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Gas industry expert: Governor-elect Wolf shouldn’t tax natural gas

Meghan Keely2014-12-09T10:00:30-05:00December 9th, 2014|

If Pennsylvania wants to continue benefiting economically from its Marcellus Shale natural gas boom, it should avoid slapping drillers with a severance tax. That's the warning issued by John Felmy, chief economist with the American Petroleum Institute, who visited Palmer Township Friday to address a meeting of the Lehigh Valley [...]

More than 1000 miles of natural gas pipelines planned

Meghan Keely2014-11-14T14:39:49-05:00November 14th, 2014|

There’s not enough pipeline infrastructure in our region to move all the natural gas coming from fracking in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays to other markets.That’s changing. Big pipeline projects (some with hefty price tags) are in the works to move the gas and natural gas liquids. Some of [...]

Talking about the negative impacts of a severance tax

Meghan Keely2014-11-04T10:50:36-05:00November 4th, 2014|

Interested in what PIOGA predicts will be the fallout from a potential severance tax on natural gas development in Pennsylvania? Take a couple of minutes to listen to PIOGA President & Executive Director Lou D’Amico’s comments about the negative impacts of an additional tax right here.

Pennsylvania townships wary of proposed shale gas tax

Meghan Keely2014-10-28T15:39:18-04:00October 28th, 2014|

There are three basic themes to opposing a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s shale gas production, such as the one currently being proposed by gubernatorial hopeful Tom Wolf and vehemently opposed by incumbent Tom Corbett. There’s the burden on townships who stand to lose the impact fee they’ve been receiving for [...]

A reminder from PIOGA: Get out to vote!

Meghan Keely2014-10-21T16:39:05-04:00October 21st, 2014|

Two weeks from today we have the opportunity granted by our forefathers to determine the direction our state and our country will be taking over the next years. In Pennsylvania, we have a sitting Governor in great danger of being Pennsylvania's first governor to be denied a second term. The [...]

Henry Hub, king of U.S. natural gas trade, losing crown to Marcellus

Meghan Keely2014-09-25T10:33:16-04:00September 25th, 2014|

(Reuters) - For nearly a quarter-century, traders around the world have looked to a spot in Louisiana for the best price of U.S. natural gas. Now they're looking east. The Henry Hub in southern Louisiana, which connects to more than a dozen on- and offshore pipelines from Texas and the [...]

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