Laurel Mountain Energy

Antero Resources | Bradford County | Butler County | Carroll County | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Expand Energy | Guernsey County | Harrison County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Laurel Mountain Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

31 New Shale Well Permits Reported for PA-OH-WV Jun 22 – 28
July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

The Marcellus/Utica region received 31 new drilling permits last week, June 22 – 28, the very same number issued two weeks ago! Can’t remember the last time that happened. Last week, Pennsylvania issued just 5 new permits. Ohio issued 13 new permits. West Virginia also issued 13 new permits last week. The drillers who received new permits included: Antero Resources, EOG Resources, EQT, Expand Energy, Infinity Natural Resources, Laurel Mountain Energy, and Pennsylvania General Energy. Read More “31 New Shale Well Permits Reported for PA-OH-WV Jun 22 – 28”
Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Butler County | Carroll County | Clean Energy E&P | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Fayette County | Jefferson County (OH) | JKLM Energy | Laurel Mountain Energy | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Snyder Brothers | Tioga County (PA) | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 6 – 12
April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

Last week was a good week for new drilling permits. The Marcellus/Utica region received 37 new drilling permits last week, Apr. 6 – 12, up 15 from the 22 issued two weeks ago. Pennsylvania issued 23 of the permits. Ohio issued 8 new permits. And West Virginia issued 6 new permits last week. The drillers who received new permits last week included: Antero Resources, Ascent Resources, Blackhill Energy, Clean Energy Exploration, EOG Resources, EQT, JKLM Energy, Laurel Mountain Energy, PennEnergy Resources, Repsol, and Snyder Brothers. Read More “37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 6 – 12”
Ascent Resources | Butler County | Carroll County | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Expand Energy | Fayette County | Harrison County | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Laurel Mountain Energy | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pleasants County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 30 – Apr 5
April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

The Marcellus/Utica region received 22 new drilling permits last week, Mar. 30 – Apr. 5, up 3 from the 19 issued two weeks ago. Pennsylvania issued 6 of the permits. Ohio issued 8 new permits. West Virginia also issued 8 new permits last week. The drillers who received new permits last week included Ascent Resources, EOG Resources, EQT, Expand Energy, Jay-Bee Oil & Gas, and Laurel Mountain Energy. Read More “22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 30 – Apr 5”
Butler County | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Laurel Mountain Energy | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

11 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 16 – 22
March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

The Marcellus/Utica region received a combined 11 new drilling permits last week, Mar. 16 – 22, down 6 from the 17 permits issued two weeks ago. Pennsylvania issued 10 of the permits. Ohio issued 1. And, West Virginia issued no new permits last week. The drillers who received new permits last week included EOG Resources, EQT, and Laurel Mountain Energy. Read More “11 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 16 – 22”
Butler County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Expand Energy | Greene County (PA) | Laurel Mountain Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Statewide OH | Statewide WV | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 9 – 15
June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

It’s not often this happens. Last week, for the week of Jun 9 – 15, only Pennsylvania issued new permits to drill shale wells. Neither Ohio nor West Virginia issued any new shale permits. Bummer. PA issued 18 new permits last week. Eight of the permits went to Pennsylvania General Energy for a single pad in Lycoming County. Another six permits went to Range Resources for a single pad, also in Lycoming County. Ergo, 14 of the 18 permits were issued in Lycoming County. Read More “18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 9 – 15”
Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | BKV/Banpu | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Expand Energy | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | Harrison County | Laurel Mountain Energy | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wyoming County (PA)

35 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 26 – Jun 1
June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

For the week of May 26 – Jun 1, the number of permits issued to drill new wells in the Marcellus/Utica increased significantly from the previous week. There were 35 new permits issued across the three M-U states last week, up 11 from 24 two weeks ago. A whopping 27 new permits were issued in the Keystone State (PA) after issuing only four permits two weeks ago. EQT and its drilling subsidiary Rice Drilling received 10 permits, all of them in Greene County, spread across two pads. Spain-based Repsol received the second most permits, five, for a single pad in Tioga County. Read More “35 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 26 – Jun 1”
Ascent Resources | Butler County | Columbiana County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Harrison County | HG Energy | Laurel Mountain Energy | Lewis County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wyoming County (PA)

20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 30 – Oct 6
October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

There were 20 permits issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica for the week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 6, down eight from the 28 issued the prior week. The Keystone State (PA) had eight new permits, with five going to Southwestern Energy (now Expand Energy following a merger with Chesapeake) in both Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. The other three permits went to Laurel Mountain Energy for a pad in Butler County. Read More “20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 30 – Oct 6”
Allegheny County | Bradford County | Butler County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Clean Energy E&P | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Guernsey County | Laurel Mountain Energy | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 23 – 29
October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

There were 28 permits issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica for the week of Sept. 23 – 29, down slightly from the 32 issued the prior week. The Keystone State (PA) had 15 new permits, with seven of them going to Range Resources, most of them in Washington County. Three permits were issued to Chesapeake Energy in Bradford County, and two permits were issued to Southwestern Energy in Susquehanna County. As of Tuesday, Chesapeake and Southwestern combined in a merger to form Expand Energy (see Chesapeake & Southwestern Complete Merger; Now #1 U.S. Gas Driller). It’s going to take a while before the name change flows through to new permits, so we’ll keep reporting on the permits by their given names for now. Read More “28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 23 – 29”
Antero Resources | Arsenal Resources | Butler County | Campbell Oil & Gas | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | Gulfport Energy | Harrison County | Laurel Mountain Energy | Noble County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Ritchie County | Seneca Resources | Susquehanna County | Taylor County | Tioga County (PA) | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 26 – Mar 3
March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

