Gas Company Ditches Old Well and Pipeline in Pennsylvania
Published Date: 11/28/2025
Notice
Summary
National Fuel Gas wants to shut down an old gas storage well and part of its pipeline in Pennsylvania because it’s no longer useful. This change might affect local gas storage but won’t cost customers extra. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act before the deadline set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Abandoning a Pennsylvania gas storage well
National Fuel Gas filed on November 13, 2025 to abandon injection/withdrawal storage Well 4985 and part of well line VW4985 in the Belmouth Storage Field in Horton Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania because continued use is not feasible. The company says this change might affect local gas storage but won’t cost customers extra.
How to protest or intervene (deadline)
You can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project at no cost by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 23, 2026. If no protest is filed within the allowed time or if a protest is filed and withdrawn within 30 days after that time, the proposed abandonment will be deemed authorized the day after the protest deadline.
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