News Archives
July 2010
7/30/10 Different towns, different rules in PA
7/29/10 API issues new Marcellus economic study (see Links and Downloads)
7/29/10 Talisman Energy profits jump
7/29/10 IOGA of NY urges lawmakers not to pass moratoria bills
7/29/10 Marcellus Shale drilling drives economic growth
7/29/10 EPA to study health impacts of hydrofracing
7/29/10 Senate bill includes fracing info
7/29/10 Range and Talisman in joint venture
7/26/10 Cabot steps to the plate
7/26/10 Battle over natural gas continues
7/26/10 A Marcellus plan for PA
7/26/10 Geological Survey to study water withdrawals in NY thanks to Hinchey [waste of money]
7/22/10 Range is king of the Marcellus
7/20/10 PA Legislature likely to pass severance tax in October [likely include forced pooling, etc.]
7/20/10 Sullivan County NY needs money
7/20/10 WV leasing group offers
7/19/10 See Update below for acreages in Tioga County and progress toward lease sale
7/14/10 Letter sent to legislators in NY opposing moratorium bills [impressive array of support from diverse groups]
7/14/10 PA DEP directive to gas well operators re blowouts
7/14/10 Marcellus Shale Consortium Gas Summit
7/14/10 More on Force pooling legislation
7/13/10 Force pooling legislation proposed in PA - as we predicted; a good thing for the Coalition
7/13/10 Tougher regulations sought
7/13/10 Drilling forecasts decades of growth in PA
7/13/10 Cong. Hinchey wants federal regulation, but maybe only disclosure of chemicals
7/12/10 How drilling companies won't take no - compulsory integration in NY
7/12/10 A Shale Gas boom brings change
7/12/10 Concern spreads over environmental costs
7/12/10 Keeping farms as farms - thank you, natural gas
7/12/10 Moratorium bills having difficult time in NY [a very good thing]
7/12/10 Natural gas companies here to stay
7/12/10 Utica Shale important
7/10/10 Big Money drives up betting on Marcellus
June 2010
6/28/10 Community support strong at NY Forum
6/28/10 Syracuse Professor fed up with misinformation
6/28/10 Study says US natural gas use to double
6/28/10 Mundy (PA legislator) pushing moratorium
6/21/10 "Gasland" Debunked; great response to inaccurate and unscientific film
6/21/10 "Gasland" to air on HBO; see IPAA email on inaccuracies
6/21/10 Don't rush drilling plans in NY; [how may years should we study and wait?]
6/21/10 Offshore drilling may hasten natural gas
6/16/10 Marcellus moratorium in NY bad idea; legislators not listening to professionals
6/16/10 Marcellus law change proposal in PA includes pooling
6/14/10 Texas firm planning pipeline expansion
6/14/10 Positve outlook for Utica Shale
6/14/10 Life changing in Bradford County, some good, some bad
6/14/10 "Gasland" panned by New York Times (amazing)
6/14/10 Landowners tell Albany legislators to get out of the way
6/9/10 PA editorial: PA explosion cause for concern
6/9/10 Landowner rally in Albany to tell legislators to let NYSDEC do its job
6/9/10 Sen. Libous supportive of 'measured policy' for drilling in NY
6/9/10 Contact elected officials to voice opinion on NY legislation; IOGA of NY website
6/9/10 Legislation in NY very problematic
6/9/10 Land prices increasing because of drilling
6/2/10 Group: natural gas drilling threatens Delaware River
6/1/10 Harrison NY opposes hydrofracing; nothing new in NY
6/1/10 Bradford County gains employment
6/1/10 Penn Virginia acquires Tioga, other acreage
6/1/10 More on Shell purchase of East
5/28/10 SHELL BUYS EAST RESOURCES, GREAT NEWS FOR TTLC LANDOWNERS!
May 2010
5/28/10 NY's Rock Opera
5/28/10 Huffington Post's take on NY
5/27/10 Marcellus Shale Coalition announces new interactive site
5/27/10 New Penn State study says investment in Marcellus to triple from 2008 to 2011
5/27/10 Colorado lawmaker withdraws amendment
5/27/10 Environmentals spar with industry over proposed NY legislation
5/27/10 New economic study for NY
5/24/10 Firms find more gas beyond Marcellus - important information!
