16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 15 – 21
Two weeks ago, during the week of April 8 -14, 17 new permits were issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica (see 17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 8 – 14). Last week, for the week of April 15 – 21, 16 new permits were issued. However, the composition of where the permits were issued changed significantly from the typical pattern. Only two of the permits were issued in Pennsylvania last week, both for EQT (one in Fayette County, the other in Greene County). Ohio received six new permits divided evenly, with three going to INR and the other three to EOG Resources. INR’s permits were all issued in Guernsey County and EOG’s in Harrison County. West Virginia, which typically receives the fewest new permits, took the lion’s share with eight new permits. Jaybee Oil & Gas received three permits in Tyler County. Southwestern Energy also received three permits but in Wetzel County. Tribune Resources received one new permit (Tyler County), and EQT received one permit (Marion County).
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One month ago, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost took legal action seeking to force Austin Master Services (AMS), a radiological waste management solutions company operating in Belmont County, OH, to correct “egregious violations of Ohio law” regarding the storage of oil and gas waste that he says threatens the Ohio River and Martins Ferry’s drinking water supply (see 
Range Resources Corporation, the very first company to drill a shale well targeting the Marcellus Shale layer in Pennsylvania (in 2004), issued its first quarter 2024 update earlier this week. Unlike other large Marcellus/Utica drillers, Range is holding its production flat (not decreasing). The company zags while everyone else zigs. During 1Q, Range produced 2.14 Bcfe/d (billion cubic feet equivalent per day), with approximately 68% of production comprised of natural gas and the rest in NGLs and oil. The company averaged 2.14 Bcfe/d, with 69% of that as natural gas, for all of 2023 (see 
The Bidenistas attacked coal and gas-fired power plants yesterday, threatening to destabilize the existing electric power grid. Under 1,020 pages of new regulations, which will go into effect this year, all coal-fired plants that are slated to remain operational in the long term and all 
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The left is nothing if not predictable. It always has been, and always will be. If they can’t win you over to their bankrupt philosophies with flowery persuasion, they’ll try bribery. If bribery doesn’t work, they will try bullying. And if bullying doesn’t work, they will use force. The left is attempting to control all of humankind by screaming “global warming,” claiming that mankind is causing it. Giving in to the catastrophic global warming lie gives the left the power to control you in every aspect of your life: what type of energy you use, whether you can even use energy, the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and even what you can and cannot think. That’s their aim. So it will come as no surprise that the left, now at the end of their proverbial rope in trying to convince you of a climate emergency (and having failed), is now considering making “the destruction of nature” a crime, called ecocide, punishable by fines and/or jail. Global elites are seriously considering it.
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