New Driller Arrives in the Marcellus – Hunting for Oil
There’s a new name in drillers coming to the Marcellus Shale: Yaterra Ventures. In a press release yesterday (see below), Yaterra announced they they are close to concluding negotiations to take over the leases for 150 wells on 1,600 acres in western Pennsylvania. Yaterra does not mention who the potential seller is. It strikes MDN as unusual that Yaterra would issue a press release prior to the deal closing, but sometimes these high finance deals escape our understanding!
One thing we do understand from the release: Yaterra is not after natural gas in the Marcellus. They’re after shale oil.
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