Pennsylvania Severance Tax: Illusion vs. Reality

There’s been heated discussions on both sides of the Pennsylvania Severance Tax proposal ever since its unveiling earlier this year by Governor Tom Wolf. We’ve discussed it before here on Well Said and featured guest posts like this one from Kevin Sunday with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce. PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL2VtYmVkL21nczJDdGJXclVvIiB3aWR0aD0iNTYwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMxNSIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj0iYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuIj48L2lmcmFtZT4=

PA Workforce Investment Board Announces $150,000 Tech Grant for Lackawanna College School of PNG

This past Friday, Lackawanna College hosted an open house at its School of Petroleum & Natural Gas. In attendance were school administrators and teachers from a number of Northeast Pennsylvania counties, as well as, regional business leaders. The program featured a tour of the school’s facilities and an address by…

Potential Gas Committee Reports Resource Evaluation

The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) released this week the results of its latest biennial assessment of the national natural gas resources, which indicates that the United States possesses a total technically recoverable resource base of 2,515 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) as of year-end 2014. This is the highest resource evaluation…

Natural Gas Q&A with Bill deRosiers – Part I

Questions raised by ordinary citizens about natural gas provide an excellent opportunity for some natural gas Q&A. The following questions arose during a recent Careers in Energy program at Valley View High School by a student who has an interest in responsible energy development but with some legitimate concerns about natural…

Economic Impacts of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project

Yesterday Williams announced that a recent study conducted by Penn State concluded that the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project will have a significant, positive economic impact in both Pennsylvania and Virginia.   You can read the full release here on the Atlantic Sunrise economic impact, but for now here are some of…