10/2/2012: Shell to pay lost local taxes in Beaver; new pipeline from north-central PA

- Royal Dutch Shell has proposed paying Beaver County towns to make up for the local impacts of having a billion-dollar petrochemical facility built on tax-exempt land. (Post-Gazette)

- A soon-to-open photography exhibit in Pittsburgh takes a look at the fracking debate. (Post-Gazette)

- A new pipeline by PVR Partners L.P., has begun full commercial operation, serving Marcellus Shale producers in north-central Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia Inquirer)