DEP releases state of environment report

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Environmental Protection recently released the fifth edition of its State of the Environment Report. “It’s a snapshot of as many measurements as we can realistically come up with for the health of the state’s environment; air, land and water,” state DEP Secretary Randy Huffman said. The DEP draws no ...

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2020-06-01T14:54:37+00:00June 17th, 2015|

Marshall County plant loses fracking fight

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia judge has thrown out new legal challenges to a plan for natural gas production near a Marshall County chemical plant. Late in December, Marshall Circuit Judge David W. Hummel dismissed legal complaints filed by Axiall Corp. over the natural gas drilling and production operation proposed by Gastar Exploration near ...

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2020-02-21T19:24:01+00:00January 6th, 2015|

Debate on Forced Pooling May Return

WHEELING - Lawmakers may resurrect the debate over forced pooling in West Virginia during the upcoming legislative session, according to incoming House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead. Armstead, R-Kanawha, who is expected to be elected speaker when the new Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Jan. 14 in Charleston, confirmed there have been discussions among the GOP leadership ...

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2020-02-21T19:23:51+00:00January 2nd, 2015|

FirstEnergy announces new projects aimed at supporting WV Marcellus Shale industry

In an effort to support northern West Virginia's expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry, FirstEnergy Corp. announced Dec. 22 that it is working on about $100 million in new transmission projects, in addition to evaluating system upgrades on existing equipment. The new facilities include high-voltage substations and transmission lines to accommodate expanding natural gas processing facilities ...

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2015-06-17T20:27:06+00:00December 23rd, 2014|

More Fracking Slated in Morgantown

Amid much controversy, two horizontal gas wells were drilled into the Marcellus shale rock formation in 2011 just barely outside of Morgantown. Now two more wells are slated to be drilled on the same pad in the summer of 2015, but the company, Charleston-based Northeast Natural Energy is teaming up this time with a host ...

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2015-06-17T20:38:45+00:00December 17th, 2014|

Wood County 8th Grade Career Day

Executive Director, Charlie Burd, represented the Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia Friday, December 12 at Wood County 8th Grade Career Day. Students from Hamilton Middle School and Williamstown High School stopped in at the IOGAWV booth to learn more about the Oil and Gas Industry and it's related job opportunities.  Hamilton Middle ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00December 12th, 2014|
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