Thursday, May 16, 2013
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MarkWest Energy, with a location in Southpointe, captured the top ranking in the EnergyPoint Research's 2013 Midstream Services Customer Satisfaction Survey. The biennial survey is the leading independently conducted benchmark study focusing on the oil and gas industry’s satisfaction with midstream service providers. MarkWest also took the top honors in EnergyPoint’s last midstream survey conducted in 2011. The Denver-based company’s strong showing was led by first-place rankings in several key categories, including onshore gas gathering, project development and operations. The company also took top honors in both the fast-growing Appalachian Basin/Marcellus and Ark-La-Tex regions. "MarkWest Energy’s commitment to quality and customer …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Mark West Liberty Midstream & Resources has agreed to install appropriately sized emergency vents on its condensate storage tanks and adopt an approved maintenance schedule at all 14 of its compressor stations in Washington and Butler counties.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday two separate settlements with companies that have agreed to improve operation of their natural gas facilities in western Pennsylvania, and Washington County specifically. EPA alleged that the companies failed to comply with federal clean air regulations to prevent accidental releases of flammable substances. Mark West Liberty Midstream & Resources has agreed to install appropriately sized emergency vents on its condensate storage tanks and adopt an approved maintenance schedule at all 14 of its compressor stations in Washington and Butler counties. The Mark West compressor stations receive natural gas from well sites, separate out the liquids from the natural gas and route the …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The companies filed separate notices of appeal.
MarkWest and Range Resoures have appealed a Washington County judge's decision regarding a special exception to build a natural gas compressor station in Cecil Township. The companies filed separate notices of appeal last week, township officials said. The case will go to the Commonwealth Court. Judge John DiSalle had denied the appeal in a decision last month. "After careful review of the record...the court is satisfied that the zoning hearing board vigilantly considered all of the relevant evidence and used sound discretion in reaching the conclusion that MarkWest had failed to meet its burden to demonstrate that the proposed compressor facility was of the same general character of other permitted uses within the I1 light industrial zone…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The court affirmed the Cecil Township Zoning Board's decision to deny the company's request for a special exception to build the facility.
A Washington County Common Pleas judge this week denied an appeal MarkWest filed over the denial of a special exception to build a natural gas compressor station in Cecil Township. "After careful review of the record...the court is satisfied that the zoning hearing board vigilantly considered all of the relevant evidence and used sound discretion in reaching the conclusion that MarkWest had failed to meet its burden to demonstrate that the proposed compressor facility was of the same general character of other permitted uses within the I1 light industrial zone," Judge John DiSalle wrote in his opinion, which was filed Monday. He continued: "Moreover, the proposed facility does not pass muster to be labled as the same general character of …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The order, dated Monday, also denied Marcellus Shale industry groups' petition to intervene.
A state Supreme Court order dated Monday denied the request from two top state Republican leaders to intervene on the Act 13 appeal that is scheduled for oral arguments Oct. 17. State Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati and Speaker of the House state Rep. Samuel H. Smith in August had sought to intervene in the appeal of a Commonwealth Court ruling that struck down portions of the state's new Marcellus Shale law as unconstitutional. A request by the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, Markwest Liberty Midstrearn & Resources, LLC, Penneco Oil Company, lnc., and Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC to intervene and participate in oral arguments in the appeal was also denied in the order Monday. To …
Friday, August 10, 2012
A Commonwealth Court judge this week granted the request filed by the company, which wants to build a natural gas compressor station in Cecil Township.
A Commonwealth Court judge on this week granted a stay of proceedings requested by MarkWest, which had sought an injunction against Cecil Township so it could proceed with plans to build a natural gas compressor station on Coleman Road. An attorney for the company asked in paperwork filed Tuesday that the stay be granted until the outcome of an appeal on a court ruling that struck down the zoning portions of Act 13 is hashed out in the state Supreme Court. It was granted Wednesday. The company had asked for expedited consideration of the matter, because a court hearing had been scheduled for argument on the matter Aug. 15. "Given MarkWest's pending motion for preliminary injunctive relief, currently scheduled for hearing on Aug 15, and the…
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The company asked for a stay in the case until the outcome of the Act 13 Supreme Court appeal is known.
MarkWest asked a Commonwealth Court judge to stay an injunction it lodged against Cecil regarding plans for a proposed compressor station planned off Coleman Road in the township. An attorney for the company asked in paperwork filed Tuesday that the stay be granted until the outcome of an appeal on a court ruling that struck down the zoning portions of Act 13 is hashed out in the state Supreme Court. The company also asked for expedited consideration of the matter, because a court hearing had been scheduled for argument on the matter Aug. 15. "Given MarkWest's pending motion for preliminary injunctive relief, currently scheduled for hearing on Aug 15, and the township's pending preliminary objections, MarkWest respectfully asks the court …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Cecil filed its preliminary objections to MarkWest's request for court relief Monday—and the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors supported the arguments in its own brief.
Cecil solicitor John Smith said in a court filing Monday that a request for injunctive relief sought by MarkWest to build a natural gas compressor station is now “moot.” The company requested Cecil allow it to proceed with plans for the facility on Coleman Road just after the passage of Act 13—the state’s new Marcellus Shale law. The legislation made Marcellus Shale drilling, as well as compressor stations, permitted uses. Smith argues that the company’s request for court relief is null and void because of a Commonwealth Court decision last week that declared portions of Act 13 as unconstitutional. The court struck down the zoning portions of Act 13, which had made drilling a permitted use and stripped local government bodies of their …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
"It has become conspicuously fashionable as of late for energy companies to sue Cecil Township on what can be described as shaky grounds at best," state Rep. Jesse White said.
Not only do I represent Cecil Township as part of my legislative district, but I’ve also lived here most of my life, so it’s fairly easy to stay informed about what’s happening around town. Like most people, I take pride in my hometown, and in Cecil’s case, that pride is well-earned, with documented evidence. Last year, Bloomberg Business named Cecil the 8th Best Place in America to Raise a Family—certainly an accolade worthy of pride. But a lot can happen in a year, and in Cecil’s case, a lot has. The township passed several ordinances over the past few years to deal with the impacts of Marcellus Shale drilling activity. To be crystal clear, the township never attempted to ban drilling activity, just provide for some reasonable assurances…
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Senior Judge Keith B. Quigley has presided over much of the challenge to state Act 13.
In its latest round of court proceedings regarding state Act 13, Cecil Township seeks a familiar man behind the bench. On behalf of the township, attorney John Smith has filed an application asking that Senior Judge Keith B. Quigley be assigned to proceedings brought against Cecil by MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC. MarkWest, citing mounting financial losses, wants the court to pave the way for construction of a natural gas compressor station under the provisions of Act 13, the new state law pertaining to the natural gas industry. Cecil Township, which has denied requests to build the station, is part of court action challenging the constitutionality of Act 13. Quigley is the judge who has heard those proceedings in Commonwealth…
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