45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21

After several weeks of anemic permit numbers for Pennsylvania, last week PA came roaring back by issuing 30 permits to… Continue reading The post 45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 4-10

For the week of July 4-10, the three Marcellus/Utica states issued 37 permits to drill new shale wells. Pennsylvania led… Continue reading The post 37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 4-10 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Marcellus/Utica Drillers Reimburse Stockholders as Cash Piles Up

Wow! What a difference two years can make. At the dawn of the pandemic, the share price for publicly traded… Continue reading The post Marcellus/Utica Drillers Reimburse Stockholders as Cash Piles Up first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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4 Marcellus/Utica Drillers Earn Over $1 Billion in 1Q22

The oil and gas industry historically has been subject to wide swings in profits and losses. Some years are up,… Continue reading The post 4 Marcellus/Utica Drillers Earn Over $1 Billion in 1Q22 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Women Excel in Marcellus Shale Jobs in NEPA

Women make up a small but growing part of the natural gas industry in the northeastern Pennsylvania Marcellus. Estimates are… Continue reading The post Women Excel in Marcellus Shale Jobs in NEPA first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA EHB Sanctions Landowner Attorney in Coterra Water Well Case

The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) is a special court set up in PA to hear appeals of decisions made… Continue reading The post PA EHB Sanctions Landowner Attorney in Coterra Water Well Case first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 13-19

We finally started to see more permits issued again last week. After the Marcellus/Utica was in the permit doldrum for… Continue reading The post 34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 13-19 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Natural Gas Marketed in North America Grows 1% in 1Q22

Each quarter NGI (Natural Gas Intelligence) runs the numbers and publishes a list of the 25 top natural gas marketers… Continue reading The post Natural Gas Marketed in North America Grows 1% in 1Q22 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Cabot 2020 Update: Drilled 74 Wells, Avg 2.3 Bcf/d, Made $200M

Yesterday Cabot Oil & Gas issued its fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 update. Cabot continues to be one of the few drillers that consistently makes a profit quarter after quarter, year after year–even during a downturns like what happened in 2020. Although down from 2019, in 2020 Cabot made just over $200 million in net income.

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Dec 14-18

Last week Pennsylvania issued 25 new shale well drilling permits in both northeast and southwest PA, although most of the permits for SWPA. Ohio issued 4 new shale well permits, all of them to the same company (Encino Energy) and the same well pad (in Harrison County). West Virginia issued 6 new shale well permits,

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 23-27

Last week Pennsylvania issued 12 new shale well drilling permits with a mix of permits issued in both the southwest (wet gas) and northeast (dry gas) regions of the state. Ohio issued 7 new permits, all of them except one in the same county (Jefferson). West Virginia was a goose egg–no new permits issued last

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 16-20

Last week Pennsylvania issued 11 new shale well drilling permits, all but one of them in the northeastern (dry gas) part of the state. Ohio issued one new permit, and West Virginia issued 2 new shale well permits.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Cabot O&G 3Q: 2.4 Bcf/d, Drilled 13 Wells, Upper Marcellus Coming

Dan Dinges, CEO of Cabot Oil & Gas, said last week: “2020 has proven to be the most challenging year for natural gas prices in the last 25 years, resulting from a multi-year trend of overcapitalization of both oil and natural gas assets across our industry.” Indeed. The company released its third-quarter 2020 update on

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PA AG Charges Cabot with Enviro Crimes for Long-Settled Dimock

The door has been closed on “Dimock” (in Susquehanna County, PA) for years. Dimock, you may recall, was made famous by Josh Fox’s so-called documentaries Gasland and Gasland 2, aired endlessly on HBO. His allegations about fracking malfeasance by Cabot Oil & Gas were completely debunked in a real documentary called FrackNation. After a long

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Pa. charges Cabot with 15 environmental violations

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced that a state grand jury has charged Cabot Oil & Gas in connection with 15 environmental crimes in northeast Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy reports. The company was charged with seven counts of prohibition against discharge of industrial wastes, seven counts of prohibition against other pollutions, and one count

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