NARO-PA Meeting: Marcellus Decline Rates, Utica Shale in PA

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The DeclineYesterday kicked off the first day of the annual National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Pennsylvania chapter annual convention in State College, PA. There were (at least) two major presentations of consequence at the meeting for landowners in PA in particular, but also for NY and other states too. The first was a presentation by Steve Karabin, CEO of the Rhino Group and Jim Ladlee, associate director with Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, on the topic of Marcellus well decline rates. You may recall both Steve and Jim co-authored a new section in the most recent Marcellus and Utica Shale Databook (Volume 3 of the 2013 series). They presented their findings on well decline rates at the meeting yesterday, along with unveiling a new royalty calculator that landowners can use. Read below for their rule-of-thumb numbers all landowners with Marcellus wells can use to estimate royalties. Second was an intriguing talk by Penn State professor and Marcellus Shale expert Dr. Terry Engelder--only this time he was talking about the Utica Shale in PA. Engelder explained where he believes the Utica may or may not be economically drillable in PA--and why. Interesting stuff. See some of his talk below too...

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