Jefferson County (OH)

Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Guernsey County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Sullivan County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 20 – 26
May 31, 2024May 31, 2024

Two weeks ago, 16 new permits were issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica region. Last week, May 20-26, the number increased by two to 18. Two drillers tied for the top prize for most new permits. Chesapeake Energy received five new permits, all of them for drilling in Sullivan County, PA. Ascent Resources also received five new permits, with four of them to drill in Jefferson County, OH, and one in Guernsey County, OH. Antero received three permits for drilling in Wetzel County, WV. EQT Corporation got two permits to drill in Washington County, PA. Range Resources, Olympus Energy, and INR each got a single new permit (see below for where).
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

10 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 6 – 12
May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

Two weeks ago, during the week of April 29 – May 5, there were 16 new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica (and 26 the week before that). Last week, for May 6 – 12, there were just ten new permits issued. The trend has been going down for the past few weeks. Ascent Resources scored the most new permits last week, with six scattered between two well pads in Guernsey and Jefferson counties in Ohio. Coterra Energy received two new permits in Susquehanna County, PA. Antero Resources also received two permits, in Wetzel County, WV.
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Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Energy Companies | Harrison County | Industrywide Issues | Jefferson County (OH) | M&A | Monroe County | Northern Oil & Gas | Ohio

NOG Closes on Deal for Ascent-Operated Utica Wells & Acreage
February 6, 2024February 6, 2024

Last November, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG), a company that invests in non-operated oil and gas assets (they let others do the drilling), announced a deal to enter the Utica Shale (see NOG Invests in Utica Wells, Acreage Operated by Ascent Resources). The deal includes non-operated interests in Ohio’s Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, and Monroe counties. Yesterday, NOG said it closed on the deal and now owns those assets.
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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.
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Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | EXCO Resources | Harrison County | Jefferson County (OH) | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | Westmoreland County

20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 15 – 21
January 26, 2024January 26, 2024

There were 20 new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica during the week of Jan. 15 – 21, versus 24 permits issued during the prior week. Pennsylvania issued 11 new permits last week. Ohio issued 9 new permits. West Virginia had a big, fat zero new permits last week. Ascent Resources scored the most new permits issued, with 5 permits across two counties, Jefferson and Harrison, in Ohio. Encino Energy (EAP in the list) had the second most new permits issued with 4 permits in Harrison County, OH.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Energy Companies | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 1-7
January 12, 2024January 12, 2024

There were 18 new permits issued to drill in the Marcellus/Utica during the first full week of 2024 (Jan. 1-7), versus 24 permits issued for the final two weeks of last year (Dec. 18-31). Pennsylvania issued 9 new permits last week. Ohio issued just 1 — which was to drill a Marcellus (not a Utica) well! West Virginia issued 8 permits. Antero Resources took the top spot last week with 7 new permits, all of them issued for drilling in Wetzel County, WV.
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Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Ritchie County | Snyder Brothers | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 18 – 31
January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

We are catching up on permits issued…for the last two weeks of December. Normally we cover permits issued for a single week. This report covers permits issued for the two weeks covering Dec. 18 – 31. Perhaps it’s a good thing we’re reporting on two weeks as Ohio’s ODNR seems to have taken the last two weeks of the year off, issuing just a single permit. There were 24 new permits issued for the final two weeks of the year, cumulatively, versus 35 permits issued for Dec. 11 – 17. Pennsylvania issued 19 new permits for the final two weeks of last year. Ohio issued just 1. And West Virginia issued 4 permits. Range Resources took the top spot with 9 permits issued in Washington County, PA.
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Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Best of the Rest | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Guernsey County | Jefferson County (OH) | Marion County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 4 – 10
December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

New shale permits issued for Dec 4 – 10 in the Marcellus/Utica were up by 2 over the previous week. There were 27 new permits issued last week versus 25 issued two weeks ago. However, there was a major surprise! Last week’s permit tally included 8 new permits in Pennsylvania, 9 new permits in Ohio, and 10 new permits in West Virginia. The pattern is typically the opposite, with PA receiving the most permits and WV the least. The company receiving the most permits last week was EQT Corporation, with all 10 of WV’s permits all on the same well pad in Marion County.
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Brooke County | Carbon Capture | Carroll County | Hancock County | Harrison County | Industrywide Issues | Jefferson County (OH) | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Washington County | West Virginia

