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Gas Driller Fined $180,000 For Marcellus Violations [1]

Independent energy producer Chief Oil & Gas has been fined $180,000 by Pennsylvania regulators for environmental violations in the Marcellus Shale, the Department of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

Chief Oil & Gas has paid the civil fine, which was related to a hydraulic oil spill and the failure to maintain a drill pit at a natural gas well in Somerset County, the Pennsylvania DEP sa

Publication Date: 
29/06/2011
Edward McAllister [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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Natural Gas Exploration [4], Hazardous Waste [5], Pollution [6], Environment [7]
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