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Annual Pa. Natural Gas Impact Tax Revenues Top $164 Million

Marcellus Shale Coalition

communities to date; Consumer savings top $10 billion in 2024 PITTSBURGH, PA – June 23, 2025 – Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee, the state’s tax on natural gas development, generated $164.5 Natural gas development remains a key economic driver in Pennsylvania. Nearly $3 billion generated for Pa. PUC data shows.

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Why predictions of “peak oil” are always wrong: The mirage of “peak oil” in America

Oil & Gas 360º

(World Oil) – The media are reporting new predictions that oil production in America is in irreversible decline. As a regulator of the nation’s largest oil and natural gas producing state, I’ve seen these scary headlines many times before, but here’s the good news: they are always wrong. He was right—for a time.

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law

Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) added language creating a permitting exemption for uncontaminated runoff from Oil and Gas operations.

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Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

The Energy Law

By Claire Bienvenu On May 23, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated EPA’s rule exempting discharges of sediment resulting from oil and gas construction activities from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. 06-73217 (9th Cir.

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Haynesville Shale EXPO

The Energy Law

Experts describe this mineral formation “as one of the richest fields of natural gas ever discovered in this region.” This has been coined as the largest domestic find of natural gas in recent history. by: April L. Rolen-Ogden Currently, the talk of the town in North Louisiana is the “Haynesville Shale.”

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EPA’s New Audit Program for New Owners of Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

The Energy Law

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had finalized a voluntary disclosure program for new owners of upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production facilities. 1, 2008) – which allow for the elimination of the gravity component of the penalty rather than the entire penalty. 44991 (Aug.

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Energy Bill

The Energy Law

Title I addresses the existing moratoria, future OCS access, exploration, production and royalty questions. House of Representatives passed Speaker Pelosi’s Energy Bill, H.R. 6899, titled “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.”

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