This "eye-opening webinar" on Pennsylvania’s legacy oil and gas wells— hundreds of thousands of which predate modern regulations and may pose serious environmental and safety risks.
Learn how aging wells are being identified, assessed, and, in some cases, remediated to prevent issues such as methane leaks, groundwater contamination, and explosion hazards.
Landowners who help locate undocumented wells on their properties may receive $100 per well from the Oil Region Alliance. [Read more here]
This session is essential for landowners, officials, and anyone interested in the hidden infrastructure beneath our feet.
Who is this for?
-- Landowners
-- Farmers
-- Energy regulators
-- Energy policymakers
-- Local government officials
What will you learn?
-- The history of oil and gas development in Pennsylvania
-- How to identify and map legacy wells
-- Environmental and safety concerns related to aging wells
-- Legal and policy challenges
-- Tools and resources available to landowners and communities
-- Details about the $100 incentive for identifying undocumented wells on private property
Click Here to register and for more information.
Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities.
Upcoming Event
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health [PaEN]
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 28 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- 5 Years Later: A Progress Report On PA’s Grand Jury Recommendations For Protecting Public Health, Communities From Shale Gas Industry Impacts - A Long Way To Go [PaEN]
-- DEP Reports It Has No Idea How Many Shale Gas Water/Wastewater Pipelines There Are, The Spills They’ve Had Or Their Impacts [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts July 23 Webinar On Understanding Pennsylvania's Legacy Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets 8th Hearing July 22 On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities [PaEN]
-- Range Resources Proposes To Drill 2 New Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Township, Challenging Its 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp. Completes Successful Lithium Extraction From Shale Gas Wastewater At Susquehanna County Pilot Plant [PaEN]
-- DEP Seeking New Member Of Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board [PaEN]
-- Westmoreland-Based WATT Fuel Cell, Hope Gas In WV Launch Home Natural Gas Fuel Cell Backup Power Program To Strengthen Electric Grid Resiliency [PaEN]
-- Environmental Council Of The States Reports US Senate Budget Bill Removes Repeal Of 23 Inflation Reduction Act Climate/Energy Programs; But Still Rescinds Unobligated Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: A State Grand Jury Report On Fracking Had 8 Recommendations, 5 Years Later, Few Have Been Implemented
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: 5 Years After Landmark PA Grand Jury Report On Fracking, Public Health Goals Remain Largely Unmet, Groups Say
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Boots And Drones Deployed In Hunt For Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Southwest PA
-- Inside Climate News: Kiley Bense: Truckers Say Oil & Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations, Fracking Industry Says No
-- Post-Gazette - Brandon McGinley: July 15 PA Energy & Innovation Summit Will Be The Biggest Day For Pittsburgh In Decades
-- Public News Services: Congress Could Delay Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emission Reduction Program In PA
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Largest Fuel Cell Backup Program In US Rolling Out In WV Marcellus [PDF of Article]
-- PA Lawmakers, Labor, Natural Gas Companies Sent Letter To Governor, House/Senate Members To Celebrate Natural Gas & Oil Day To Prioritize Oil, Gas Resources
-- Observer-Reporter: Decreasing Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Money Squeezing Municipal Budgets; 2nd Lowest Revenue Generated Since Program Began In 2012 [PDF of Article]
-- Uniontown Herald-Standard Editorial: Jeers - Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Dropped To 2nd Lowest Amount Since Distribution Began - Municipalities Can’t Rely On It [PDF of Article]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Act 13 Shale Gas Impact Fee Revenue Drops
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Receives $6.9 Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Sen. Yaw’s Senate District
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Just Part Of Gas Industry’s Success
-- PA Lawmakers, Labor, Natural Gas Companies Sent Letter To Governor, House/Senate Members To Celebrate Natural Gas & Oil Day To Prioritize Oil, Gas Resources
-- Range Resources Reports It Achieved Net Zero In Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2024
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Achieved Net Zero Scope 1 & 2 Emissions In Its Assets Owned In 2024
-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: Residents Near Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Are Still Uneasy
[Posted: June 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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