PA Environment Digest Blog: Pennsylvania Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot

Here is a snapshot of oil and gas compliance actions taken by the Department of Environmental Protection from October 31 to November 6--

-- DEP: Routine Inspections Find 6 More Anderson Energy SVC LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Venango County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 72: INR OPR LLC Still Collecting Contaminated Water, Building Structures To Recover Water At Cooper Shale Gas Pad From August Spill Of 336,000 Gallons Of Fracking Water In Indiana County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 135: Contaminated Water Discharges Continue, Still Fails To Comply With Cleanup Order At Equitrans Water SVC [EQT] Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 609: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Failed To Take Actions Or Respond To Violations At 2 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 740: Seneca Resources Continues Shale Gas Well Development At Taft Pad While Problems With Contaminated Water Persist At The Tioga County Site [PaEN]

-- DEP: Spill Of Just 1 Barrel Of Conventional Crude Oil From Storage Tanks In The City Of Warren Impacts 7 Miles Of Allegheny River [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reports Low-Flow Stream Conditions Trigger Stop To 51 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 13 More Put On Watch Status [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves $150,000 Penalty Settlement With UGI For Faulty Plastic Natural Gas Pipe Installation Practices [PaEN]

DEP issued or continued 415 violations for abandoning and not plugging conventional oil and gas wells so far in 2006.

- 53 Abandoned Conventional Wells Inspected For Federal Well Plugging Program

-- 7 Federal Methane Emissions Reduction Program Grant Inspections

-- Click Here for violations issued Oct. 31 to Nov. 6

-- Click Here for inspection entries Oct. 31 to Nov. 6

Weekly Workload Report - 10.30.26

-- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 62 conventional, 42 unconventional

-- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 4,784 conventional and 1,096 unconventional

-- Enforcements 2026: 417 conventional and 150 unconventional (orders, agreements)

-- Inspections Last Week: 585 conventional and 316 unconventional

-- Year To Date - Inspections: 18,680 conventional and 21,803 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:

-- Pennsylvania Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - Oct. 31 to Nov. 6 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 7 [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Meeting, January 7 Hearing On First Title V Air Quality Permit For The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- DEP Restarts Comment Period On Chapter 105 Permit For NFG Midstream Covington Double Natural Gas Pipelines Thru Farmington, Deerfield, Chatham Twps. In Tioga County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For CNX Midstream Operating Company Daylighting Project To Protect 3 Pipeline From Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 8 In-Person Community Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Jet Fuel Pipeline Rupture Cleanup In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit To Amazon Data Services For Installation Of 76 Diesel-Fired Backup Generators At New Data Center Project In Falls Twp., Bucks County [PaEN]