-- DEP - Day 29: Cleanup Of 336,000 Gallon Spill Of Fracking Flowback Fluid From An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Continues At INR OPR LLC Pad In Young Twp., Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Confirms Gas Leak In Gathering Pipeline From Conventional Well Owned By Mid East Oil Co. In Unity Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 5,284: Pressure Testing Confirms Shale Gas Well Casing/Cementing Failure Continues At EXCO Resources PA Well Pad In Sullivan County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 1,391: Complaint Inspection Finds BKV OPR LLC Shale Gas Well With Known Casing/Cement Failure Venting Gas In Wyoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP - Day 14: No Action Taken At K Petroleum Inc. Shale Gas Well Site Where Contaminated Water Found Flowing Down Side Of Storage Tank In Washington County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Inadequate Safety And Training Led To 2025 Explosion At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County, Federal Safety Board Finds
-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County [PaEN - 6.5.25]
-- Inside Climate News Podcast: Jet Fuel In The Water - Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Release In Bucks County
-- Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells: On September 14, 2026, DEP issued Next Level Energy LLC, a company owned by Diversified Energy, company-level violations for abandoning and not plugging one or more oil and gas wells. Copies were not available online, but were listed on DEP’s Compliance Reporting Database
-- 56 Abandoned Conventional Wells Inspected For Federal Well Plugging Program
-- Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities: This time of year DEP focuses on inspection of conventional wells used to fill gas storage areas used over winter to supply gas for heating. DEP inspected 81 wells serving Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Ellisburg and Sharon gas storage reservoirs in Potter County over the last week.
-- DEP issued violations to these 11 shale gas companies for failing to submit monthly production and waste generation/disposal reports: Anegada Energy LLC, CNX Gas Co LLC, Frontier Natural Resources, Iron City Wells LLC, Isaacs Scott J. Jr., M4 Energy LLC, John E. McCool, Medina Res Dev Co LLC, Monona LLC, Nucomer Energy LLC, PPG Oper LLC
-- Click Here for violations issued Sept. 12 to 18
-- Click Here for inspection entries Sept. 12 to 18
Weekly Workload Report - 9.11.26
-- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 43 conventional, 25 unconventional
-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 4,049 conventional and 901 unconventional
-- Enforcements 2026: 329 conventional and 137 unconventional (orders, agreements)
-- Inspections Last Week: 332 conventional and 334 unconventional
-- Year To Date - Inspections: 14,846 conventional and 18,526 unconventional
DEP’s Weekly Oil & Gas Program Workload Report - Most Recent
Report Violations
To report oil and gas violations or any environmental emergency or complaint, visit DEP’s Environmental Complaint webpage.
Text photos and the location of abandoned wells to 717-788-8990.
Check These Resources
Visit DEP’s Compliance Reporting Database and Inspection Reports Viewer webpages to search their compliance records by date and owner.
Sign up for DEP’s eNOTICE service which sends you information on oil and gas and other permits submitted to DEP for review in your community.
Use DEP’s Oil and Gas Mapping Tool to find if there are oil and gas wells near or on your property and to find wells using latitude and longitude on well inspection reports.
[Note: If you believe your company was listed in error, contact DEP’s Oil and Gas Program.]
[Note: These may not be all the NOVs issued to oil and gas companies during this time period. Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.]
PA Oil & Gas Industry, Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 19 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Restart Of Constellation Energy Three Mile Island Data Center Nuclear Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On New Water Quality Permit For Amazon Data Services ADS Berwick Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric JUNI-NEBU 500 kV Transmission Line Project In Perry County To Serve Large Loads [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Stonehouse Substation & Transmission Line Project In Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Nov. 5 Hearing On Natural Soil Products Composting Permit Renewal, Modification For The Facility In Frailey Twp., Schuylkill County [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- Report: Winter Heating Oil Costs Expected To Increase Over 31%, Electric By 9%, Natural Gas By 5.8% [PaEN]
-- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Issues National Hours Of Service Waiver For Transporting Gasoline, Diesel Fuel In Response To Global Fuel Supply Chain Disruptions [PaEN]
-- PUC Study Warns Rapid Data Center Growth Will Cause PJM Electric Grid To Fail Reliability Standard In 2027, If No Further Actions Taken [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation, Load Management Alerts For Sept. 17 For Entire Service Area Due To Hot Weather, 35,000 MW Of Maintenance Outages; Requested DOE Emergency Order [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Maximum Generation Alert Remains In Effect For Sept. 18; Emergency Demand Response Customers Activated On Sept. 17 To Increase Reserve Generation Because More Generation Went Offline [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 2 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawal Requests; Total Of 3 In 2026 [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- River Reporter Guest Essay: Defending The Delaware River Watershed From Shale Gas Fracking - By Delaware River Frack Ban Climate Action Coalition
-- Inside Climate News Podcast: Jet Fuel In The Water - Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Release In Bucks County
-- The Allegheny Front: Inadequate Safety And Training Led To 2025 Explosion At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County, Federal Safety Board Finds
-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County [PaEN - 6.5.25]
-- New York Times: Toxic Fracking Waste Bubbling Up In Ohio From Injection Wells Is Becoming A Political Issue
-- Observer-Reporter: Hundreds Turn Out For NextEra Energy Open House On Fayette County 3.75 GW Data Center Natural Gas Power Plant
-- PennLive: Home Heating Bills Will Cost Up To 31% More This Winter, Report Says
-- PA Capital-Star: Record Diesel Prices Hit Farmers In Pennsylvania, North Dakota And Across The Country At The Wrong Time
-- PennLive: Local Businesses Warn Of Steeper Food Prices Due To Record Diesel Prices
-- PennLive: Think Gasoline/Diesel Prices Are Bad? ‘Buckle Up,’ GasBuddy Analyst Says, It’s Going To Get Worse
-- Wall Street Journal: Oil Executives Say The Great Fuel Crisis Is Here Due To Prolonged Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz
-- TribLive/AP: EPA Eliminates Rule That Limits Planet-Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
-- EPA Finalizes Repeal Of 2024 Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Standards
-- New York Times: EPA Expected To Erase Limits On Climate Pollution From Power Plants
[Posted: September 19, 2026 ] PA Environment Digest
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