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    "title": "Safe, Compliant Shale Gas Development in the Heart of Allegheny County",
    "modified_at": "2023-10-24 13:00:03",
    "published_at": "2023-10-24 13:00:00",
    "url": "https://positive-energy-hub.prezly.com/safe-compliant-shale-gas-development-in-the-heart-of-allegheny-county",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/beAc",
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    "subtitle": "How CNX Helps Enable Pittsburgh International Airport\u2019s Ongoing Transformation",
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    "body": "<p><em>By Navneet Behl, CNX Chief Operating Officer</em></p><p>Over the summer and early fall, our teams safely and compliantly completed four new wells and began flowing natural gas previously confined beneath Pittsburgh International Airport&rsquo;s runways. The wells, located on CNX&rsquo;s fourth well pad on airport property, were brought online in a manner aligned with our corporate values and operational expectations: zero safety incidents, zero near misses, and zero reportable environmental incidents. </p><p>Nestled off the runways in western Allegheny County, these latest wells are part of CNX&rsquo;s ongoing, broader innovative public-private partnership with Pittsburgh International and the Allegheny County Airport Authority to responsibly develop natural gas from beneath airport-owned lands.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/427bcfe9-5f29-4b36-bc68-50592ca97197/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-427bcfe9-5f29-4b36-bc68-50592ca97197\"\n                data-id=\"427bcfe9-5f29-4b36-bc68-50592ca97197\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/427bcfe9-5f29-4b36-bc68-50592ca97197/-/inline/no/2023.10.12_CNX+Blog+Graphic_Static_margins.png\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/427bcfe9-5f29-4b36-bc68-50592ca97197/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p>To-date, CNX-drilled and operated wells have already provided over $70 million in royalty revenue for the airport (in addition to an up-front $50 million payment at the outset of the partnership in 2013). Adding to that ongoing total, these four new wells are projected to generate nearly $30 million through 2042, including nearly $15 million over the next four years. </p><p>Over the next 10-years, we project natural gas will deliver $160 million in additional royalty revenue to the Allegheny County Airport Authority. </p><p>In addition to the dollars flowing to PIT and the county via the royalty stream, CNX has spent over $140 million in capital to develop the airport property over the last ten years, with another $150 million in capital anticipated to be spent over the next ten years, driving additional broad economic benefits in the heart of Allegheny County.</p><p>For the thousands of Pittsburghers traveling through the airport on a daily basis, recognizing the value of these natural gas resources enabled the billion-dollar terminal modernization project to take flight, helped establish more non-stop destinations, and is helping PIT emerge as a sustainable aviation fuel pioneer through our partnership to convert natural gas into clean-burning natural gas derivative products like CNG, LNG, hydrogen, and low-emissions aviation fuel on site at PIT. </p><p>At CNX, we know this property is a crown jewel for Allegheny County, its citizens, and the broader Western Pennsylvania community. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ve brought our latest drilling and development technologies to this pad, including the use of an electric frac fleet, which dramatically reduces noise, emissions, cost, and overall community impact. </p><p>What&rsquo;s more, our teams planned, routed and worked closely with the airport authority to ensure the wells are developed in a manner that doesn&rsquo;t disrupt commercial air traffic or passenger experience. And we executed our plans flawlessly in a manner consistent with our safety and environmental values. </p><p>We&rsquo;re proud to make good on the promise made to Allegheny County a decade ago and we will continue to seek new opportunities to leverage airport natural gas for the good of the county&rsquo;s citizens. </p><h4 id=\"related-articles\" >Related Articles</h4><div id=\"story-bookmark-8e733046-54e1-4990-828b-557d250127f4\"\n     class=\"release-content-story-bookmark release-content-story-bookmark--horizontal\">\n\n            <a class=\"release-content-story-bookmark__thumbnail\"\n           href=\"https://positive-energy-hub.prezly.com/pittsburgh-international-airport-model-for-how-to-ease-emissions\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n           target=\"_blank\"           style=\"background-image: 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