SRBC Approves 2M Gallons/Day of Water Withdrawals for PA Fracking

Unlike the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), which gets the creepy crawlies at the mere mention of the word “fracking,”… Continue reading The post SRBC Approves 2M Gallons/Day of Water Withdrawals for PA Fracking first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA DEP Dings PGE 3rd Time for Causing Muddy Water in Loyalsock Creek

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has, for a THIRD time, served a notice of violation (NOV) of the… Continue reading The post PA DEP Dings PGE 3rd Time for Causing Muddy Water in Loyalsock Creek first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 7-13

Permits issued to drill new Marcellus/Utica wells slipped last week, for the week of Nov. 7-13. Last week saw a… Continue reading The post 26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 7-13 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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HEP Gathering Pipeline in NE Pa. Gets a New Canadian Owner

Howard Energy Partners (HEP) is a midstream/pipeline company that owns and operates natural gas and crude oil pipelines, natural gas… Continue reading The post HEP Gathering Pipeline in NE Pa. Gets a New Canadian Owner 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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Lackawanna College Event Reveals Breadth of the Gas Industry

Lackawanna College Event Reveals Breadth of the Gas Industry Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy Host, Shale Gas News … … A sporting clays fund-raising event for Lackawanna College’s School of Petroleum and Natural Gas reveals the breadth of the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania. A growing number of companies are looking to the

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19 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 22-28

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 19 new drilling… Continue reading The post 19 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 22-28 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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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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Impact Fees Spread the Wealth from Marcellus Shale Drilling

shale gas news Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy Host, Shale Gas News … … [Editor’s Note: The Marcellus Shale impact fees program has been one of the most innovative and successful to ways to spread around the the benefits of Pennsylvania shale gas.] The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has reported that $234 million

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Scranton Law Firm Says New Boom in Shale Drilling Coming in NEPA

We’re always on the lookout for indicators and trends that tell us whether or not there will be more or… Continue reading The post Scranton Law Firm Says New Boom in Shale Drilling Coming in NEPA first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Alta Resources Shopping 547K Marcellus Acres, Asking $3B

We don’t write much about Alta Resources, a shale drilling company co-founded by the inventor of shale fracking, George Mitchell. But that doesn’t mean Alta doesn’t drill in the Marcellus. The company owns some 547,000 gross (239,000 net) acres producing natural gas from approximately 900 wells in the Marcellus Shale across Bradford, Wyoming, Sullivan, Lycoming,

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FERC OKs Small Portion of Leidy South Pipe Work in Central PA

On Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted its approval to Williams to begin construction on the Leidy South Project in central Pennsylvania. The purpose of the Leidy South Project, which is part of the mighty Transco pipeline, is to connect robust supplies of natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica producing regions in

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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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Has the Shale Drilling Boom in Northcentral PA Gone Bust?

By any measure, it’s obvious to see that shale *drilling* activity in northcentral Pennsylvania counties–including Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, and Tioga–is on the “bust” side over the past five-plus years. 2016 was the low point. However, is there any hope of seeing another boom in shale drilling in the region?This post appeared first on

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