“We are outside of the state’s ban”, Tioga Energy Partners, LLC legal counsel Adam Schultz said.
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“This is a process to prove a point that we can get drilling in New York State safely”.
Tioga Energy Partners is the contracting company working with the Snyder Farm Group on the drilling application.
About 60 people attended a press conference Wednesday morning in Barton to hear more about the proposal to frack the land, reports say.
A group of landowners in Tioga County are proposing a different form of fracking in hopes of being able to drill for natural gas.
The well pad would only occupy about three and a half acres. “Time to start the process now”, said Frisbie.
The well would get drilled into the Utica Shale formation, about 9,500 feet underground, according to Frisbie.
“The Snyder Group… have done a good job to harvest what is theirs”, Cary said. The company would use gelled propane and sand instead of water to break apart Marcellus Shale to release natural gas.
Jonathan Garrett, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said the economic viability of the proposal is dubious, given technological challenges of propane fracking that drive up production costs, the unproven gas reserves in New York’s part of the Marcellus Shale, and the large volume of gas flowing from Pennsylvania wells that’s driving down the price of natural gas. “DEC will follow the mandates in the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which could include requiring an Environmental Impact Statement”, Mailey said. Emily Lorsch explains the process and what supporters are saying it will do for the community. This makes it exempt from the fracking ban.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s recent prohibition applies to fracking operations using more than 300,000 gallons of water.
“This land is ours”.
“If the opportunity arises, I wouldn’t be afraid to have (fracking) on my property”, she said.
Frisbie believes natural gas is the next major source for that energy. “We wanted the higher standard”.
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Cecil Coons, who owns 68 acres in Halsey Valley, said his town needs industry and new tax revenue.
