EQT has Already Drilled 21 Wells in PA Marcellus Shale in 2010 – On Track for 100 Wells This Year

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Even though the price of natural gas worldwide is down, EQT Corp saw a big jump in net income (ie profits) largely due to their large increase in gas production in the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania. In a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article we learn this about their drilling activities:

EQT drilled 21 horizontal wells in the Marcellus formation in the first quarter, and plans to drill 100 such wells this year, at an average cost of $3.3 million to $3.5 million per well.*

If EQT drills 100 wells in PA in 2010, that’s a $330-$350 million investment in PA with all of the jobs that kind of investment creates.

*Pittsburgh Tribute-Review (Apr 28) – EQT tallies $88.1 million 1Q profit