Tenaska Discusses Plans for CO2 Injection Wells in WV, OH, PA
December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Yesterday, representatives from Tenaska gave a presentation to the Hancock County (WV) Commission detailing the company’s plans to drill carbon dioxide (CO2) injection wells in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The company anticipates drilling seven CO2 injection wells/sites in WV, 12 wells/sites in OH, and three wells/sites in PA. Tenaska has established an office in Weirton, WV, as it works toward establishing its carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) process in the region. It hopes to have wells operations by 2027.
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Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Energy Companies | Harrison County | Jefferson County (OH) | Monroe County | Northern Oil & Gas | Ohio

NOG Invests in Utica Wells, Acreage Operated by Ascent Resources
November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

In February 2021, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG), a company that invests in non-operated oil and gas assets (they let others do the drilling), announced it had purchased 64,000 net acres producing ~120 MMcfe/d (million cubic feet equivalent per day) in the Marcellus/Utica from Reliance Industries Limited (see Northern O&G Buys 64K Acres of RIL’s Non-Op M-U Assets for $250M). According to NOG’s second quarter 2022 update, the company continued sniffing around the M-U, looking for more deals (see Northern Oil & Gas Continues to Sniff for Deals in the Marcellus). It took a while (more than a year), but they finally found another deal. Yesterday, NOG announced a “bolt-on” acquisition in its Permian portfolio, and a deal to enter the Ohio Utica.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Doddridge County | Elk County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Jefferson County (OH) | Marion County | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 11 – 17
September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

New shale permits issued for Sep 11 – 17 in the Marcellus/Utica rebounded. There were 22 new permits issued last week, up from 14 issued two weeks ago. But the increase came from an unlikely source. Last week’s permit tally included 9 new permits in Pennsylvania, 1 new permit in Ohio, and 12 new permits in West Virginia. WV is typically on the low end of permits, not the high end. The top permittee for the week was Antero Resources, which received 6 permits in WV. EQT was a close second with 5 permits in WV.
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Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Chesapeake Energy | Clinton County | Energy Companies | Jefferson County (OH) | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | S.T.L. Resources | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Weekly Permits

13 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 28 – Sep 3
September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

New shale permits issued for Aug 28 – Sep 3 in the Marcellus/Utica continued to decline. There were 13 new permits issued last week, down from 16 issued two weeks ago, and way down from the 27 issued three weeks ago. Last week’s permit tally included 8 new permits in Pennsylvania, 5 new permits in Ohio, and no new permits in West Virginia (WV has issued no permits in five of the last six weeks). Three drillers tied for the top recipient with a piddly 3 permits each: Chesapeake Energy, Snyder Brothers, and Southwestern Energy.
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Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Inflection Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Weekly Permits | Westmoreland County

16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 21 – 27
September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

New shale permits issued for Aug 21 – 27 in the Marcellus/Utica decreased once again. Up down, up down, up down. That’s what it feels like. There were 16 new permits issued last week, down nearly half from the 27 issued the prior week. Last week’s permit tally included 11 new permits in Pennsylvania, 5 new permits in Ohio, and no new permits in West Virginia (WV has issued no permits in four of the last five weeks). The top permittee for the week, for the third week in a row, was Chesapeake Energy, receiving 5 permits–1 in Bradford County and 4 in Sullivan County.
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Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Cameron County | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Equinor/Statoil | Greene County (PA) | Jefferson County (OH) | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 14 – 20
August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

New shale permits issued for Aug 14 – 20 in the Marcellus/Utica finally turned around. There were 27 new permits issued last week, way up from the 10 issued the prior week. Last week’s permit tally included 21 new permits in Pennsylvania, 2 new permits in Ohio, and 4 new permits in West Virginia (after no permits in WV for three weeks in a row). The top permittee for the week, for the second week in a row, was Chesapeake Energy, receiving 6 permits–5 in Bradford County and 1 in Susquehanna County.
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Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Jefferson County (OH) | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits

29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 24-30
August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jul 24-30 in the Marcellus/Utica were down just a couple, but still a nice number. There were 29 new permits issued last week, down from the 31 issued the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 22 new permits in Pennsylvania, 7 new permits in Ohio, and no new permits in West Virginia. The top permittee for the week was EQT Corporation, receiving a whopping 16 permits in Greene County, PA.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Columbiana County | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Hilcorp Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Noble County | Ohio | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for OH-WV (Not PA) Jul 10-16
July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

We’re trying not to sound too PO’d (personally offended) here, but once again, in what seems to be an every month or two occurrence, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) online oil and gas permitting database is throwing an error. So, we are left with no permit numbers for PA for the week of July 10-16. Neither the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) reporting system nor the West Virginia DEP reporting system have these problems. It is only the PA DEP that routinely goes “off the air.” Why is that? [Rant over] Even without PA’s numbers, OH and WV combined issued 17 permits last week, versus the pathetic 11 total from the prior week that included PA.
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