These new and proposed regulatory changes are likely to significantly affect project design and construction in Pennsylvania.

PIOGA commemorates Earth Day 2021 by recognizing the contributions being made to improving our nation's air quality through the increased use of Pennsylvania-produced natural gas.

Oil and natural gas pipelines have been utilized for more than a century and a half to transport those commodities, from the first 2,000-foot oil pipeline built in northwest Pennsylvania in 1865 soon after Col. Edwin Drake’s well, to today’s interconnected network of lines that span multiple states and thousands of miles.

The Delaware River Basin Commission has voted to ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the four-state Delaware River watershed. The action itself comes as no real surprise, only that it took so long to finalize.

The debate over the issue of “100 percent” renewable energy is the subject of considerable debate today, and will continue to be well into the future

Operators of unconventional wells may wish to closely monitor these regulatory changes to determine the impact on their operations.

PIOGA commends the Independent Regulatory Review Commission for recommending a delay in any further action on the governor's efforts to force the state into the regional CO2 cap-and-trade program.