From the PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE:
…When PG Web content producer Laura Schneiderman downloaded DEP’s production data, she discovered it says there are 495 more wells producing gas, or ready to produce gas, than DEP has recorded as ever being drilled, and 182 of those wells don’t even show up on the state’s Marcellus Shale permit list…
The data discrepancies and other significant problems with DEP’s Marcellus Shale data have caused problems for information companies, environmental organizations and drillers that rely on it to analyze the industry. The discrepancies have caused headaches for Senate and House staff who have been trying to make accurate projections about how much revenue an impact fee on wells might generate for local governments, and where.
“There has been a frustration over the last six or seven months that DEP does not have information that is always beyond reproach,” said Drew Crompton, chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson…
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