Pa. company files gas drilling application for site in Bucks

State environmental officials say they've received a natural gas drilling application for Bucks County.

Turm Oil, of Butler, Pennsylvania wants to drill into Lockatong Shale at the former Cabot chemical plant site in Nockamixon Township.

Lockatong Shale is a rock formation not unlike Marcellus Shale.

But in 2009 the Pennsylvania Geological Survey found there wasn't much useable gas at the Cabot site.

The next year a Michigan company, Arbor Resources, canceled its permit for the site, after years of fighting with environmentalists.

Meantime Turm's application is incomplete because the company didn't submit a fee with it. The company has until March 8th to do so.

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