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Clearing Up Myths About Gas ‘Pooling’ Laws
The debate in West Virginia over pooling of the Marcellus Shale has been spirited to say the least. As the debate increases in intensity, emotional rhetoric trumps pragmatism and analysis of what is the best course for developing our resources and how to use these resources within the borders of ...
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 ...
DEP secretary: 1,100 storage tanks found ‘not fit for service’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,000 above ground storage tanks have been found ‘not fit for service’ as part of the required inspections following the chemical spill and water emergency that happened a year ago this week. The Above Ground Storage Act, signed into law last year after the leak of ...
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 ...
WV DEP releases ‘tank rule’ for public comment through Jan. 21
A process that has been in the making since the Legislature's passing of the "tank bill" is beginning to come to a close, right before the anniversary of the chemical spill that affected 300,000 Kanawha Valley residents. A legislative rule required by Senate Bill 373, also known as the aboveground storage ...
