A vital yet often overlooked aspect of the energy industry is no longer under the radar in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has begun to actively apply the 2012 Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) to natural gas storage operations.
Recently, PADEP fined a Pennsylvania-based storage field operator $650,000 for violating Section 3234 of Act 13. The fine was based on the operator’s alleged failure to properly document the identification and mapping of historic gas…