5/24/10 New player emerges - Williams
5/24/10 Gas yields higher than expected
5/24/10 Pipeline extensions in Susquehanna & NY
5/24/10 Chesapeake royalty payments top $1 billion in PA
5/24/10 Good article on pros and cons
5/24/10 Marcellus international implications - New Republic
5/24/10 Photographs of Marcellus well
5/24/10 Range ups estimates
5/19/10 Gov. Hoeven (ND and a friend of NY) and Lynn Helms (old friend and colleague) tell EPA to back off, states can regulate hydrofracing
5/18/10 Rendell official defends no bid lease to Andarko
5/18/10 Silent Majority in favor of Marcellus development in NY
5/18/10 NY coalition member in Broome speaks out
5/18/10 PA industry urged to act and comply with new rules
5/18/10 Fracking opponents in Texas in head on collision with the facts
5/14/10 Why drilling activity frenzied
5/11/10 Chesapeake getting more aggressive
5/11/10 EXCO signs joint venture in Appalachia
5/11/10 Schlumberger buys PA plant; still building in Big Flats?
5/10/10 Inflection Energy makes deal in Town of Maine, Broome County
5/10/10 Shale gas will rock the world
5/10/10 Marcellus saving farms
5/10/10 Steuben may take drill cuttings
5/10/10 Encana in PA
5/10/10 Marcellus Golden Egg in PA
5/3/10 Energy companies building pipelines
5/1/10 Sovas response to Albany Times Union Viewpoint (see April 19 below)
April 2010
4/30/10 Chesapeake takes NY Senators on tour of PA; a good move
4/29/10 "Drilling rules should be the same" in NY for inside and outside watershed
4/29/10 Engelder says hogwash on both sides
4/29/10 National Fuel Gas signs two deals
4/29/10 USA Today doesn't do investigative journalism either
4/26/10 PA Forum discusses many issues
4/26/10 Albany Times Union still not satisfied with NYC watershed out
4/26/10 DEC takes political route, drops NYC, Skaneatles watersheds from SGEIS
4/21/10 Marcellus infrastructure inadequate
4/21/10 Governor Paterson weighs in
4/19/10 Albany Times Union environmental opinion doesn't balance need for natural gas, facts
4/16/10 DEC process slowed as expected; now late summer or fall
4/16/10 Range says acre of Marcellus worth more than $50,000
4/16/10 Cabot irresponsible; gives industry black eye
4/15/10 DEC makes major information request from producers, due April 30; another delay?
4/13/10 Lifton introducing NY legislation to give localities right to zone oil and gas - only trouble
4/13/10 Range doing very well
4/12/10 Steuben County to establish task force
4/8/10 Talisman plans to focus on shale
4/6/10 API excellent response to water problems in PA
4/6/10 Clueless Hang at it again in NY
4/6/10 Industry looking for sites in PA
4/2/2010 DUG Conference news, "Willl NY Embrace the Marcellus,";see Links and Downloads for Adam Schultz entire presentation
4/1/2010 Cuomo opinion on NY watershed troublesome
4/1/2010 Gas Drillers in NY worried about Paterson woes
March 2010
3/31/2010 Addison Post article on TTLC headquarters opening, Grand Opening
3/30/10 Gov. Rendell warns gas industry
3/29/10 Texas lease deadlines; not unlike PA, NY
3/29/10 EQT executives:Marcellus Shale most important economic development ‘since the invention of the blast furnace.’
3/29/10 Marcellus rush fuels spinoffs
3/25/10 PA Justices rule against landowners re deductions for royalty
3/25/10 Chief Oil and Gas discusses conservation in PA
3/25/10 Mad Money interview with Rep. Hinchey (10 min.)
