Industry News

MPLX touting liquids storage project

HOUSTON – There’s a silent battle being waged by no fewer than three groups trying to secure customers and/or funding for underground natural gas liquids storage in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. With Shell Chemical pushing hard to have its world scale ethane cracker 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh operational by the

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Executive order could benefit Appalachia

      President Trump’s April 10 Executive Orders are the directives which, as the President said “ends the war on American energy.” One order primarily takes the shackles off energy infrastructure (pipelines) construction, while the second mandates the Environmental Protection Agency to review/modify an “outdated” section of the Clean Water Act that requires applicants

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22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 27 – Feb 2

For the week of Jan 27 – Feb 2, the number of permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica to drill new shale wells recovered from the previous week. Two weeks ago, only 7 new permits were issued. Last week, the number increased to 22 new permits issued. Whereas the Keystone State (PA) issued no new permits…

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INR IPO Grows, Adds Another $37M for $302M Total in Proceeds

We previously reported that INR (Infinity Natural Resources), which drills exclusively in the Marcellus/Utica region, floated an initial public offering (IPO) that brought in money on the high end of expectations and that the newly issued stock immediately started trading some 10% higher (see INR IPO Does Better than Expected, Stock Trading Pops 10% Higher)….

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ODNR Uses Drones to Sniff Out Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells in Ohio

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management, is about to fly drones equipped with magnetometers to sniff out orphaned oil and gas wells in Van Wert County. The ODNR previously completed drone flights in Auglaize, Hancock, Mercer, and Wood counties. The ODNR issued a press release to inform…

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WSJ Agrees with MDN on Josh Shapiro’s Blame Shift re Electric Rates

Do the editors of the Wall Street Journal read Marcellus Drilling News? No, we don’t expect they actually do. Although the editorial published by the editors of the WSJ on Feb. 4 looks like it could have been written by your humble MDN editor—because it says all the things we’ve said for months about Pennsylvania…

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