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Proposed federal regulations expand pipeline requirements

BY R. BROCK PRONKO
Regional Business Analyst

On March 17, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposed new regulations to update critical safety requirements for natural gas pipelines. More...

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March DEP well permits report

BY SPENCER MYERS
Editor

There were 99 drilling permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in the Marcellus Business Central coverage area in the month of March. More...

Shale Gas Innovation Contest finalists named

STATE COLLEGE, PA - The Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center recently announced the finalists of this year’s Shale Gas Innovation Contest. More...

$45 million pipeline expansion project proposed by West Virginia distribution company

CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A natural gas pipeline that will run from Pennsylvania to Martinsburg, W.Va. has been proposed by West Virginia’s largest natural gas distribution company, Mountaineer Gas Company. More...

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High-speed internet project benefits Mifflin County Solid Waste Authority

LEWISTOWN, PA - A high-speed internet project, made possible by a state grant and SEDA-Council of Governments’ assistance, will result in controlled recurring costs for the Mifflin County Solid Waste Authority and other efficiencies which benef More...

Renovations approved for Pitt-Johnstown’s college park apartments

JOHNSTOWN, PA – The $6.5 million renovation of the Pitt-Johnstown College Park Apartments was among the projects approved by the Property and Facilities Committee of the University of Pittsburgh’s board of trustees on March 30, 2016. More...

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Sensor Networks receives funding from Ben Franklin Technology Partners

BY SPENCER MYERS
editor

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA recently awarded an investment totaling $300,000 to Sensor Networks Inc. in Boalsburg. More...

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Central PA industrial park continues to invest through slowdown

BY R. BROCK PRONKO
Regional Business Analyst

In 2011, with the Marcellus shale boom in full swing, two Lycoming County-based real estate developers, Brent M. More...

Final recommendations by pipeline task force await action

BY R. BROCK PRONKO
Regional Business Analyst

In April, Governor Wolf was scheduled to comment on his pipeline task force’s final report, which was released in February, and talk about what he plans to do with the recommendations, but the governor’s office was unable to confirm a dat More...

Solar farm developers target New York with lease offers

BY MARY ESCH
Associated Press

ALBANY, NY (AP) — Less than a year after New York banned fracking, dashing the hopes of farmers who had hoped to reap royalties from natural gas leases, the commercial solar industry is courting landowners for energy production. More...

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How Beaver County will “leverage and align its resources” for future success.

SPOTLIGHT ON: BEAVER COUNTY

BY SPENCER MYERS
editor

Despite the fact that only 30 active wells are operating in Beaver County, the region has taken center stage in Marcellus shale conversation since Shell decided to build a new ethane cracker plant in Monaca. Beaver County was created in 1800 fr More...

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