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Oil and gas rules move forward after 7-hour meeting, but more conflict looms

Meghan Keely2016-04-22T09:03:10-04:00April 22nd, 2016|

The following is from the Harrisburg Patriot-News / Pennlive.com: Sweeping changes to Pennsylvania's oil and gas regulations were approved by an oversight body Thursday, setting the stage for a likely showdown between Gov. Tom Wolf and the Legislature. Over the course of more than seven hours, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission [...]

Pennsylvania oil and gas group embraces end users

Meghan Keely2016-04-18T09:30:29-04:00April 18th, 2016|

From an April 15 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In the past two years, the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association lost 40 percent of its members. The first to go were the oil and gas service firms, said Lou D’Amico, president and executive director of the Wexford-based trade group. In [...]

Legislative committees use oversight authority to disapprove DEP’s new oil and gas regulations

Meghan Keely2016-04-13T07:27:28-04:00April 13th, 2016|

In a rare move Tuesday, both the House and Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committees took the step of voting to disapprove regulations promulgated by the Department of Environmental Protection that would put new requirements on Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industries. The regulations are due to be considered by the [...]

PIOGA statement on challenge to Chapter 78 regulations applicability to small producers

Meghan Keely2016-03-25T13:21:43-04:00March 25th, 2016|

Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President & Executive Director Louis D. D’Amico today issued the following statement on the legal challenge filed yesterday by Christopher Carusone of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC for the Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers (PIPP) to stop the imposition of new and burdensome regulations [...]

Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force presents report, top 12 recommendations to governor

Meghan Keely2016-02-18T14:10:49-05:00February 18th, 2016|

In its report to Governor Tom Wolf, the Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force has identified a dozen top recommendations, along with a broader set of 184 suggestions, to help Pennsylvania achieve responsible development of natural gas pipeline infrastructure in the Commonwealth. The task force presented the recommendations in six major categories, [...]

Severance tax on shale gas still in Wolf’s budget

Meghan Keely2016-02-11T11:17:18-05:00February 11th, 2016|

The following is from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The structure of Gov. Tom Wolf's latest attempt to increase taxes on shale gas production might open the door to consideration by Republican lawmakers, a key GOP critic said Wednesday, though industry leaders remain dead-set against the move. The proposed budget that Wolf [...]

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