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1	Unseal case, improve rules Whether the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom adversely affects public health is one of the most pressing issues facing Pennsylvania.
2	Talisman give check to Stevensville Community Club STEVENSVILLE - The Stevensville Community Club recently received a $2,500 grant from Talisman Energy to put toward a new furnace in the local community hall.
3	Talisman Energy donates housing unit to Bradford County Airport LIBERTY CORNERS - Talisman Energy, a natural gas company active in Marcellus Shale drilling across northeastern Pennsylvania, recently donated a housing unit to the Bradford County Airport, which held a formal announcement of the donation on the evening on Wednesday, April 18.
4	Cabot plans CNG station for its vehicles in Dimock By the end of May, Cabot Oil & Gas will have a fueling station for its fleet of vehicles that can operate on compressed natural gas, or CNG, a company spokesman George Stark told the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce during a Wednesday luncheon.
5	Penn Virginia Resource Partners to buy Chief Gathering Radnor-based Penn Virginia Resource Partners, better known as PVR, signed an agreement Tuesday to buy Chief Gathering for $1 billion.
6	Chesapeake describes response to low natural gas prices TOWANDA - Low natural gas prices are resulting in some changes at Chesapeake Energy.
7	Cabot hikes energy production from Marcellus shale HOUSTON (AP) -- Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. said Wednesday that it boosted production from the Marcellus shale formation in the northeast U.S. because of improvements at a compressor station.
8	Small town takes on big gas firm over road repairs HARRISBURG -- Talk about your David-and-Goliath standoffs in Marcellus Shale country.
9	Community rallies after judge denies request to continue water deliveries in Dimock Nearly a dozen Dimock Twp. families with methane-tainted well water faced their first day without fresh water deliveries in years on Wednesday.
10	Blades sign of energy to come MONROE TWP. - A Marcellus gas well pad that Houston-based Carrizo abandoned last winter has been seeing new bursts of energy lately.
11	Laser Northeast public utility application withdrawn Laser withdraws request from state.
12	Benton eases conditions for driller BENTON TWP. - The board of supervisors on Wednesday softened the conditions it set this spring for an exploratory natural gas well planned in the township in order to settle a legal challenge brought by the drilling company.
13	Heating oil customers burned by high prices This heating season, heating oil customers will get burned.
14	UGI turns on natural gas gathering line, looks to expand Now that UGI Energy Services moves Marcellus Shale gas through the Auburn Gathering System, the company is moving immediately to deliver gas farther south.
15	Cabot argues to resume drilling in Dimock as tests show surges of methane in water wells Water and methane tests performed by a contractor for natural gas driller Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. show that the methane concentrated in several Dimock Twp. water supplies has repeatedly reached hazardous levels this year.
16	Southwestern plans two new gas wells pads in Benton A natural gas driller at odds with Benton Twp. over its proposal for a first Marcellus Shale well in the township has filed plans with the state to drill two more wells there.
17	Chief Gathering Counter-Sues 3 Families in Luzerne County, PA In a country with a proud tradition of free speech and open dissent, there is a line that can be crossed. That line is called libel and slander, and it’s always been a gray area, most often determined by the courts. We have a new case for the courts to decide related to the Marcellus drilling industry in Luzerne County, PA.
18	Chesapeake & Range Resources Peg Value of Their Marcellus Shale Holdings from $36K – $56K per Acre Range Resources CEO John Pinkerton said that their holdings in the Marcellus Shale play are worth more than four times the $14,000 per acre that recent deals between energy companies have brought. Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon says his company’s Marcellus Shale holdings are worth $35,900 per acre to the company. With 1.57 million acres leased, that’s an astonishing $53 billion worth of value for Chesapeake!
19	Chesapeake Accused of Moving Wastewater Sites Ahead of Permitting A group of neighbors whose properties straddle the border between Terry and Asylum Townships have accused Chesapeake Energy of operating several wastewater treatment facilities in the area that were either improperly permitted, not permitted at all, or operating on sites that were not adequately prepared for such usage. Others are blaming the company for tainted well water, dead pets, and unexplained illnesses among family members during the course of time that the gas company has operated the treatment centers and moved them from one well pad to another.
20	UGI says region will be first to go all-Marcellus UGI Utilities Inc. plans to make the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area its first region in Pennsylvania where customers will receive all their natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.