A recent meeting of the Wyoming County (PA) Chamber of Commerce saw over 400 members, mostly from area small businesses, networking and listening to presenters who have already reaped financial rewards from Marcellus drilling activity in the area. Two examples: Early on as the industry developed in Susquehanna County about 18 months ahead of Wyoming [...]
Last year, Susquehanna County landowner Herbert Kilmer sued ElexCo Land Services Inc. and Southwestern Energy Production to invalidate his lease. The reason? He said that by deducting drilling costs from his royalty payments, his payments fell below Pennsylvania’s law that a minimum one-eighth share of royalties are guaranteed to the landowner. A Susquehanna County judge [...]
Some Susquehanna and Wyoming County, PA landowners are forming a group to force drilling and pipeline companies to “behave responsibly” with installation and operation of new pipelines as more and more Marcellus Shale gas wells are drilled and go online in Northeast PA. The group wants to arm landowners with information about their rights when [...]
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 [...]
A landowner in Brooklyn Twp. (Susquehanna County), Pennsylvania faces a big decision. Denise Dennis owns 153 acres and a farm that is eligible to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Her ancestors moved to the land in 1811. They were African American and they were free landowners during a time when slavery [...]
PR Newswire (Feb 21) Cabot Oil & Gas Provides Operations Update Current Marcellus Production Over 100 Mmcf per Day! From a press release just issued by Cabot Oil & Gas, we get the following update on their Marcellus drilling activities (below is exact wording from the release): During the third quarter call, Cabot announced its [...]
Houston Star-Telegram (Feb 16) Chesapeake reports 19 percent production increase Chesapeake Energy, one of the largest gas drilling companies in the U.S., recently reported a 19% increase in its natural gas production across all of its shale plays. With respect to the Marcellus, we learn from a Houston Star-Telegram article that: Chesapeake has a huge [...]
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: [...]
PA Department of Environmental Protection (Nov 4): Press Release: DEP Reaches Agreement with Cabot to Prevent Gas Migration, Restore Water Supplies in Dimock Township Below is the unaltered press release from the PA DEP: Meadville – The Department of Environmental Protection and Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. have executed a consent order and agreement that [...]
Wayne Independent (Nov 2): Few regulators in place for natural-gas drilling At a recent meeting in Preston Township (Pennsylvania), Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials talked about their role in inspecting gas drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale. The article attempts to make the case there are far too few inspectors for the growing number [...]
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