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More Details on Southwestern Energy’s Marcellus Shale Plans from Earnings Call

From a Q4 2009 earnings call* held on Feb. 26, we learn the following about Southwestern Energy’s involvement in the Marcellus Shale:
At December 31, 2009, we had approximately 149,000 net acres in Pennsylvania prospective for the Marcellus Shale. Our undeveloped acreage position as of December 31, 2009 had an average remaining lease term of five [...]

Range Resources Will Drill 150 Horizontal Wells in PA in 2010

Range Resources Press Release (Feb 24) Range Announces 2009 Results
Range Resources held an investors conference call today, and released a report on the health of the company for 2009, with predictions for 2010. In advance of the call, they issued a comprehensive press release detailing all of their operations. Below is the portion [...]

Ultra Petroleum Expands Marcellus Leases to 486,000 Acres and 110 Active Wells in 2010

Ultra Petroleum News Release (Feb 12) Ultra Petroleum Reports Strong Financial and Operating Results and Record Production for 2009
A portion of the release relating to its operations in the Marcellus in PA is extracted below:
During 2009, Ultra drilled 37 gross (22.5 net) wells in Pennsylvania. The company’s first production in the Marcellus program [...]

Waste Water Treatment Plants the Next Battleground in the Drilling Debate

Harrisburg Patriot-News (Nov 18):
Twelve Marcellus Shale gas drilling wastewater treatment plants proposed in northern Pennsylvania
Water treatment plants are the next battleground in the drilling debate. There is increasing opposition to the licensing of treatment plants, not only because of the chemicals used, but the truck traffic involved. From this article out of Harrisburg:
The state [...]

Exxon Leases 19,400 Acres in Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale

From a Reuters news story on the Financial 24 website:
Exxon Mobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded company, has leases on 19,400 acres in the Marcellus Shale, a formation that is said to hold vast amounts of natural gas.
In September, Exxon bid $85.2 million for 18 blocks in the Marcellus, a large shale formation that [...]