing how it will retire or retrofit 900 megawatts of coal-fired capacity. Xcel will give primary consideration to replacing or repowering those plants with natural gas, renewables, greater efficiencies and other cleaner energy sources..." " (Colorado)- http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12335599 "Colorado lawmakers seek roads in forest to vent mine gas: "...A bipartisan group of 15 state legislators asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to grant the U.S. Forest Service authority to allow temporary roads in a roadless area in western Colorado for the purpose of venting gas from a coal mine..." "- http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20100419/NEWS/100419622/1078&ParentProfile=1062 "Drilling Company Sets Sights On Battlement Mesa: "...Antero says they don't have an economic way to drill farther away from the community and still reach the natural gas..." " (Colorado)- http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/91559059.html "Colo Natural Gas Bill Praised, Scorned: "..."This bill simply allows Xcel Energy to re-power with a much more expensive energy fuel, i.e., natural gas," says Colorado Mining Association President Stuart Sanderson, who argues the state is backing itself into a costly corner..." "- http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kunc/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1638672/Regional/Colo.Natural.Gas.Bill.Praised..Scorned. 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