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Marcellus & Utica are 2 of 3 Largest Gas Fields in the World!
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

We always knew the Marcellus (and the Utica) are special, but here’s something we didn’t know until today. The Marcellus and the Utica are two of the three largest natural gas fields on the planet. Only the South Pars/North Dome gas field straddling Qatar and Iran holds more natural gas than either the Marcellus or the Utica individually. Together, the M-U actually is the largest gas field in the world! If we had the pipelines in our region to export our gas to other regions of our own country, and pipelines (and plants) to export our more M-U gas to other countries, we have more than enough gas in the M-U to supply the entire U.S. and the world *for decades.* That’s how massive our beloved Marcellus/Utica is.
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Energy Services | Eureka Resources | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County | Wastewater

SEPA Dem Attacks NEPA Marcellus Wastewater Recycling Plant in Dimock
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

In March 2021, Eureka Resources announced plans to build a Marcellus Shale wastewater treatment facility in Dimock (Susquehanna County), Pennsylvania (see Eureka Building Marcellus Wastewater Recycling Plant in Dimock, PA). Yep, that Dimock, the one made famous by the lying Josh Fox of Gasland fame. Three weeks ago MDN brought you the news that both Susquehanna County and Dimock Township have approved the Eureka project (see Town, County Approve Marcellus Wastewater Recycling Plant in Dimock). The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has not yet approved the facility. Seemingly out of nowhere, leftwing Democrat State Senator Katie Muth (from the Philadelphia area) has filed an appeal with the DEP’s Environmental Hearing Board attempting to block Eureka’s Dimock project.

NOTE: We updated our post (below) shortly after publishing with a copy of the legal response from Eureka to Sen. Muth’s appeal.
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Industrywide Issues | Research

EIA Predicts New Record High NatGas Production & Demand for 2022/23
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

In its latest monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates domestic natural gas production was 96.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in March, up 1.2 Bcf/d from February levels. EIA estimates dry natural gas production will average 96.9 Bcf/d in April, and 97.4 Bcf/d for the full year in 2022. That would be a new all-time record, up from 93.6 Bcf/d in 2021, the previous all-time high record. What about 2023? EIA says the U.S. will produce an average of 100.9 Bcf/d next year. Natural gas isn’t going anywhere folks, contrary to the babbling of the enviro-left.
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Diversified Energy | Energy Companies

Diversified Energy Deploys Innovative Methane Measurement Equipment
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

Diversified Energy (formerly Diversified Gas & Oil) owns close to 8 million acres of leases with some 67,000 (mostly) conventional oil and gas wells. Most of Diversified’s assets are located in the Appalachian region. This morning the company announced it has purchased and will deploy the Opgal EyeCGas 2.0 system (special handheld camera), with companion EyeCSite Tablet software, along with the SEMTECH® HI-FLOW 2 sampler. The two systems working together are state-of-the-art emissions measurement equipment capable of not only detecting fugitive methane emissions but also estimating the amount of the emissions.
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Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Pennsylvania | Statewide PA | Wyoming County (PA)

Marcellus Industry Tells U.S. Sen. Toomey “We Need More Workers”
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senator Pat Toomey visited the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) near Tunkhannock (Wyoming County), PA yesterday. What struck us about coverage of the event is that PNG officials said they don’t have enough students to fill all of the available, open positions for graduates and that people from the industry said they don’t have enough workers to fill jobs in the Marcellus Shale.
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CNG/LNG | Commodity Price | Exporting | Industrywide Issues

Global LNG Prices Now the Dog, U.S. NatGas Prices the Wagged Tail?
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

Traditionally the United States has largely been insulated from conditions (and prices) in other parts of the world that affects prices in our own domestic natural gas markets. At least that’s been the case since the miracle of fracking took off and changed energy dynamics roughly 15 years ago. Once upon a time the U.S. had to import natural gas to meet all of our needs. Then shale happened, and now we export our gas to other countries (we have so much of it!). However, once again the U.S. appears to increasingly be part of a global dynamic whereby events in other parts of the world DO affect our natural gas prices. At least, that’s the view we’re beginning to read. LNG is fingered as the reason for it.
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34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 4-10
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

Last week Pennsylvania issued 15 new shale well permits (up one from the prior week), with Repsol taking five, and both Range Resources and Seneca Energy grabbing four each. All permits for each of the three were on a single pad. Ohio issued five new permits last week, with all five going to Ascent Resources. West Virginia issued a big 14 permits (after issuing no permits in the prior week). Antero Resource received six permits, with Southwestern Energy and HG Energy each receiving four permits in WV.
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Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 13, 2022
April 13, 2022April 20, 2022

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Peregrine adds mineral rights in Pennsylvania, West Virginia; NATIONAL: Time to tear down America’s own barriers to energy security; It’s time for transparency of the embedded costs of going “green”; INTERNATIONAL: Ineos lobbying for fracking with shale gas demo site development; China slashes LNG purchases; BofA Global Research maintains $100+ oil forecast.
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