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28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 2 – 8

For the week of Dec 2 – 8, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica bounced back nicely. There were 28 new permits issued last week, more than doubling the 12 issued the week before (and matching the 28 issued three weeks ago). The Keystone State (PA) issued 18 new permits, with eight going to EQT spread…

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Northern Oil and Gas Investing $160M in Marcellus/Utica in 2025

Yesterday, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) announced it had entered a Joint Development Program with an unnamed Marcellus/Utica driller to invest $160 million in 2025 for new well drilling. In return, NOG will receive a 15% working interest (i.e., ownership) in the assets. NOG did not identify the driller but called it “one of…

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Ohio Eminent Domain Grew to Include NGLs; Now Hydrogen & CO2?

We spotted an interesting article in the Steubenville, Ohio, Herald-Star newspaper that tackles the issue of using eminent domain in the state for various kinds of pipelines. It provides an excellent history of eminent domain used not only for oil and natural gas pipelines but also how the Mariner East pipeline project led to “expanding”…

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SRBC Approves 1 New, 3 Renewed Water Requests for Shale Drillers

The highly functional and responsible Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), unlike its completely dysfunctional and irresponsible cousin, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), continues to support the shale energy industry by approving water withdrawals for responsible and safe shale drilling. Yesterday, the SRBC board approved 14 new (or renewed) water withdrawal requests within the basin,…

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Ohio U. Scores $1.5 Million DOE Grant to Study Produced Water

We’ve discussed shale wastewater, sometimes called brine or “produced water,” many times over the years. When drilling an oil or gas well deep in the earth, the hole releases naturally occurring water from the depths (far, far below the surface water table) for years after the well is drilled. The water coming out has a…

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Henry Hub NatGas Spot Price Reached All-Time Lows in November

Earlier this week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. As part of our coverage, we highlighted the news that the EIA is predicting natural gas prices this winter and for all of 2025 will be roughly 40% higher than the Henry Hub price for gas in November (see Dec….

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Plaquemines LNG Coming Online, Will Hose Customers for 2 Years

According to a Reuters report, Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG export facility (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana) could start to liquefy natural gas as early as today. It will mark the first new U.S. LNG export plant to come online in two years. The 20 million metric tons per annum (MTPA) export plant was set to draw over…

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Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 13, 2024

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Eagle Mountain considers allowing nuclear reactors, natgas power plants in city; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures gain on big inventory draw; No winners seen in Trump’s ‘hugely destructive’ energy tariffs; Investigation ties fashion to fracking in the USA; Trump’s choice to run Energy says fossil fuels are virtuous; ExxonMobil eyes data centre…

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