Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Cecil-based Consol Energy receives approval to begin Marcellus shale gas drilling on airport land.
Allegheny County Council has approved an ordinance authorizing the lease of more than 9,000 acres of land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport for Marcellus shale gas extraction. Council members approved the ordinance earlier this evening. Much of the land in question is located in Moon and Findlay townships. The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports the measure was approved in a 9-to-4 vote with one abstention. The lease will enable drilling to take place on county-owned land for the extraction of "oil, gas, natural gas liquids, and other materials," according to a statement from the county. With the ordinance, the Allegheny County Airport Authority has entered into a 20-year agreement with Cecil-based energy provider Consol …
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Consol Energy is expected to soon begin drilling on land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport.
More than 150 people turned out at a Marcellus shale open house in Findlay Township Monday night, the Post-Gazette reports. The event, held at the Findlay Township Activity Center in Imperial, was planned as an informational session for residents with questions about shale extraction that is set to take place on county-owned land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport, much of which lies in Findlay and Moon. Residents were able to ask questions about drilling's economic impact, and air concerns about its potential health hazards. From the Post-Gazette: "We're ready," said Terry Mamone of Findlay, who is paying tuition for her 20-year-old son to attend college and already has leased gas rights on the family's 243-acre property to …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Find out how you can speak at Thursday's meeting—when Allegheny County Council will consider shale drilling on land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport.
Allegheny County Council will hold a public hearing Thursday, gathering input on whether Consol Energy should begin extracting shale gas from the more than 900 acres of land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport—much of which is in Moon Township. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will introduce a 30-year agreement between the Allegheny County Airport Authority and the Cecil-based energy company. The council will not take action on the measure at the meeting. Consol has agreed to pay a lump-sum of $40 million in addition to an 18-percent royalty on annual natural gas proceeds generated from airport land, according to Pittsbugh Post-Gazette. The Federal Aviation Administration mandates that all gas proceeds must be used towards …
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Friday, February 1, 2013
The oil and gas corporation is considering using Moon Township has the site of its regional headquarters, according to reports.
The Pittsburgh Business Times reports that Chevron Corp. is considering a 43-acre property in Moon Township for its new regional headquarters. The Times reports that the property, owned by the Rouser Road-based Roy F. Johns commercial property firm, has been placed under contract for consideration. Chevron entered the Marcellus shale extraction industry in 2011, when it purchased the firm Atlas Energy, of Moon Township. The exact location of the proposed office park was not immediately available. Chevron is eying locations in southwestern Pennsylvania for a new regional hub. The oil and gas company now maintains an office on Coraopolis Heights Road in the township. Allegheny County Council next week will consider entering into a 30-…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The board moves to prohibit drilling in areas of the township.
Marcellus shale drilling is banned in areas of Moon Township zoned for residential, commercial or educational uses, according to a newly revised ordinance approved by the Moon Board of Supervisors. Drilling is permitted to take place in districts zoned for mixed use, research and technology, airport operations and open space, such as Moon Park or the Moon Golf Club. Supervisors approved the measure in a 5-to-0 vote Wednesday night. The township moved to revise its existing oil and gas drilling ordinance to comply with new conditions of the state's Act 13 law, which regulates natural gas drilling in the state. Supervisors examined three versions of the revised ordinance; each providing various restrictions on where in the township …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The township re-examines local Marcellus shale zoning issues.
Moon Township will host a public hearing in December to solicit resident input on the community's oil and gas drilling ordinances, including local regulations for Marcellus shale drilling. Township supervisors will likely adopt an ordinance that evening, restricting oil and gas drilling activities to non-residential portions of the community. The township must comply with new conditions of the state's Act 13 law concerning Marcellus shale drilling activities in the state. In 2011, the Pennsylvania General Assembly approved a piece of legislation that stripped communities of the ability to control oil and gas drilling within their municipality. Moon officials spent much of the year working to revise the township's existing oil and gas …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
County officials are again hoping drilling companies will be interested in the more than 9,000 acres of land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Allegheny County Airport Authority is again releasing bids for gas drilling on the more than 9,000 acres of county-owned land surrounding Pittsburgh International Airport. The airport authority released the bids on Sept. 26, and the deadline to file is Dec. 5, the Post-Gazette reports. Much of the land in question lies in Moon Township. No drilling currently takes place in the township or immediate surrounding area, though a number of companies with a stake in the burgeoning industry have relocated to the township. The county attempted entice drillers to work on airport land before, but the effort ended with no bids submitted. County officials blamed volatile natural gas prices for the lack of interest, the newspaper reports. The …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Several companies looking to expand into the state's growing natural gas industry have settled in Moon Township.
John Lucey, executive vice president of Heckmann Water Resources, said his company relocated last year from Texas to Moon Township's Cherrington Office Park so it could stake its claim in the region's growing Marcellus shale industry. "It's really been an exciting growth story," said Lucey during testimony yesterday before the state House Republican Policy Committee. "And we don't expect this to stop. We expect to keep growing our business." Heckmann, which specializes in the transport and treatment of water used for natural gas and oil drilling, added some 400 employees to its ranks in Pennsylvania since 2011—the year it established itself in the region's Marcellus shale industry. Lucey spoke on behalf of the company during a public …
Monday, August 6, 2012
'The residential and commercial growth of Pennsylvania municipalities is currently hampered if not practically halted during the pendency of this court’s decision,” the court filing read.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Commission last week asked the state Supreme Court to consider an expedited hearing for its appeal of a Commonwealth Court ruling that struck down the zoning portions of the Keystone State’s new Marcellus Shale law. moon On Friday, attorneys for the cluster of communities—including Cecil and Peters townships—a medical doctor and a nonprofit that filed the challenge to Act 13 that spawned the ruling have joined the state in its request—but not for the same reasons. “The inherent uncertainty of this court’s pending determination for municipalities and local officials and municipalities and local officials to perform any effective land-use planning,” attorneys said…
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Do you support Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal to give Shell Oil a $1.65 billion tax break?
Gov. Tom Corbett wants to give Shell Oil tax credits worth $1.65 billion over 25 years so the company will build a refinery in western Pennsylvania to capitalize on the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom, according to Businessweek. Corbett says the deal could help reinvigorate manufacturing in Pennsylvania and create jobs. Critics, however, say Shell would probably bring its business to the state without the tax incentives. Corbett has also been criticized for cutting social service and school funding. Shell is the world's second largest company by revenue and made profits of $31 billion last year. What do you think? Sound off below in the comment section below.
Mary Sue Penquite Fiscus
9:26 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
The limits set for drilling I assume are to eliminate the eye sore. The horizontal drilling can go up to a radius mile so residents will still bare risks and the Federal Aviation Admin. wants all the proceeds for theirselves?!?!!?? Residents bare all the risks...before a bit is put to the ground, how are you planning to insure public safety? What 3rd party is going to test and monitor? What will … more ›