Oilfield Services Co. Closing Southwest PA Office, Cutting 75 Jobs
Calfrac Well Services Ltd. is an oilfield services company headquartered in Canada, with major offices and operations in the United States and Argentina. Calfrac’s services include hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing, cementing, and other well stimulation techniques designed to help increase the production of oil and natural gas. Sadly, Calfrac is closing its Fayette County, PA, office in September, resulting in about 75 job losses. That’s according to a WARN notice filed by the company with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Read More “Oilfield Services Co. Closing Southwest PA Office, Cutting 75 Jobs”
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. 
For the week of Mar 10 – 16, the number of permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica to drill new shale wells increased by nine from the previous week. Last week, 31 new permits were issued, with 16 going to the Keystone State (PA). EQT (and its subsidiary Rice Drilling) scored nine permits across Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties in southwestern PA. Range Resources took five permits, all of them in Washington County. And Rev Resources received two permits in Tioga County. 
Last week, MDN brought you the news that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had not followed up on the cleanup work needed for a shale well drilled some 12 years ago (see 
Last fall, MDN shared the sad news that Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican In Name Only from Fayette County) had turned against the Marcellus industry (see 
Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline (TETCO) is a major natural gas pipeline originally built to flow gas from the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas and Louisiana up through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to deliver gas in the New York City area. Owned by Canadian-based Enbridge, TETCO is one of the largest pipeline systems in the United States. Years ago, large portions of TETCO were reversed to flow Marcellus/Utica gas southward along the pipeline. Here’s something we’re sure happens with big pipes like TETCO, but not something you read about often: TETCO is replacing a segment of its pipeline that runs through Fayette County, PA.