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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 15 to 21 - 42 More Conventional, 7 More Shale Gas Abandoned Wells; Mine Subsidence Under Compressor Station; Conventional Gas Well Explosion; 2 Shale Gas Companies Fail To Report Shale Gas Waste Generation, Production In 12 Counties

PA Environment Daily

From March 15 to 21, DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 855 inspection entries, plus late posted inspection reports from previous weeks. Follow these links to spreadsheets showing the violations and inspections occurring between March 15 to 21-- Click Here for violations issued. Click Here for inspection entries.

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Mine Subsidence Found Under Olympus Energy/Hyperion Natural Gas Compressor Station Construction Site In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

On March 7, Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream LLC notified DEP it found an abandoned coal mine subsidence void under the construction site for its Guardian Natural Gas Compressor Station off Wilderness Road in Trafford, Penn Township, Westmoreland County, according to DEP Oil and Gas Program inspection reports. Olympus/Hyperion said they had been aware of the potential to encounter subsidence at Guardian because of the extensive geotechnical work that has been done on the site, according to DEPs

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Volunteer Firefighters, DEP Respond To Conventional Gas Well Explosion, Fire In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

On March 19, the Department of Environmental Protection was notified of an explosion and fire at a conventional gas well in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. The conventional well, owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co., LLC, exploded and caught fire shortly before 1:00 p.m. on March 19, according to the Manor Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page. DEP arrived on the scene just before 2:20 p.m. and met with the Manor Volunteer Fire Department, Westmoreland City Fire Department and representatives

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DEP Issued Violations To Range Resources, LPR Energy For Not Filing Shale Gas Production And Waste Generation Reports In 12 Counties

PA Environment Daily

On March 19, the Department of Environmental Protection issued notices of violation to Range Resources Appalachia LLC and LPR Energy, LLC for failing to submit required monthly reports of natural gas production, waste generation and disposal for shale gas wells in 12 counties. Five other companies were also cited for the same violation: Ows Energy, LLC, PPG Oper LLC, Baker Gas Inc., John E.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.22.25

PA Environment Daily

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [Its Not A Suggestion] House Voting Schedule March 24, 25, 26 April