Epsilon 3Q – Production Drops but Profits Soar 586%
Epsilon Energy concentrates most of its effort on developing Marcellus Shale wells in Susquehanna County, PA. Epsilon typically does not do its own drilling. The company joint venture partners with (gives money to) other companies, like Chesapeake Energy, and the other company typically does the drilling. Epsilon issued its third quarter 2022 update last week. The company’s Marcellus net gas production was 2.3 Bcf (billion cubic feet) in total, not per day, during 3Q22. That number is down 12% from 2.6 Bcf in 3Q21. The good news is that the company received a lot more money for its production, given recent high prices, meaning it made a good profit.
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One of the hottest of the hot sectors in which to invest (right now) is shale energy. That’s according to multiple sources, including a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer, and researcher. In an article appearing on the OilPrice.com website, Alex Kimani talks up mid-cap energy stocks as outperforming the supermajors. Among two of Kimani’s top three picks are two Marcellus/Utica drillers, who are having a stellar year in stock performance. We went looking for the stock performance of other M-U drillers too. We have a list to share showing just how much each driller’s share price has increased this year.
Epsilon Energy concentrates most of its effort on the Marcellus in Susquehanna County, PA. Epsilon doesn’t typically do its own drilling. The company joint venture partners with (gives money to) other companies, like Chesapeake Energy, and the other company typically does the drilling. Epsilon issued its first-quarter update last Thursday. The company’s Marcellus net gas production averaged 27.4 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) in 1Q21, compared to 30.3 MMcf/d of net gas production in 1Q20 (a 10% decrease). However, revenues were up a big 31% in 1Q21 vs. 1Q20.
Last week MDN told you that Epsilon Energy, which concentrates most of its effort on the Marcellus in Susquehanna County, PA, had sued its joint venture partner Chesapeake Energy over Chessy’s refusal to allow Epsilon to drill four shale wells on land Chessy doesn’t want to drill (see 
All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received 22 new permits. Ohio received 2 new permits. And West Virginia received 8 new permits.