BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Work on Wyoming County's first natural gas well is under way.
The pad for the first well is being constructed on the Ed Skoronski property along Route 292 in Northmoreland Township.
According to the state Department of Environmental Protection website, the permit to drill and operate that well was approved on June 12.
Applications for six other gas well permits are pending before the DEP, the database notes.
The Northmoreland Township site is being operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, based out of Oklahoma City.
Chesapeake is already drilling or preparing to drill several dozen gas wells in Susquehanna and Bradford counties, as well as elsewhere in the state.
The other permits are for five well sites on the Procter & Gamble Paper Products property in Washington Township, and one on the Evelyn Polovitch property in Nicholson Township.
Citrus Energy Corporation of Castle Rock, Colo., is the company that has applied for the sites at P&G. Any gas produced there would be purchased directly by Procter & Gamble.
Citrus is listed as seeking permits for about two dozen well sites in western Pennsylvania, mostly in Armstrong County. No status is reported for any of those applications, however.
The Nicholson Township site application was submitted by Chief Oil & Gas LLC of Dallas, Texas. The company also has permits pending for several wells in Susquehanna and Bradford counties, as well as some in central Pennsylvania.
Posted
Jul 22 2009, 09:32 AM
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WCEeditor