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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: May 3-9

All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received a big 18 new permits (after receiving no new permits the previous week). More than half of those 18 permits were for wells on two pads in southwestern PA. Ohio received 7 new permits last week all in one county (Jefferson), split between Encino Energy and Ascent Resources. And West Virginia received 10 new permits with 7 of them for a single pad in Lewis County.
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Arsenal Resources Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Plan Approved by Court

In February, the parent holding company for Marcellus driller Arsenal Resources, Arsenal Energy Holdings LLC, applied for what has to be the fastest “prepackaged bankruptcy” we’ve ever heard of, sailing through the whole process in 10 days flat (see Arsenal Energy Exits Bankruptcy in 10 Days Flat). Less than 10 months later the company headed back into bankruptcy. However, this time it is Arsenal Resources, the driller itself (not the holding company) that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (see Arsenal Heads into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Second Time). The good news for Arsenal is that a Delaware bankruptcy court judge has approved their plan.
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Arsenal Heads into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Second Time

On Feb. 4, 2019, the parent holding company for Marcellus driller Arsenal Resources, Arsenal Energy Holdings LLC, applied for what has to be the fastest “prepackaged bankruptcy” we’ve ever heard of. They sailed through the whole process in 10 days flat (see Arsenal Energy Exits Bankruptcy in 10 Days Flat). Less than 10 months later and the company is heading back into bankruptcy. However, this time it is Arsenal Resources, the driller itself (not the holding company) that’s heading into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Arsenal drills on acreage in northern West Virginia.
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Arsenal Energy Exits Bankruptcy in 10 Days Flat

On Feb. 4 the parent holding company for Marcellus driller Arsenal Resources, Arsenal Energy Holdings LLC, applied for what has to be the fastest “prepackaged bankruptcy” we’ve ever heard of (see Arsenal Resources Files for Speedy Chapter 11 Bankruptcy). At the time they said they wanted to be out of bankruptcy no later than Valentine’s Day–today.
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Arsenal Resources Files for Speedy Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The parent holding company for Marcellus driller Arsenal Resources, Arsenal Energy Holdings LLC, is applying for what has to be the fastest “prepackaged bankruptcy” we’ve ever heard of. Yesterday (Feb. 4) the company filed, claiming nearly all of its outstanding “stakeholders” are on board with the plan–and they aim to exit bankruptcy on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
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Lease Offer in Harrison County, WV: $1500/Acre + 14% Royalties

It’s not often we read about lease offers these days. We’re sure they happen regularly, but the only ones you read about are offers made to lease publicly owned land. Such offers for public land are a useful gauge for private landowners. So when we noticed a story about an offer made by Arsenal Resources to the North Central West Virginia Airport (Bridgeport), our eyes and ears perked up. The opening offer is for 188.5 acres (out of 500 acres) with a $1,500 per acre signing bonus and 14% royalty on anything produced. The Benedum Airport Authority, charged with managing the airport and property, told the Authority’s attorney to counter offer–they want 15% royalties… Read More “Lease Offer in Harrison County, WV: $1500/Acre + 14% Royalties”

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Mountaineer Keystone Renames Itself Arsenal Resources

In October 2014, Mountaineer Keystone, a pure play Marcellus/Utica driller headquartered in Pittsburgh, bought out PDC Mountaineer for half a billion dollars, creating a company with 181,000 net acres totally focused on the northeast (see Major New Player in the Marcellus Emerges: Mountaineer Keystone). Mountaineer Keystone got its start in 2010 when founder/CEO Rob Kozel formed the initial management team from former Texas Keystone people. In 2011 the company took a boatload of money from First Reserve, an energy investment firm. We don’t have the back story, but in November 2015, Mountaineer announced that Kozel was out as CEO, and in his place the board has selected David Wood, the current Chairman of the Board at Mountaineer Keystone (see Shake-up at the Top of Marcellus Driller Mountaineer Keystone). Last Friday Mountaineer changed its name–to Arsenal Resources…
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