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Exxon/XTO Energy Looking to Sell 27K Utica Shale Acres + 61 Wells
In late 2020, ExxonMobil released the outlines of its development plan for the next five years (see ExxonMobil Announces Plan to Divest “Certain” N.A. Dry Gas Assets). Exxon said it had decided to prioritize investing in “high-value assets” over the next five years–namely in Guyana and in the Permian Basin here in the U.S. The company hinted that asset sales for U.S. onshore shale outside the Permian were on the table. The hinting is done. Reuters is reporting that yesterday Exxon launched the sale of shale gas properties stretching across 27,000 acres in the Utica Shale of Ohio.
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Seneca Resources, the drilling subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company, announced yesterday it has achieved certification for 100% of its Marcellus/Utica natural gas production–over 1 billion cubic feet of gross production per day (Bcf/d)–under Equitable Origin’s EO100™ Standard for Responsible Energy Development. Getting gas certified as “responsible” gives drillers another marketing tool in their arsenal.
West Virginia House of Delegates member Lisa Zukoff (Democrat from Marshall County) is making a bold claim: Some out-of-state property owners aren’t paying taxes on oil and gas royalties, and it is costing the state millions of dollars in lost revenue. Zukoff is (once again) introducing a bill in the annual two-month session of the state legislature that requires gas and oil companies to subtract any taxes from the royalty check before it is sent to the property owner.
We return, once again, to the story of New England (and New York) blocking new natural gas pipelines and in the process, hurting the residents of New England. Not only are residents harmed economically, but the environment is also harmed. As of 10 am yesterday morning, a full 20% of all the electricity generated in New England used either dirty oil or coal to do so. Normally the oil/coal generation number is less than one-half of one percent (<0.5%), not 20%. The price for electricity in New England is out of sight high right now too. Actions have consqeuences.
Last week 24 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in the Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania had the lion’s share with 19 new permits–most of those (10) were issued for two Chesapeake Energy well pads in Bradford County in the northeastern part of the state. Ohio had just two new permits, both on the same Southwestern Energy well pad in Monroe County. West Virginia had three new permits, one in Pleasants County and two in Marshall County.
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale to create outdoor welding lab; Erie lawmaker invites National Fuel Gas to relocate to Pa.; NATIONAL: Upstream dealmaking to almost certainly rise in 2022; Coal will account for 85% of U.S. electric generating capacity retirements in 2022; INTERNATIONAL: Russia’s natural gas threat is far from subtle; Germany’s new tool for achieving 2030 climate goals – stop using energy.