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Fayette County Marcellus Shale Permits 11/16/15 - 11/29/15
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Key
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
Blue stars: Marcellus Gas Well Water Sources.
Municipality shading: number of "facilities", with each well counting separately
(includes the red dots):
Red dots: items in this permit list with an exact location.
Blue stars: Marcellus Gas Well Water Sources.
Municipality shading: number of "facilities", with each well counting separately
(includes the red dots):
gray: 0
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
dark purple: 11
purple: 19
(Color coding may differ from one issue to the next.)
(Note if a project spans multiple municipalities -- e.g. a pipeline -- it will show in the count for each municipality.)
The number of facilities also follows the municipality name in brackets.
Municipality counts are based on the way the permit is listed by DEP; DEP has been known to get a municipality wrong.
Locations in brackets identify a precise location used to locate a surrogate for the actual site being permitted (e.g. locating a well pad or pipeline by the known location of a well.) Locations labeled beginning with "~" and ending in "[?]" are approximate and speculative based on inferences using on-line property and lease records. These are marked in the text as "[Approximate, Speculative]
pale turquoise: 1
turquoise: 2
pale blue: 3
middle blue: 4
dark blue: 6
dark purple: 11
purple: 19
(Color coding may differ from one issue to the next.)
(Note if a project spans multiple municipalities -- e.g. a pipeline -- it will show in the count for each municipality.)
The number of facilities also follows the municipality name in brackets.
Municipality counts are based on the way the permit is listed by DEP; DEP has been known to get a municipality wrong.
Locations in brackets identify a precise location used to locate a surrogate for the actual site being permitted (e.g. locating a well pad or pipeline by the known location of a well.) Locations labeled beginning with "~" and ending in "[?]" are approximate and speculative based on inferences using on-line property and lease records. These are marked in the text as "[Approximate, Speculative]
Cross-hatching: Environmental Justice Areas
Yellow triangles: Compressor Stations
Crosses: Unconventional well permits (may not have been drilled)
Green: "Natural areas", e.g. state game lands, state forests
Yellow triangles: Compressor Stations
Crosses: Unconventional well permits (may not have been drilled)
Green: "Natural areas", e.g. state game lands, state forests
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Source: Pennsylvania Bulletin
26-00588: Laurel Mountain Midstream Operating, LLC (1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, Suite 140, Moon Township, PA 15108) Extension effective November 16, 2015, to extend the period of temporary operation of the three new ultra lean burn natural gas-fired compressor engines rated at 1,380 bhp each and controlled by oxidation catalysts, and the natural gas-fired turbine rated at 15,525 bhp covered under plan approval PA-26-00588 until April 28, 2016, at Shamrock Compressor Station located in German Township, Fayette County.
<http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol45/45-47/2053c.html>
Location: 39.918333,-79.825 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpasXGm--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
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Source: eNOTICE (+ PA Oil and Gas Mapping)
Authorization ID: 1096925
Permit number: ESX15-051-0012
Site: COASTAL CENTRAL WELL PAD ESCGP-2 EXPEDITED
Client: BURNETT OIL CO INC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: New
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 11/12/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1096925>
Location [approximate, speculative] [of COASTAL 1H]: 39.733294,-79.801028 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpgBJ2N--?m=>
Municipalities: Springhill Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Authorization ID: 1087291
Permit number: 051-24580
Site: HALL/HOGSETT UNIT WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Inactive Status
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 08/11/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1104887 HALL/HOGSETT UNIT 13H Well
1104886 HALL/HOGSETT UNIT 13H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1087291>
Location: 39.929327,-79.908822 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY41Hu--?m=>
Municipalities: German Twp [probably incorrect -jr], Luzerne Twp
Authorization ID: 1091031
Permit number: 051-24514
Site: POLK 1H OG WELL
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit Inactive Status
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 09/28/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
1080408 POLK UNIT 3H Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1091031>
Location: 39.746414,-79.529608 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpqHQdO--?m=>
Municipalities: Wharton Twp
Authorization ID: 1091345
Permit number: ESX11-051-0034
Site: DICARLO WELL SITES ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: CHEVRON APPALACHIA LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Amendment
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 10/01/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1091345>
Location [of DICARLO UNIT 13H (surrogate)]: 39.934281,-79.895722 <http://osm.org/go/ZWpY72yi--?m=>
Municipalities: Luzerne Twp
[Conventional Well:]
Authorization ID: 1098234
Permit number: 051-20121
Site: EVELYN M ABBEY 1 WELL
Client: XTO ENERGY INC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Intent to Plug Single Well
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 11/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
56301 EVELYN M ABBEY 1 Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1098234>
Location: 39.864484,-79.567599 <http://osm.org/go/ZWptjg2X--?m=>
Municipalities, Stewart Twp
Authorization ID: 1098235
Permit number: 051-20121
Site: EVELYN M ABBEY 1 WELL
Client: XTO ENERGY INC
Authorization type: Well Plugging Notice Alternate Method
Application type: New
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 11/12/2015
Status: Pending
Sub-Facility ID Sub-Facility Name Description
56301 EVELYN M ABBEY 1 Well
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1098235>
Authorization ID: 1098486
Permit number: 051-24525
Site: CHESS 1H ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: BURNETT OIL CO INC
Authorization type: Drill & Operate Well Permit
Application type: Renewal
Authorization is for: FACILITY
Date received: 10/13/2015
Status: Pending
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1098486>
Location: 39.859844,-79.7907 <http://osm.org/go/ZWplCMCe--?m=>
Municipalities, Georges Twp [an Environmental Justice Area]
Conservation Well: Y
Unconventional Well: N
Well Configuration: Vertical Well
Full Permit from 2014 renewal:
<http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/PaOilAndGasMapping/PdFFetcher.ashx?Doc=9XvZc7AcHxjqLFtb62huZQ%3d%3d&ext=PDF>
[See Notes.]
