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Water test reports of water near gas drilling activity generally have these common parameters.

Explore Penn State's innovative CO2 huff-n-puff workflow to boost shale oil recovery, reduce environmental impact, and repurpose wells for sustainable revenue.

Learn about the risks of legacy oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania and how landowners can help identify them—earning $100 per well not yet mapped by the Pennsylvania DEP.

Homeowners using wells, springs, or cisterns as their water supply should consider having their water tested routinely.

The term "legacy well" refers to a well that was drilled and abandoned, leaving no record of who was responsible.

Discover how gravity energy storage gives inactive wells new life in this free webinar with Stefan Streckfus, CTO of Renewell Energy. Explore a cost-effective, sustainable path for well repurposing.

Learn how to test and protect your private water well, spring or cistern.

Discover how orphaned well remediation reduces methane and restores habitats while creating carbon credit opportunities with Luke Plants, a leader in environmental responsibility.

Los propietarios de viviendas que utilicen pozos, manantiales o cisternas como suministro de agua deberían considerar la posibilidad de analizar el agua de forma rutinaria.

El gas metano puede ocurrir en pozos de agua a partir de procesos naturales o de actividades de perforación cercanas.

Explore the Appalachian Basin's energy evolution with Penn State Extension experts. Uncover growth, challenges, and future trends for landowners and those considering land leasing.

This video shows movements of water under the earth and how pollution might affect drinking water. (Modelo de Agua Subterranea)

Don't be too quick to sign away your potentially valuable resource. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

This article describes the differences between carbon credits and offsets.

How to integrate drone technology to better and more efficiently do field inspection.

Doug Speerstra and Joe McGinn with Energy Transfer will discuss the process of pipeline construction, from planning, permitting, construction, reclamation and safety.

Penn State Extension recognized how important an issue gas exploration could be for Pennsylvania landowners and communities.

Development of Marcellus shale natural gas in Pennsylvania has brought with it many changes.

This article provides insights from a study on municipal governments in Susquehanna and Washington Counties that have been experiencing significant Marcellus shale gas development.

Using publicly available information, we attempt to track and quantify current water use through the stages of the gas well development process.

Compressor stations are an integral part of the natural gas pipeline network that moves natural gas from individual producing well sites to end users.

This guide is written for the landowner leasing the oil, gas, and mineral (OGM) rights on the property.

Pennsylvania's forests are an important renewable natural resource and include some commercially valuable species. They are more than just an economic resource.

This article provides strategies for dealing with previously compacted areas on existing well and pipeline sites.

Foundational steps to assist local citizens and leaders in dealing with impacts of natural gas development.