Category: Marcellus Shale
Forced Pooling
When the oil company says it is a win/win proposition….you better know that it means that the oil company wins twice! After reading this article I am convinced that sooner than later, the gas and oil industry will wear down our legislature and overcome the opposition to forced pooling. On paper you can see how one oil company has it all planned out. The chart shows how forced pooling will transform you land, farm and wooded sanctuaty into an electric grid-like gasland. MSDRS believes that both the landowners and the oil companies can win together, but we don’t believe that forced pooling is the way to go or that it is the win/win that is purports to be.
Read more: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/11219/1165798-503.stm#ixzz1UM2oH3hX
Marcellus Shale Water and Air Issues
Allegheny County considers air and water controls; Shale Commission details leak Friday, 03 June 2011 10:06 Written by Erich Schwartzel – At a local hearing yesterday, Allegheny County health officials said they’re considering tighter controls on air and water quality for gas drilling here. While state environmental officials have raised no concerns, they noted worries about the cumulative effect of hundreds of wells in the region.
– In Harrisburg, it may felt like there already were hundreds of tax or fee proposals for the gas drilling industry, but there appear to be at least three more. Two tax proposals appeared yesterday, which both take the approach of balancing out their increased tax burden by lowering another tax (which would keep with the no-tax-hike pledge that Gov. Tom Corbett signed). And industry leaders are privately touting a three-year fee plan, which would assess a well for $90,000 over that period, reports Capitolwire.com (subscription-only.)
– And more draft recommendations from the governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission are leaking out: the Times-Tribune of Scranton reports that DEP Secretary Michael Krancer is seeking “stronger buffer zones to keep natural gas drilling away from water sources, tougher penalties and bond requirements, and a “cradle-to-grave” manifest system to track wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.”