Many conventional oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania are on private land. Landowners who host these wells may want to consider the future of these wells and the liability they might have.
Pennsylvania has a record amount of funding to plug older wells, but often it will require some cooperation from landowners who host these wells.
Landowners may be able to locate where roads are temporarily constructed and how the infrastructure that is attached to these wells are handled.
They may have considerable influence throughout the entire process and may also be able to assist the regulator and the well plugger in locating unmapped wells and infrastructure.
Join Extension presenters to learn more about the regulations and process of cleaning up these potential problems on your property.
Who is this for?
-- Landowners
-- International energy regulators
-- Energy policymakers
-- Local governments
What will you learn?
-- History of oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania
-- Identifying and remediating orphaned and abandoned wells
Click Here to register and for more information.
Visit the Penn State Extension webpage for information on many more educational opportunities.
Resource Links:
-- Shapiro Marks Plugging 200th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well: These Companies Will Do Anything To Avoid Paying For Plugging; It’s Not Okay Some In The Legislature Are Shielding Them; Text Well Locations [PaEN - 3.12.24]
-- Republican Rep. Causer Blames DEP Database For Showing Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Abandoning, Not Plugging Their Wells; Industry Wants To Redefine Well Owner Responsibility For Abandoned Wells [PaEN - 3.27.24]
-- DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells [PaEN]
-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells [PaEN - 4.24.23]
-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average [PaEN - 4.24.23]
Related Articles This Week:
-- Rep. Vitali To Introduce Bill Banning The Disposal Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By Dumping It On Public Roads; Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It [PaEN]
-- Illegal Wastewater Dumping Continues, Even On Mothers Day, Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners’ Campaign Of Intimidation Of Senate Witness; Now Dumping Before It Rains, On Paved Roads [PaEN]
-- DEP Imposed $2.2 Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018 [PaEN]
-- National Energy Technology Lab, University Of Pittsburgh Say Oil & Gas Wastewater Can Be Major Source Of Lithium For Rechargeable Battery Production [PaEN]
NewsClips This Week:
-- The Energy Age Blog: Shale Gas Violations Run Rampant In Pennsylvania, $2.2 Million In Penalties Assessed
-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Corp. New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp., Washington County Headed To Library, South Park In Allegheny County
-- The Energy Age Blog: Path Of May 11 Tornado In Washington County Ended Between The McIntosh Natural Gas Compressor Station, EQT Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad
-- Marcellus Drilling News: ETF Trends: US LNG Gas Export Capacity To Rise 80% By 2028 [Even With Pause In Permits For New Export Facilities]
[Posted: May 14, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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