Oil and gas production in Ohio’s Utica Shale continues to climb as its 2,141 producing wells outpace old records, according to fourth-quarter results released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Natural gas production increased 31.9 percent when compared with the same quarter in 2017 as drillers across the state yielded 663.5 billion cubic feet
Read More...Equitrans Midstream Corp’s unit signed a deal worth $1.03 billion yesterday to take control of two pipelines that connect the Marcellus and Utica shales, according to Reuters. EQM Midstream Partners LP will purchase a 60 percent stake in Eureka Midstream Holdings LLC and all of Hornet Midstream Holdings LLC from a fund managed by Morgan Stanley.
Read More...More than 60 percent of the electric generating capacity installed last year was fueled by natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration. In 2018, 31.3 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity were added in the United States, while 18.7 GW of capacity were retired. Of the additional capacity, 19.3 GW resulted from natural gas-fired
Read More...After spending the last couple of years exploring the horizontal well potential in north central Ohio, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has ceased operations in the Ashland and Richland County area, according to Farm and Dairy. The Houston-based energy company, which operates Marcellus shale wells in Pennsylvania, hoped to extract oil and gas from its
Read More...The Chester County commissioner recently announced they are seeking to join a lawsuit against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline and the intent to end an agreement to grant the company access to county land, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Earlier this year, the Chester County commissioners notified the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission about growing concern over
Read More...TransCanada will be allowed to increase the flow of gas on its Mountaineer XPress project and begin operating its Gulf XPress project thanks to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the full in-service of the Mountaineer XPress project, according to Gas Compression Magazine. “Mountaineer XPress and Gulf XPress are extremely important to TransCanada as
Read More...Eclipse and Blue Ridge Mountain Resources recently announced they’ve finally completed the merger they announced last August to form a new company called Montage Resources Corp., according to Kallanish Energy. Montage Resources common stock begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this week under the ticker symbol “MR”, giving effect to the 15-to-1
Read More...Range Resources plans to spend 90 percent of the $756 million it has set aside for capital spending in 2019 in the Appalachian Basin, according to Kallanish Energy. More than 60 percent of the company’s planned activity in the Appalachian Basin is directed towards liquids-rich drilling. It plans to bring 88 Marcellus Shale wells online
Read More...A new 550-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Harrison County is expected to break ground this spring and be operational by fall 2021, according to WV News. More importantly, the project is expected to serve as a catalyst in stimulating West Virginia’s economy. The plant, a joint project of Energy Solutions Consortium and Caithness Energy,
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