Two weeks ago, during the week of April 8 -14, 17 new permits were issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica (see 17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 8 – 14). Last week, for the week of April 15 – 21, 16 new permits were issued. However, the composition of where the permits... The post 16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 15 – 21 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

One month ago, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost took legal action seeking to force Austin Master Services (AMS), a radiological waste management solutions company operating in Belmont County, OH, to correct “egregious violations of Ohio law” regarding the storage of oil and gas waste that he says threatens the Ohio River and Martins Ferry’s drinking... The post Court Orders Austin Master to Clean Up Martins Ferry Frack Waste first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

Range Resources Corporation, the very first company to drill a shale well targeting the Marcellus Shale layer in Pennsylvania (in 2004), issued its first quarter 2024 update earlier this week. Unlike other large Marcellus/Utica drillers, Range is holding its production flat (not decreasing). The company zags while everyone else zigs. During 1Q, Range produced 2.14... The post Range Zags, Keeps Production Even in 1Q24, Happy to Stay in M-U first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

The Bidenistas attacked coal and gas-fired power plants yesterday, threatening to destabilize the existing electric power grid. Under 1,020 pages of new regulations, which will go into effect this year, all coal-fired plants that are slated to remain operational in the long term and all new gas-fired power plants will be required to control (capture)... The post EPA Rolls Out Final Regs Attacking Coal & Gas-Fired Power first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

Two days ago, MDN reported that an LNG cargo vessel had left the Freeport LNG dock partially loaded (see Problem-Plagued Freeport LNG Finally (!) Exports Another Cargo). We thought perhaps that Freeport, which has had a string of problems since opening, had finally turned a corner and was returning one of the three trains to... The post Problem-Plagued Freeport LNG Down Again After Shipping Cargo first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

The first known and recorded miracle performed by Jesus of Nazareth was when he changed 120 gallons of water into wine at a wedding feast in Cana, Galilee. A company in Denmark and a researcher from the University of Manchester (UK) recently published a paper in the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ SPE Journal that claims... The post Researchers Claim They Can Turn NatGas Wells into Hydrogen Wells first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

The left is nothing if not predictable. It always has been, and always will be. If they can’t win you over to their bankrupt philosophies with flowery persuasion, they’ll try bribery. If bribery doesn’t work, they will try bullying. And if bullying doesn’t work, they will use force. The left is attempting to control all... The post Radical Enviro’s Final Solution: Jail Fossil Fuelers for “Ecocide” first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

EQT Corporation, the largest natural gas producer in the U.S. (100% focused on the Marcellus/Utica), released its first quarter 2024 update yesterday. The company produced 5.87 Bcf/d (billion cubic feet per day) of natural gas in 1Q. Executives said they will continue the current curtailment (reduction) of 1 Bcf/d, in place since late February, until... The post EQT Disses Haynesville in Jab at Chesapeake/Southwestern Merger first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

Following yesterday’s conference call with analysts to discuss EQT’s first quarter performance, CEO Toby Rice appeared on CNBC to answer questions (watch the segment below). As he did during the quarterly update call, Rice once again zeroed in on new demand markets coming from gas-fired power plants in the Southeastern U.S. He also said the... The post Toby Rice: NatGas Currently Oversupplied, But New Demand Coming first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more

Two of our favorite companies in the Marcellus/Utica, one a driller (CNX Resources) and the other an oilfield services company (Deep Well Services), have partnered in a joint venture, creating a new company called AutoSep Technologies. The new JV uses groundbreaking new technology developed in CNX’s New Technologies unit that targets flowback, the “junk” that... The post Deep Well Services & CNX Partner to Launch Flowback Services Co. first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News ..read more