19 New Shale Well Permits Reported for PA-OH-WV Aug 17 – 23
The Marcellus/Utica region received 19 new drilling permits last week, August 17 – 23, down from the 27 permits issued two weeks ago. For the second week in a row, Pennsylvania issued the fewest new permits, with 2 (after issuing just 4 two weeks ago). What’s up with PA? Ohio issued 4 permits. And West Virginia took the prize last week, issuing 13 new permits. The drillers who received new permits were: Expand Energy (6), Infinity Natural Resources (1), Northeast Natural Energy (1), Pennsylvania General Energy (2), Tiburon Oil & Gas (3), and Vickery Energy (6). Read More “19 New Shale Well Permits Reported for PA-OH-WV Aug 17 – 23”

Vickery Energy Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Quantum Capital Group, announced yesterday that it has closed on the acquisition of Tribune Resources. The transaction includes assets located primarily in Wetzel, Tyler, Harrison, and Doddridge counties, West Virginia, totaling approximately 38,000 net acres and more than 200 million cubic feet equivalent per day (MMcfe/d) of net production.