There were 17 new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica during the week of Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, down 1 from 18 permits issued the prior week. Pennsylvania issued 8 new permits last week. Ohio issued 4 new permits. And West Virginia issued 5 new permits last week. Four companies tied for the top slot of receiving 3 permits each: Chesapeake Energy (Susquehanna County, PA), Seneca Resources (Tioga County, PA), Gulfport Energy (Harrison County, OH), and Antero Resources (Ritchie County, WV). Arsenal Resources received 2 permits (Taylor County, WV). Three companies received a single new permit: Laurel Mountain Energy (Butler County, PA), Campbell Oil & Gas (Westmoreland County, PA), and EOG Resources (Noble County, OH).
Read More “17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 26 – Mar 3”
Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Butler County | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Gulfport Energy | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Laurel Mountain Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 22 – 28
February 2, 2024February 2, 2024

There were 27 new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica during the week of Jan. 22 – 28, versus 20 permits issued during the prior week. Pennsylvania issued 19 new permits last week. Ohio issued 5 new permits. West Virginia issued 3 new permits last week. Olympus Energy scored the most new permits with 7, all of them in Westmoreland County, PA. Apex Energy came in second with 6 new permits, also in Westmoreland. In fact, Westmoreland County, in southwestern PA, received 15 new permits last week, by far the most of any county.
Read More “27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 22 – 28”
Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Carroll County | Clarion County | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Harrison County | Hilcorp Energy | Laurel Mountain Energy | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 27-Mar 5
March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

New shale permits issued for Feb. 27 through Mar. 5 in the Marcellus/Utica stayed the same as the prior week. There were 29 new permits issued in total last week, including 7 new permits for Pennsylvania, 20 new permits for Ohio, and 2 new permits issued in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was Hilcorp Energy with 8 new permits–all of them in Columbiana County, OH. The second highest number of permits went to Encino Energy, with 4 permits in Carroll County and 2 in Columbiana County. EOG Resources also received 4 permits in Carroll County. It seems the northern part of the Ohio Utica saw a lot of love last week.
Read More “29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 27-Mar 5”
Apex Energy | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Butler County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Clarion County | CNX Resources | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | Hilcorp Energy | Inflection Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Laurel Mountain Energy | LOLA Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio | Ohio County | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wyoming County (PA)

47 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 11-17
July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

For the week of July 11-17, the three Marcellus/Utica states issued 47 permits to drill new shale wells, up 10 from the prior week. Pennsylvania issued the lion’s share with 35 new permits. CNX grabbed seven of those permits in Washington County, and Olympus Energy received six in Westmoreland County. Ohio issued 11 new permits, with four going to Ascent Resources in Jefferson County, and four to Hilcorp Energy in Columbiana County. West Virginia issued a paltry one new permit, which went to Southwestern Energy in Ohio County.
Read More “47 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 11-17”
Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Clean Energy E&P | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Laurel Mountain Energy | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Southwestern Energy | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County | Wyoming County (PA)

35 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 27-Jul 3
July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

We’re catching up the permits issued report, but not for last week. This report is for permits issued two weeks ago–June 27 through July 3. The numbers increased from the prior week (27) to 35. Pennsylvania issued the lion’s share of new permits, 25, with most of them going to Olympus Energy (12 permits in Washington County), and a significant number going to a name we’ve only seen once before: Clean Energy Exploration & Production (six permits in Tioga County). Ohio issued four new permits, with three going to Ascent Resources and one to Gulfport Energy. Finally, West Virginia also issued four new shale permits, two each for Southwestern Energy and Tug Hill Operating.
Read More “35 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 27-Jul 3”
Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Butler County | Carroll County | Clinton County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Laurel Mountain Energy | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Range Resources Corp | S.T.L. Resources | Southwestern Energy | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26
July 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Last week, for June 20-26, the number of new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica decreased just a bit to 29 (from 34 the week prior). Pennsylvania issued 15 new permits, all but one in southwestern PA. Five of PA’s permits went to PennEnergy Resources in Butler County, four to Range Resources in Washington County, and three to Apex Energy in Westmoreland County. Ohio issued 10 new permits with five going to Encino Energy (EAP) in Carroll County and three going to Ascent Resources in Belmont County. Finally, West Virginia issued four new permits, all of them to Tug Hill Operating. In each case the permits were for multiple wells on single well pads.
Read More “29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 20-26”
Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Butler County | Carroll County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Doddridge County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Harrison County | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Laurel Mountain Energy | LOLA Energy | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 13-19
June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

We finally started to see more permits issued again last week. After the Marcellus/Utica was in the permit doldrum for nearly a month, bumping around at 20 permits or below, last week the number increased to a total of 34 permits issued to drill new shale wells. Pennsylvania issued 13 new permits, with seven of them going to Coterra Energy in Susquehanna County on the same pad. Ohio issued 14 new permits, with 12 of them going to Ascent Resources distributed across four different counties. And West Virginia issued seven new permits, all of them to Antero Resources, all in Doddridge County.
Read More “34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 13-19”
Antero Resources | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Laurel Mountain Energy | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 11-17
April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

Last week Pennsylvania issued 12 new shale well permits, down three from the prior week. Coterra Energy (formerly Cabot Oil & Gas) had the most permits with four, all on the same pad in Susquehanna County. Southwestern had three permits all on the same pad in Susquehanna County. Chesapeake Energy also had a permit in Susquehanna County, making that county the top spot for new permits with eight last week. Ohio had no new shale permits issued last week. Bummer. West Virginia had just two permits, one for Southwestern Energy in Ohio County, and one for Antero Resources in Tyler County.
Read More “14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 11-17”