Chesapeake Energy Seeks OH Refiner for Oil from Utica Shale
A roundtable discussion at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH brings us this update about Utica Shale drilling in Ohio:
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Drilling Heats Up in Monongalia County, WV
Shale gas drilling in Monongalia County, WV is heating up with two new well permits requested and more on the way:
Ohio Utica Shale Permits Double in Last 3 Months
Interest in Ohio’s Utica Shale gas is booming as evidenced by the ramp up in the number of drilling permits issued. More than half of all permits issued have come in the last three months.
Who’s the Biggest Fracker in the World?
If you’ve been around the shale gas drilling debate for long, you know that most of the opposition to drilling focuses on a little-understood, decades-old technology called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for short. If you’re a science fiction fan, you may also recognize the word fracking from the Battlestar Galactica television series. The word is [...]
Top 7 Marcellus Shale Gas Producers in PA
Who are the biggest producers of Marcellus shale gas in Pennsylvania so far this year? Below is the list of the top seven as compiled from production numbers by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The following are production numbers for January to June 2011 in Pennsylvania.
Chesapeake’s New Utica Shale Wells Producing “Very Strong”
Yesterday, Chesapeake Energy reported initial horizontal well drilling results in the wet gas and dry gas phases of the Utica Shale play in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania and CEO Aubrey McClendon said the early results are “very strong.” Chesapeake says they currently have five drilling rigs in the Utica Shale play and will double [...]
Chesapeake CEO Blasts Protesters at Shale Gas Conference
MDN’s hat is off to Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon who spoke his mind yesterday at a shale gas conference in Philadelphia. Outside the industry event were hundreds of protesters, and McClendon had the following to say about them:
Chesapeake Withdraws $25K Grant from Morgantown, WV
Yet another gas driller has decided to vote with its pocketbook against a community that insists on banning shale gas drilling.
The 10 Largest Natural Gas Drillers in the U.S.
ProPublica recently compiled a list of the top 10 natural gas drillers in the U.S. based on daily natural gas production volume. The list includes gas drilled by both “traditional” vertical drilling as well as “non-traditional” horizontal hydraulic fracturing. Or think of it as non-shale gas and shale gas—companies who drill for both are in [...]
Recent Marcellus Shale Joint Venture Deals
Joint ventures are a common way for oil and gas companies to share risk, expertise and resources. Here is a list of recent deals in the Marcellus shale:
NY Attorney General Schneiderman Subpoenas Shale Drillers
New York’s anti-drilling Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman, continues to target the shale gas industry. On May 31, he filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to force the federal government to conduct a full environmental review of hydraulic fracturing before the Delaware River Basin Commission be allowed to permit drilling in its jurisdiction (see [...]
Ohio County Receives $8M (So Far) from Marcellus Gas Leases
Ohio County, WV is reaping the rewards of leasing county-owned land for Marcellus gas drilling. The county’s land leases with Chesapeake Energy have already resulted in nearly $8 million in one-time lease payments for the county coffers, and soon will mean royalty payments too. Chesapeake has already completed a well on private land adjacent to [...]
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