Authorization ID: 1088126
Permit number: ESX11-051-0022
Site: MUTNANSKY 1469 TO 20/24" TRUNK ESCGP-EXPEDITED
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Notification
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 09/01/2015
Status: Withdrawn on 11/24/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1088126>
Municipalities: Franklin Twp: Menallen Twp: North Union Twp
Authorization ID: 1088129
Permit number: ESX11-051-0016
Site: CONSTANTINE TO LYNN PIPELINE ESXGP-EXPEDITED
Client: LAUREL MTN MIDSTREAM OPR LLC
Authorization type: Expedited E&S Stormwater General Permit 1
Application type: Notification
Authorization is for: SITE
Date received: 09/01/2015
Status: Withdrawn on 11/24/2015
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleAuth.aspx?AuthID=1088129>
Municipalities: Franklin Twp, Jefferson Twp, Menallen Twp, Perry Twp, Redstone Twp, Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland County
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Source: Reuters Commodities: Energy
Natural Gas
| Commodity | Exchange | Currency | Expire | Last Trade | Trade Time | Change | Open | Day's High | Day's Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURAL
GAS CON1 Dec15 |
NYM | USD | 12/29 | 2.23 | 11/30 16:39 | +0.02 | 2.17 | 2.25 | 2.17 |
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Notes:
The notations Conservation Well: Y, Unconventional Well: N, Well Configuration: Vertical Well in the listing for Chess 1 above are taken from PA Oil & Gas Mapping and presumably come from the 2014 renewal of this permit. (The well was originally permitted in 2012, and renewed both in 2013 and 2014.) The full permit for the 2014 renewal shows Anticipated Maximum TVD: 8198 feet.
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DEP defines an environmental justice area as "any census tract where 20 percent or more individuals live in poverty, and/or 30 percent or more of the population is minority". (See:
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pa_environmental_justice_areas/20991>
<http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_enhanced_public_participation_policy/20988>
). There are supposed to be enhanced public participation requirements for permits in environmental justice areas, but news of this actually ever happening is scarce. In Fayette County, the entirety of Springhill, Nicholson, German, and Georges Townships are environmental justice areas, as well as a large part of Dunbar Township. DEP's policy document on public participation guidelines for environmental justice areas is located here:
<http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Version-48671/012-0501-002.pdf>
eNOTICE records are likely to list the same permit multiple times, as that permit moves through the DEP process.
Oil & Gas Wells designated with a site a number and the letter H typically designate horizontal wells.
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Resources:
Pennsylvania Bulletin: <http://www.pabulletin.com/>
eNOTICE: <http://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.
DEP Well Details Report: <https://www.paoilandgasreport
Well Details may not show any
information for new permits and will not show permits which have
not yet been issued. Lookup for Well Details is by permit number.
DEP Permits Issued Detail Report:
<http://www.depreportingservic
DEP SPUD (drilling started) Report:
<http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/Spud_External_Data>
DEP Oil and Gas Compliance Report:
<http://www.depreportingservices.state.pa.us/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/Oil_Gas/OG_Compliance>
DEP PA Oil & Gas Mapping:
<http://www.depgis.state.pa.us/PaOilAndGasMapping>
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access:
<http://www.pasda.psu.edu/default.asp>
DEP Spatial Data Repository:
<ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/dep/>
National Response Center:
<http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/>
EPA-Echo: <http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/
FERC citizen involvement: <http://www.ferc.gov/for-citiz
To receive E-mail notification of
all documents filed in a FERC docket, see:
<http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp >
<http://www.ferc.gov/docs-fili
Follow the directions and enter the docket number to subscribe to.
Township Supervisors receive information regarding Erosion & Sedimentation permits, and these records may be reviewable at township municipal offices.
DEP permits are reviewable through the File Review process, for application to do file review see: <http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/southwest_regional_office/13775/file_review/593164>
Environmental Hearing Board: <http://ehb.courtapps.com/publ
PA DEP Environmental Policy Comment System:
<http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/>
Federal Register Environment: <https://www.federalregister.g
Browsing of recent comment
opportunities for federal agencies, e.g. EPA. Click "sign up" to
subscribe to daily E-mails of new document listings.
SkyTruth Fayette County Drilling Alerts: <http://frack.skytruth.org/pen
EPA Pennsylvania Public Notices: <http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-pennsylvania#notice>
Marcellus Shale waste disposal
injection wells in Pennsylvania are regulated directly by EPA, not
DEP. Notice of any new permit applications will appear at the
above web address. I'm not aware of any subscription service
to be notified of such applications. I'm not aware of any
Marcellus Shale waste disposal injection wells in Fayette County
(yet ...) but we need to monitor this page for future
applications.
Energy Assurance Daily: <http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/ead.aspx>
Daily newsletter from the US
Department of Energy about events relating to energy. The Natural
Gas section has information about pipelines.
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Disclaimers:
This compilation from the above sources was done by hand using copy and paste and may omit relevant permits.
Does not currently include water supply permits. Does not include landfill permits even though many such are for Marcellus Shale waste. (It is not possible at this time to distinguish which landfill permits are for Marcellus Shale waste and which are not without doing File Review for each permit.)
Erosion & Sedimentation permit records do not currently include latitude and longitude. Where I am publishing latitude and longitude with E&S permits it is by inferring an associated well permit and using published latitude and longitude for the well. It is possible I may be inferring the wrong well site.
Municipalities are shown from eFACTS records on the DEP web site. The DEP has been known to list a municipality incorrectly.