M-U Drilling Profits Hit Two-Year Low, Better Days Ahead?

Investors in shale oil and gas companies suffered for years with little or no returns for the money they invested. Five of eight large Marcellus/Utica drillers saw their share prices decrease by an astonishing 85% or more from 2008 to 2019 (see Former EQT CEO: Shale Revolution a “Disaster” for Investors). Just before the COVID…

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22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 11 – 17

New shale permits issued for Sep 11 – 17 in the Marcellus/Utica rebounded. There were 22 new permits issued last week, up from 14 issued two weeks ago. But the increase came from an unlikely source. Last week’s permit tally included 9 new permits in Pennsylvania, 1 new permit in Ohio, and 12 new permits…

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Former Philly Mayor & Fla. Congressman (Dems) Join NatGas Group

Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future is a 501(c)(4) advocacy group launched in August 2020 to promote natural gas as the best solution to support so-called renewable energy and the best solution to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The leftist rag, The Guardian, reported that Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future has budgeted over…

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27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 14 – 20

New shale permits issued for Aug 14 – 20 in the Marcellus/Utica finally turned around. There were 27 new permits issued last week, way up from the 10 issued the prior week. Last week’s permit tally included 21 new permits in Pennsylvania, 2 new permits in Ohio, and 4 new permits in West Virginia (after…

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10 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 7 – 13

New shale permits issued for Aug 7 – 13 in the Marcellus/Utica crashed for a second week in a row. There were 10 new permits issued last week, down 14 issued the previous week (half of the 29 issued three weeks ago). Last week’s permit tally included 10 new permits in Pennsylvania, no new permits…

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Seneca Shifts Focus to Drilling Utica Wells in Northcentral PA

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), headquartered in Buffalo, NY, is the parent company for Marcellus/Utica driller Seneca Resources and the parent of midstream company Empire Pipeline. Yesterday, NFG issued its latest quarterly update. NFG operates on a weird fiscal year system. This latest update is for the company’s third quarter, which would be everybody else’s…

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31 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 17-23

New shale permits issued for Jul 17-23 in the Marcellus/Utica saw a nice increase. There were 31 new permits issued last week, up from the 23 issued the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 13 new permits in Pennsylvania, 8 new permits in Ohio, and 10 new permits in West Virginia. The top permittee…

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How M-U Drillers Spent Discretionary (Extra) Cash Flow in 1Q23

For individuals, discretionary income is what’s left after you pay your taxes and fixed costs like housing, food, and clothing. For shale drillers, the equivalent to discretionary income is cash flow from operating activities (CFOA), which is the net income a company generates adjusted for non-cash expenses like depreciation and stock-based compensation, and for changes

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Seneca, NNE, Begin Selling 1 Bcf/d of Certified NatGas on CG Hub

Two major Marcellus/Utica drillers–Seneca Resources and Northeast Natural Energy (NNE)–have joined the CG Hub, the world’s first commodities trading platform focused exclusively on certified natural gas and certified natural gas certificates. Seneca and Northeast now provide access to a combined 1+ billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of certified natural gas to traders via the

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Who Bought and Who Sold the Most Shares of M-U Drillers in 1Q23

It’s possible to track which institutional investors (big investors like BlackRock) are buying or selling shares in various companies by… Continue reading The post Who Bought and Who Sold the Most Shares of M-U Drillers in 1Q23 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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8 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 22-28

New shale permits issued for May 22-28 in the Marcellus/Utica fell again for a second week. There were only 8… Continue reading The post 8 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 22-28 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Seneca Resources Deploying Aurion to Track & Report GHG Emissions

Seneca Resources Company, the Marcellus/Utica drilling arm of utility giant National Fuel Gas Company (headquartered in Williamsville, NY), has contracted… Continue reading The post Seneca Resources Deploying Aurion to Track & Report GHG Emissions first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions Hit 42 PA Oil & Gas Operators

The weather has been fantastic for those of us living in the northeastern U.S. over the past few weeks. Clear… Continue reading The post SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions Hit 42 PA Oil & Gas Operators first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Antis Try to Block Seneca’s Right to Drill in Tioga State Forest

In March, we warned you that a so-called environmental group flying under the name of Tioga County’s Pine Creek Headwaters… Continue reading The post Antis Try to Block Seneca’s Right to Drill in Tioga State Forest first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Seneca Tardy in Responding to NOV for Tioga, PA Pad Spillage

The PA Environment Digest Blog has been reviewing the reports filed by Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) workers again and… Continue reading The post Seneca Tardy in Responding to NOV for Tioga, PA Pad Spillage first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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