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Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Informational Website

Meghan Keely2024-03-12T09:55:33-04:00March 23rd, 2020|

PIOGA is here to help keep our industry informed and to ensure that our members can continue to provide their essential services. We have created an information and resource page to help our members in dealing with this changing situation. This page will be updated on an ongoing basis. Click [...]

PIOGA office closing to help stem the spread of COVID-19

Meghan Keely2020-03-23T19:06:31-04:00March 19th, 2020|

Beginning Friday, March 20, 2020, PIOGA will temporarily close its office in an effort to stop or prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. During this time of temporary closure, the PIOGA staff will be working remotely from their homes

Important update from PIOGA: 2020 Spring Meeting postponed

Meghan Keely2020-03-19T16:29:38-04:00March 16th, 2020|

Recent local and national developments in the efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus have forced the association to postpone this spring's conference, which was scheduled for April 1 at Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh

Western Energy Alliance Members Hit Back Against Claims Oil & Gas Production is “Criminal”

Meghan Keely2020-03-16T15:32:21-04:00February 25th, 2020|

More than 50 Western Energy Alliance executives penned an open letter in a full-page New York Times advertisement on February 24 to respond to several presidential candidates who have claimed an interest in pursuing criminal charges against companies that produce the oil and natural gas

Study funded in part by PA DEP finds no evidence fracking waste harming Pennsylvania streams

Meghan Keely2020-02-25T17:50:33-05:00February 14th, 2020|

A new federal study failed to find evidence that oil and gas production in northern Pennsylvania has contaminated the commonwealth’s forest rivers and streams

News Release: Natural Gas Severance Tax Hidden Again in Gov. Wolf’s Budget Address

Danielle Boston2020-02-14T15:56:56-05:00February 4th, 2020|

PIOGA: Natural Gas Severance Tax Hidden Again in Gov. Wolf's Budget Address Additional Tax Would Devastate Producers in Depressed Market Conditions HARRISBURG, Pa. (Feb. 4) - Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President & Executive Director Dan Weaver today issued the following statement regarding Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal to impose [...]

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