17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 21-27

Last week (Nov. 21-27) the number of permits issued to drill new shale wells slumped to 17 from the prior… Continue reading The post 17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 21-27 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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43 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 31-Nov 6

New shale permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica came roaring back during the week of Oct. 31 through Nov. 6. Both… Continue reading The post 43 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 31-Nov 6 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 24-30

Something of an improvement from last week’s new permits report when there were only 11 new permits. For the week… Continue reading The post 28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 24-30 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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9 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 26-Oct 2

Just nine new permits to drill shale wells were issued across the three Marcellus/Utica states for Sept. 26 to Oct…. Continue reading The post 9 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 26-Oct 2 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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40 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 29-Sep 4

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 40 new drilling… Continue reading The post 40 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 29-Sep 4 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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29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26

Last week, for June 20-26, the number of new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica decreased just a bit… Continue reading The post 29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26 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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20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 30-Jun 5

Two weeks ago a pathetically low six new permits were issued to drill shale wells across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West… Continue reading The post 20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 30-Jun 5 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Ascent Resources Selling Some Ohio Assets in “Core” of Utica Play

Ascent Resources has listed for sale two “packages” of its assets in the core of the Utica Shale in Ohio. One package contains a non-operated interest in 68 wells and 1,362 net leasehold acres. The second package includes a royalty interest in 10 wells and 106 net revenue interest acres. Details on where the assets

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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 2-6

Last week Pennsylvania issued a paltry 3 new shale well drilling permits (lowest we’ve seen in months), Ohio issued a single new permit, and West Virginia issued 5 new shale well permits. All 3 PA permits were issued in Greene County. The OH permit was issued in Carroll County (bit of a surprise). And all

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Glimmer of Hope for Utica Drilling in Northeastern Ohio

Eastern OH counties Aubrey McClendon, then-CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was the first major shale driller to recognize the promise of the Utica Shale play in Ohio (see Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Talks to Jim Cramer About the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio). He once famously said the Utica is “the biggest thing to hit

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Ohio Landowners Sue Encino Energy for Shorting Royalties

Landowners in Carroll and Columbiana counties (Ohio) have filed a class action lawsuit against Encino Energy claiming the company underpaid oil and natural gas royalties. Last November Encino Acquisition Partners (i.e. Encino Energy) completed its purchase of all of Chesapeake Energy’s Ohio Utica Shale assets for $2 billion (see Stop Press: Chesapeake Sells ALL of

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Dominion Pipeline to Feed Western PA NatGas to OH Power Plant

We’re always delighted to share news of a “new” pipeline project in the Marcellus/Utica. This particular project from Dominion Energy, tiny compared to most, its unusual in that it will flow natural gas from western PA into Ohio to feed a new natural gas-fired electric plant. You don’t often see gas from PA flow to

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