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The Penn State Extension will host a December 12 webinar on Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil and Gas Well Plugging from Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Participants in this free one-hour webinar will learn about conventional orphaned well plugging, remediation, and restoration, with a focus on reducing methane and greenhouse gas emissions.
The featured speaker will be Luke Plants, a third-generation owner of Plants and Goodwin, leads an oil and gas field service company operating in the Appalachian Basin.
He will describe how the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, new programs have been established to inventory and properly close orphaned wells.
The law allocates $4.7 billion for plugging, remediation, and restoration activities on federal, Tribal, state, and private lands.
This investment aims to reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, address water contamination, restore native habitats, create good-paying union jobs, and support disproportionately impacted communities.
Demonstrating a commitment to environmental responsibility, Plants and Goodwin have partnered with Zefiro Methane Corp., a climate tech firm focused on reducing methane emissions from abandoned wells.
Plants will also explore the growing role of carbon credit markets in incentivizing the plugging of orphaned and abandoned wells.
Who is this for?
-- Landowners
-- International energy regulators
-- Energy policymakers
-- Local governments
What will you learn?
-- Plugging orphaned well sites
-- Conducting remediation and restoration activities on federal, Tribal, state, and private lands
-- Reducing methane and other greenhouse gas emissions from orphaned wells
Click Here to register and for more information.
Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities.
DEP Plugging Grant Programs:
-- Apply Now! DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. 16; $44.4 Million Available - Only 10 Applicants Applied For 77 Wells So Far [PaEN]
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 - Abandoned Shale Gas Wells Doubled From Last Year; Failure To Comply With Court Order To Plug Conventional Wells; Abandoned Waste Injection Well [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 7 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 91 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- DEP Sees ‘Very Significant Budget Gap’ In Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program Due To Reduced Permit Fee Revenue [PaEN]
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 1 To 16 From Last Week; 21 On Aug. 23
-- DCED PA Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. 12 To Discuss Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater; New EPA Methane Emissions Reduction Program; Other Updates [PaEN]
-- What Will Shale Gas Leave Behind? DEP Issues 10 Violations To Big Dog Energy, LLC, Diversified Production LLC For Abandoning Shale Gas Wells; Violations For Shale Gas Abandonments More Than Doubled In 2024 [PaEN]
-- DEP: Horizontal Exploration LLC Failed To Comply With State Court Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells In McKean County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County [PaEN]
-- Apply Now! DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. 16; $44.4 Million Available - Only 10 Applicants Applied For 77 Wells So Far [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 Webinar On Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil & Gas Well Plugging [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Slight Increase In PA 3rd Quarter Natural Gas Production; Lowest Number Of New Shale Gas Wells Drilled Since 2008 [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republicans To Reintroduce Bills Limiting Citizen Rights To Appeal DEP Permit Decisions, Punish Communities That Take Steps To Protect Themselves Against Shale Gas Development Impacts [PaEN]
-- PUC: Natural Gas Distribution Companies Prepare For Winter - Gas Consumption Expected To Decrease 1.8%, Cost For Residential Customers To Increase 1% [PaEN]
-- PUC Enforcement Bureau Files Complaint Against Philadelphia Gas Works Over 2021 Natural Gas House Explosion; Alleging The Company Failed To Properly Investigate, Address Leaking Gas Pipeline [PaEN]
-- PUC To Seek Public Comments On Settlement With Columbia Gas Concerning Welding Issues At Regulator Station In Beaver County [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Post-Gazette: Fracking, Clean Air Permits Dominate Allegheny County Board Of Health Meeting
-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Hits Back At Greene County Landowners Claiming Water Contamination [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Upper Burrell Twp. Considers Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Rules In Westmoreland County [‘They Can’t Use Upper Burrell As A Garbage Place To Dump Bad Water’]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Demolished, New Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Be Built [PDF of Article]
-- Power Magazine: Largest PA Coal-Fired Power Plant Will Convert To Natural Gas [Homer City]
-- E&E News/Politico: PJM Boosts Natural Gas Ahead Of Wind, Solar In Contentious Electric Grid Interconnection Review Plan
-- E&E News/Politico: Williams Pipeline CEO Urges Republicans To Put FERC In Sole Charge Of Energy Permits, States Should Be Removed From The Process
-- CNX Resources Announces Acquisition Of Apex Energy Upstream, Midstream Business
-- TribLive: CNX Resources To Acquire Apex, Gain 36,000 Acres In Westmoreland County
-- Inquirer Column: Gov. Shapiro Fast-Tracks Oil Refinery Redevelopment, Impacted Residents Call For Philadelphia City Council Hearings
-- TribLive: Plum Boro Homeowner Accused Of Trying To Blow Up His House With Natural Gas In Allegheny County
-- Marcellus Drilling News: State Of Ohio Cleanup Of Martins Ferry Oil & Gas Waste Processing Facility Owned By PA Company In WV One-Third Complete [PDF of Article]
-- WTRF: Controversy Continues As State Cleanup Of Martins Ferry Oil & Gas Waste Processing Facility Owned By PA Company In WV
-- Reuters: Natural Gas Prices Rose 30-50% In 2024; Key Global Natural Gas Prices Set To Keep Rising Into 2025
-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Exports To Europe Surge In November On Higher Prices
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rises As Colder Weather Forecasts Add To Worries
-- Reuters: Shell, QatarEnergy Sign Long-Term Purchase Agreement To Sell LNG Gas To China
-- Reuters: Rising LNG Gas Export Facility Costs Make New US Project Less Competitive, Says Analyst
[Posted: December 5, 2024]
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