On August 3, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated another municipal zoning decision favorable to oil and gas development....
Tags: Municipal Ordinances, Municipal Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy,
On June 1, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision, held that, without first establishing a sufficient...
Tags: Zoning, Oil and Gas, Energy, Pennsylvania
On May 15, 2017, the Commonwealth Court issued a 2 to 1 decision holding that Sunoco Pipeline has the statutory power of eminent...
Tags: Pipeline, mariner east, Oil and Gas, Eminent Domain,
In its decision of Snyder Brothers, Inc. v. Public Utility Comm'n, 1175 C.D. 2015 (Mar. 29, 2017), the Commonwealth Court was...
Tags: Act 13, Impact Fees, Unconventional Well Pads, Stripper Wells,
On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection enacted its new regulations covering...
Tags: Unconventional Well Pad Development, Chapter 78a, Oil and Gas Regulations, DEP,
With the support of its recently elected justices, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in an opinion issued on September 28, 2016,...
Tags: Act 13, Supreme Court, Municipal Ordinances, Oil and Gas,
In its 2015 Oil and Gas Annual Report, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Production reported a record 4.6 trillion...
Tags: Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas Production, DEP, Energy,
On June 27, 2016, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee revived previously introduced legislation...
Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Minimum Royalties, Pennsylvania
Despite formal disapproval by Pennsylvania House and Senate Committees, the Commonwealth's Independent Regulatory Review...
Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Pennsylvania