3/23/10 BP, others push against federal regulation of hydrofracing
3/22/10 Marcellus to create thousands of jobs in NY
3/19/10 EPA to study hydrofracing
3/18/10 Chesapeake to hold lease signing; read comments as well
3/12/10 Natural gas from shale major fuel of future in US
3/10/10 Hinchey not opposed to natural gas development; softening stand
3/3/10 Statoil secures pipeline agreement
3/1/10 Marcellus shale could be a boon
February 2010
2/25/10 Range plotting Marcellus expansion
2/23/10 PA hearing on environmental protection bill
2/23/10 Energy industry not concerned with Congressional hydrofracing probe
2/22/10 Schlumberger buys competitor for $11 billion
2/22/10 Two service companies admit to using diesel fuel in coalbed methane fracs, not good
2/19/10 Progress on 300 Line Project in PA
2/19/10 Congress to investigate hydrofracing, probably a good thing
2/18/10 Adam Schultz to speak on hydrofracing panel, ESF, Syracuse U., March 1
2/18/10 Tioga County, PA Marcellus Shale Community Education Team
2/18/10 Sen. Bonacic takes on NYC for landowners
2/17/10 Japanese Mitsui buys stake in Anadarko, PA Marcellus
2/16/10 EPA Official says hydrofracing okay
2/14/10 Endless Mountain joins the fray, creates competition
2/12/10 PA issues industrial water discharge permit to plant in Williamsport
2/9/10 Marcellus Shale Coalition on Progress - let's protect landowners in PA (like NY) with correlative rights law changes
2/9/10 Open letter to NY'ers from Jerry Simmons, Exec. Dir. of NARO, and an old friend
2/9/10 Frac fluid graphic showing constituents
2/4/10 More on hydrofracing under attack (see 1/11/10 EXCELLENT Response below also)
2/2/10 NYSDEC adding positions, severance tax proposal
January 2010
1/31/10 Shell interested in Marcellus?
1/29/10 Chesapeake running out of gas?
1/29/10 Pennsylvania proposing new drilling rules
1/28/10 Obama calls for major energy initiatives - all good news for Marcellus
1/28/10 Williamsport Editorial right on the money
1/26/10 Obama meets with energy execs at White House re jobs, State of the Union
1/23/10 Elmira Star Gazette article on our Coalition
1/22/10 Competing pro and con drilling rallies in Albany, Monday, January 25 (see industry flyer)
1/21/10 Wall Street Journal on hydrofracing controversy
1/14/10 Governor Rendell letter to Assembly re Severance Tax - projects 5000 Marcellus permits in 2010!
1/11/10 EXCELLENT DEC Response to Hang Article in Binghamton Press on oil and gas problems
1/11/10 Interest in NY coming back?
1/11/10 Good hydrofracing article
1/7/10 Congressman Massa - how many times do we study?
December 2009
12/30/09 Energy In Depth brings reality to misinformation
12/28/09 Very successful well in Tioga, PA by National Fuel Gas
12/23/09 NYC calls for Marcellus prohibition in NYC Watershed
12/23/09 Congressman Hinchey submits very critical comments, recommendations on SGEIS
12/22/09 Ultra buys acreage at $5000 per acre, interesting info
12/22/09 Exxon Venture may be Prelude
12/20/09 Addison landowners form Coalition - Corning Leader
12/16/09 Range Resources Confident of Marcellus in PA
12/14/09 Exxon to Buy XTO Energy (big news for Marcellus in PA and NY)
12/11/09 IOGA of NY Needs Our Help
12/10/09 Monitoring Streams in PA
12/1/09 Marcellus Shale Coalition to Represent PA Natural Gas Industry
12/07/09 The Hill - Oil, Gas Industries Job Boost (comments at bottom distressing)
12/08/09 NY Times - Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom (somewhat balanced article on pollution fears but recognizes that hydrofracing is not the issue)
12/06/09 Albany, N.Y.- Timesunion.com - Print Story.pdf -Marcellus Approval and Timing (we do not agree; much too pessimistic)
12/2/09 Wellsboro Gazette Article on Twin Tiers Landowners Coalition
November 2009
Support Natural Gas Exploration from Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York11/24/09
Cuomo Announces Agreement with Fortuna Energy on Force Majeure IssueNYS Department of Environmental Conservation Extends the Comment Period on the SGEIS to December 31, 2009