Industry News

14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 2 – 8

For the week of Sept. 2 – 8, 14 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica, less than half the previous week’s 32. The Keystone State (PA) had 13 new permits. PA’s top recipient was Seneca Resources, with six permits issued in Tioga County. Range Resources was #2 with four permits for…

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Apex Energy Clipped by PA DEP for Not Disclosing Frack Chemicals

According to Pennsylvania regulation 25 Pa. Code § 78a.122(b)(6)(iv), a drilling company must provide a list of the chemicals intentionally added to the stimulation [fracking] fluid by name and chemical abstract service (CAS) number in a Completion Report. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) says Apex Energy failed to provide that information on its…

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Cove Point LNG to Pay $60M per Year PILOT to Calvert County, MD

Cove Point LNG is an LNG export facility located in Lusby (Calvert County), Maryland. It is one of the most technically advanced and environmentally sensitive LNG facilities in the world. We recall as Dominion Energy was building the facility, environmental wackos uttered shrill warnings of habitat destruction coming for the Chesapeake Bay (where it’s located)…

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Leftists Tell PA Voters Harris Can’t Ban Fracking; They’re Wrong

It’s really fascinating to watch this presidential election. Yes, we’ve promised to try and keep the politics to a minimum, but we must report on things we notice that have the potential to affect the shale drilling industry in general, and the Marcellus/Utica in particular. Here’s an issue we cannot keep silent about. As we’ve…

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Shale Insight 2024 – All-Star Lineup of Speakers, Important Topics

“We believe in using the resources we have in this basin to build a stronger tomorrow, without ignoring the critical realities of today,” said Marcellus Shale Coalition President Dave Callahan during his opening remarks at SHALE INSIGHT® last year. The MSC convenes its 14th industry-leading conference on September 24-26 at the Bayfront Convention Center in…

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Appalachian Hydrogen & CCS Conf – Projects Coming in 2025

As you know, last year at about this time, the Bidenistas announced seven winners of the Hydrogen Hub Hunger Games contest (see Hydrogen Hub Winners Announced – WV Takes Prize in M-U Region). The West Virginia-led Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), a project that will use Marcellus/Utica natural gas as the feedstock to produce “blue” hydrogen,…

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MDN Housekeeping – Off Friday the 13th; Recent Milestone Hit

MDN will not publish on Friday, Sept. 13. Hey, it’s Friday the 13th! No, we’re not superstitious (at least too much). We do have a memory that ties in with Friday the 13th, which we share below. We’re not publishing because editor Jim Willis is taking a rare day off to spend with family. Jim’s…

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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 12, 2024

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: First-responder training focusing on O&G industry available; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Texas LNG announces additional offtake sufficient for FID; Rising interest in Gulf Coast natural gas storage spurs a slew of projects; NATIONAL: Google locks in carbon removal at $100 a ton; Retail electricity prices closely tracked inflation over the last 10 years; Harris…

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