Tag archive for ‘natural gas’
Boro seeks to restrict drilling (4)
5/04/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Montrose Borough is in the process of updating its zoning ordinance and in the updated version; council expects to address natural gas drilling. Councilman Sean Granahan said “Supposedly you cannot eliminate an industry but what you can do is restrict the tar out of it to make it unpalatable.” But he added, [...]
Region’s wells rich in gas (Comments Off)
2/23/11 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Three counties across the northern tier of Pennsylvania accounted for more than a third of the natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale in the state during the second half of 2010, according to new production data posted online by the Department of Environmental Protection this week. Although the current [...]
New Milford Twp. informed on seismic tests (Comments Off)
2/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI New Milford Township supervisors learned Wednesday (Feb. 16) about what to expect from seismic testing about to happen. Seismic detection by Geokinetics of natural gas reserves is coming soon to Brooklyn, Harford and New Milford Townships, according to Dennis Bunnell, a Jessup Township supervisor. Bunnell, on behalf of Cabot Oil and Gas, [...]
Local legislators tour gas compressor site (Comments Off)
2/23/11 •
BY ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Times-Shamrock Writer Local legislators got an up-close and detailed look at a natural gas compressor station Friday that is similar to one proposed for Dallas Township. State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township, her assistant Tom Yoniski, state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, and her assistant Carol Sweeney toured Chief Gathering LLC’s Susquehanna [...]
Williams Energy sets up shop (1)
2/15/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Williams Energy, an Oklahoma-based natural gas transportation company in the.Fortune 500, is planning to open offices in Tunkhannock and possibly Nicholson this spring. “By the end of 2013, we project having added close to 100 new jobs in Wyoming and Susquehanna counties,” Appalachian Basin general manager Ryan Savage told a packed [...]
Southwestern buys Exco leases (Comments Off)
2/09/11 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Southwestern Energy Production Co. has purchased all of Exco Resources’ oil and gas leases in Susquehanna, Wyoming and Lackawanna counties, according to an assignment of the holdings recorded in the Lackawanna County recorder of deeds office this week. The two Marcellus Shale drilling companies signed a purchase agreement for the [...]
Compressor station land use regs adopted by county (Comments Off)
2/01/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The morning after the County Planning Commission hesitated in recommending the adoption of an amendment to the county’s land use and subdivision plan, the commissioners voted to put the ordinance change on the books. The amended ordinance specifically addresses natural gas compressor stations and waste water treatment facilities by establishing setback requirements [...]
‘Gasland’ gets Oscar nomination (Comments Off)
1/26/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The documentary “Gasland,” directed by Josh Fox, received an Academy Award nomination Tuesday morning. The film – which deals with natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing impacts – is one of five nominees in the Best Documentary (Feature) category. Dimock Township residents, whose drinking water was affected by nearby drilling, are featured [...]
Water pipeline info request costs boro (Comments Off)
1/26/11 •
BY STACI WILSON Montrose borough will have to pay over $2,700 if it wants to receive the documents council requested from the Department of Environmental Protection in December. Prompted by concerns over the borough’s water supply council requested the documents before DEP scrapped its plan to have a water pipeline run from Montrose to about [...]
Hearing scheduled for proposed change to subdivision ordinance (1)
1/05/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A proposed amendment to the county’s subdivision and land development ordinance that addresses some issues associated with natural gas drilling is moving forward. The amendment developed by the county planning commission in 2010 addresses compressor stations and hydraulic fracturing water treatment facilities. A public hearing regarding the proposed amendment will be held [...]