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40 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 6-12
February 17, 2023February 17, 2023

New shale permits issued for Feb. 5-12 in the Marcellus/Utica increased nicely last week. There were 40 new permits issued in total last week, including 25 new permits for Pennsylvania, 11 new permits for Ohio, and four permits issued in West Virginia. The week before, there were only 26 new permits issued. Last week the top receiver of new permits was Seneca Resources, with six new permits for Tioga County, PA. Coterra Energy received five permits for Susquehanna County, PA. In Ohio, Encino Energy and Ascent Resources both received four new permits–in Carroll and Harrison counties, respectively.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Diversified Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | Harrison County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Monroe County | Noble County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

59 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 23-29
February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 23-29 in the Marcellus/Utica soared! There were 59 new permits issued in total, including 34 (!) new permits for Pennsylvania, 24 (!) new permits for Ohio, and just one measly permit issued in West Virginia. Chesapeake Energy was the runaway winner by grabbing 13 permits, all of them for wells in Bradford County, PA. EOG Resources was the runner-up, receiving eight permits for drilling in Noble County, OH.
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Brooke County | Carroll County | Clay County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Diversified Energy | Elk County | Energy Companies | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Monroe County | Mountain V O&G | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 16-22
January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 16-22 in the Marcellus/Utica included only 7 new permits in Pennsylvania, 5 new permits in Ohio, and 2 new permits in West Virginia–for a grand total of 14. The top recipient of permits for last week, scoring nearly half, was Coterra Energy (the former Cabot Oil & Gas), with 6 permits issued in northeastern PA’s Susquehanna County.
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Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio

Utica Gas Power Plant on Ohio River Returns to Service After Outage
January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

The Long Ridge Energy Terminal, host to a Utica shale gas-fired power plant that went online in November 2021, scheduled brief downtime for routine maintenance during the fourth quarter of 2022. But when the techs started to analyze the equipment, they discovered a problem, turning a couple of weeks of downtime into more than a month.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Columbiana County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Ohio County | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Ritchie County | Seneca Resources | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Tioga County (PA) | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wyoming County (PA)

25 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 9-15
January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 9-15 in the Marcellus/Utica included 18 new permits in Pennsylvania, 5 new permits in Ohio, and 2 new permits in West Virginia. The top recipient of permits for last week was PennEnergy Resources, grabbing 6 permits to drill on a single pad in Butler County, PA. Right behind PennEnergy was Southwestern Energy with 5 permits total spread across all three states–3 in PA, and 1 each in OH and WV.
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Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Inflection Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

23 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 2-8
January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 2-8 in the Marcellus/Utica included 14 new permits in Pennsylvania, 8 new permits in Ohio, and just 1 new permit in West Virginia. The top recipient of permits for last week was Apex Energy, grabbing 6 permits to drill on a single pad in Westmoreland County, PA. Right behind Apex was Coterra Energy with 5 permits to drill on a single pad in Susquehanna County, PA. Opposite sides of the state.
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Energy Services | Equitrans/EQT Midstream | Greene County (PA) | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Regulation | West Virginia | Wetzel County

FERC Accepting Comments on Draft EIS for OVCX Pipe in PA-WV-OH
November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

Earlier this year, Equitrans Midstream announced it had filed a new pipeline expansion project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see Equitrans Files New $160M Pipe Expansion Project with FERC). Called the Ohio Valley Connector Expansion Project (or OVCX), the $160 million project will add compression along Equitrans pipelines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that allow the company to flow an extra 350 MMcf/d (million cubic feet per day) of natural gas. It appears OVCX is Equitrans’ “plan B” if the ultimate horror happens and Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) can’t be completed. FERC recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and is accepting comments on that document (and the project) until Nov. 21.
Read More “FERC Accepting Comments on Draft EIS for OVCX Pipe in PA-WV-OH”
Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Carroll County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Inflection Energy | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 24-30
November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

Something of an improvement from last week’s new permits report when there were only 11 new permits. For the week of October 24-30, there were 28 new permits. But not because of the return of new permits in Pennsylvania. Instead, Ohio was the shining light. PA reported 11 new permits, all of them in Lycoming County, with seven going to Repsol and four going to Inflection Energy. Ohio issued 16 new permits, with Encino Energy grabbing six, Southwestern Energy getting five, and Ascent Energy receiving four. Finally, WV had a single new permit, for Tug Hill Operating (soon to be EQT), in Wetzel County.
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Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Diversified Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Harrison County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits

9 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 3-9
October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

Another week of pathetically low numbers for new shale drilling permits issued during the week of Oct. 3-9. The previous week saw only nine new permits too. All of a sudden, Pennsylvania is seeing far fewer permits issued than is typical. Just five new permits were issued in PA for Oct. 3-9, with all five in the northeastern part of the state. Chesapeake received two permits, and Coterra received three permits. In Ohio, just four permits were issued, with two going to Diversified Energy (typically doesn’t drill new wells) in Monroe County, and two going to Encino Energy in Harrison County. West Virginia had a big, fat, goose egg last week. No new permits.
Read More “9 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 3-9”
Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Cameron County | Columbiana County | Elk County | Energy Companies | HG Energy | Hilcorp Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lewis County | Marshall County | Monongalia County | Monroe County | Northeast Natural Energy | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 19-25
September 30, 2022September 30, 2022

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 30 new drilling permits, up from the 21 permits issued the week before. It was a reversal of what we typically see. Last week PA only issued four new permits, while WV issued 17 permits and OH issued nine permits. Usually, PA issues the most permits.
Read More “30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 19-25”
Ascent Resources | Clearfield County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Gulfport Energy | Indiana County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | XTO

21 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 12-18
September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 21 new drilling permits, down from the 30 permits issued the week before, and down from the 40 permits issued the week before that. The trend is not our friend right now. PA issued 13 permits, and OH and WV issued four permits each.
Read More “21 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 12-18”
Apex Energy | Armstrong County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

13 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 1-7
August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) reporting website finally fixed whatever problem was plaguing it (this time), so we now have the permit report from August 1-7. Pennsylvania only issued seven new permits during that time, with three going to Range Resources in Washington County and three going to Southwestern Energy in Susquehanna County. Ohio issued a single new permit to Southwestern in Monroe County. And West Virginia issued five new permits, with four of the five going to EQT in Wetzel County.
Read More “13 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 1-7”
Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Jefferson County (OH) | Monongalia County | Monroe County | Northeast Natural Energy | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tyler County | Utica Resource Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 25-31
August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

For the week of July 25-31, the three Marcellus/Utica states issued 24 permits to drill new shale wells, up from 16 the prior week. However, in a major turnaround, Pennsylvania only issued two new permits, one to Chesapeake Energy and the other to Olympus Energy. Ohio had the lion’s share of new permits, issuing 14. Eight of Ohio’s permits went to Encino Energy, and four to Utica Resources Operating. West Virginia issued eight new permits, with seven of them going to Antero Resources.
Read More “24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 25-31”
Electrical Generation | Hydrogen | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio | Trucking

Long Ridge Energy Partners with General Hydrogen Corp. for H2
July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

hydrogen tube trailer

In April, MDN told you about a world first when the gas-fired power plant (currently powered by Utica Shale gas) on the banks of the Ohio River in Hannibal (Monroe County), OH, successfully added a 5% mixture of hydrogen to the natural gas it burns (see Utica Gas Power Plant on Ohio River Uses Hydrogen in World First). The Long Ridge Energy Terminal is the first large, commercial operation to blend hydrogen with natural gas to produce electricity. We’ve wondered where Long Ridge would get the hydrogen it uses to blend. What is the source? We now have the answer…
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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”