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Pa. board approves new environmental rules for drillers

Meghan Keely2016-02-03T14:10:27-05:00February 3rd, 2016|

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The state Environmental Quality Board approved sweeping changes to rules for oil and gas drillers despite objections and concerns raised by several advisory committees and lawmakers. The board's members — led by Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley — spent three hours in Harrisburg on [...]

EIA: Natural gas prices could rise as production finally slows

Meghan Keely2016-01-27T10:21:45-05:00January 27th, 2016|

The following article is from Fuel Fix: A historic low in natural gas prices should ease over the next two years, according to a forecast released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Following a December average of $1.93 for the Henry Hub benchmark, federal analysts predict gas prices will [...]

Gov. Wolf targets methane emissions from oil and gas

Meghan Keely2016-01-20T20:01:47-05:00January 20th, 2016|

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Gov. Tom Wolf is moving to toughen regulations on methane emissions from Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry by directing his administration to write rules for existing wells and equipment and to revamp permits for new sources of pollution. The moves — announced Tuesday during a live [...]

PIOGA statement on submittal of final Chapter 78/78a regulations

Meghan Keely2016-01-06T19:04:48-05:00January 6th, 2016|

Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association President Louis D. D'Amico today issued the following statement regarding the state Department of Environmental Protection's transmittal of the final oil and natural gas regulations (Chapter 78 and 78a) to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB): "The development of these regulations over the past four [...]

Wishing you the best this holiday season

Meghan Keely2015-12-21T14:22:11-05:00December 21st, 2015|

New PIOGA Buyers’ Guide is live

Meghan Keely2015-11-04T10:22:43-05:00November 4th, 2015|

PIOGA is pleased to announce that our new exclusive Buyers’ Guide is live at www.paoilgasbuyersguide.com. When we announced the partnership in late spring with Strategic Value Media to create this interactive “one-stop-shop” for our members looking for products and services needed for oil and gas operations, we received many positive [...]