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61 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 17-23
January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Holy smokes! What just happened? For months (and months and months) the cumulative number of weekly permits issued to drill new shale wells in the Marcellus/Utica has fluctuated from the low teens to perhaps 30 total on the upper end. Last week, from Jan. 17-23, an amazing 61 permits were issued to drill new shale wells. Double the usual. Wow! Pennsylvania issued 24 new permits, Ohio issued 9, and blow-the-doors-off-we’ve-never-seen-so-many-permits-issued-in-one-week for West Virginia, the Mountain State issued 28 new shale permits.
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Bradford County | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Lycoming County | M&A | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Rockdale | Tioga County (PA)

Sale of Rockdale PA Assets to Repsol Closes – $220M Cash, $2M Debt
January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

In September MDN broke the news that Rockdale Marcellus had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (see NEPA Driller Rockdale Marcellus Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy). Earlier this month we told you that Repsol had won an auction to buy the assets for $220 million in cash, plus the assumption of $2 million in debt owed to trade creditors (see Repsol Buys Rockdale PA Assets Out of Bankruptcy for $222M). The deal was sealed yesterday. Repsol now owns Rockdale’s 66 producing wells on 42,897 net acres in three northeast PA counties producing ~110 Mmcf/d (million cubic feet per day).
Read More “Sale of Rockdale PA Assets to Repsol Closes – $220M Cash, $2M Debt”
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18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 10-16
January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Last week 18 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in the Marcellus/Utica, down from 24 the week before. Pennsylvania had the most new permits with 12, mostly in the northeastern part of the state in Lycoming and Susquehanna counties. Ohio had four permits evenly divided between Columbiana and Harrison counties. West Virginia had just two lonely permits, one in Lewis and one in Wetzel counties.
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Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania

Lycoming County Landowners Prep Lawsuit for Water Well Contamination
January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

An anti-fossil fuel professor from New York University spent a significant amount of time in Lycoming County, PA in order to figure out what makes “rural middle America” tick. In particular, the prof interviewed a number of residents to understand why rural PA hicks (our term for his sentiment) lease their land for fracking even when Big Oil companies treat them badly, screwing up their water wells and polluting everything in sight. The prof wrote a book about what he found called, “Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town“. There is one interview in particular that caught our attention.
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24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 3-9
January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Last week 24 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in the Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania had the lion’s share with 19 new permits–most of those (10) were issued for two Chesapeake Energy well pads in Bradford County in the northeastern part of the state. Ohio had just two new permits, both on the same Southwestern Energy well pad in Monroe County. West Virginia had three new permits, one in Pleasants County and two in Marshall County.
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Bradford County | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Lycoming County | M&A | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Rockdale | Tioga County (PA)

Repsol Buys Rockdale PA Assets Out of Bankruptcy for $222M
January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

In September MDN broke the news that Rockdale Marcellus had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (see NEPA Driller Rockdale Marcellus Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy). On Dec. 16 an auction for Rockdale’s assets was held in Dallas, Texas. The highest bidder and winner was Repsol, buying substantially all of Rockdale’s assets for $220 million in cash, plus the assumption of $2 million in debt owed to trade creditors. Last Wednesday, Dec. 29, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania approved the auction results and sale to Repsol.
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30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 6-12
December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

There was a decent number of new permits issued across all three actively drilling Marcellus/Utica states cumulatively last week. In Pennsylvania, 19 new shale well permits were issued across the state. In Ohio, three new shale permits were issued. West Virginia issued 8 new shale permits last week, with five going to a company we had not previously heard of.
Read More “30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 6-12”
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16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 1-7
November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Three weeks ago the total number of permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica was 22. Two weeks ago it fell to 9. Last week the numbers picked up somewhat, with 16 new permits issued, breaking down as: 12 permits issued in Pennsylvania, 2 permits issued in Ohio, and 2 permits issued in West Virginia.
Read More “16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 1-7”
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28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 18-24
October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Last week Pennsylvania issued 21 permits to drill new shale wells. Most of the permits went to two well pads, one in Butler County drilled by PennEnergy Resources and the other in Tioga County drilled by Repsol. Ohio issued six new permits, three to Encino Energy, two to Utica Resource Operating, and one to Ascent Resources. West Virginia, for the second week in a row, issued just one new permit. Last week’s WV permit went to Tug Hill Operating in Marshall County.
Read More “28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 18-24”
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Oct 11-17
October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Last week Pennsylvania issued 14 permits to drill new shale wells scattered around the state. The permits were issued to Chesapeake Energy, EQT, EXCO Resources, Chief Oil & Gas, and Southwestern Energy. Ohio issued five new permits in two counties, but all of them were issued to Ascent Resources. West Virginia issued just one new permit in a county we don’t often see in the list: Marion. The single WV permit was issued to EQT.
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Bradford County | Energy Companies | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Rockdale | Tioga County (PA)

NEPA Driller Rockdale Marcellus Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

A sad exclusive to share with you today. Yesterday northeast Pennsylvania driller Rockdale Marcellus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The company, which owns and operates 66 producing wells on 42,897 net acres in three northeast PA counties (regional headquarters in Pittsburgh) plans to auction off all of its assets according to paperwork filed with the court.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Energy Companies | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp

New Book, NYT, Seeks to Revive Lycoming Water Contamination Claim
September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

A recently published book that attempts to show fracking in Lycoming County, PA area in the worst possible light, along with a section excerpted from the book running in the New York Times, once again reopens an old case that accuses Range Resources of ruining the water supply for several homes near a fracked well drilled by Range. In 2011 Range drilled and fracked the Harman Lewis Unit 1H well along Green Valley Road in Hughesville, PA. Following an investigation, the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) slapped Range with a record $8.9 million fine in June 2015, accusing the company of faulty casing in its well, leading to methane migration that had contaminated several area water wells (see PA DEP Slaps Range with Record $8.9M Fine for Methane Migration).
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 6-12
September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Last week Pennsylvania issued 18 permits for new shale well drilling scattered across the state. Ohio (for the eighth week in a row) did not issue any new shale permits. Are we missing something with Ohio? Are they late in updating their online database? West Virginia issued 2 permits for new shale well drilling last week.
Read More “Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 6-12”
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 30-Sep 5
September 8, 2021September 8, 2021

Last week only Pennsylvania issued new permits for new shale well drilling–14 of them scattered around the state. Both Ohio (for the seventh week in a row) and West Virginia did not issue new shale permits last week.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania

FracTracker Lies Exposed re Fracking Impacts on PA Watershed
August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

FracTracker Alliance, a virulent leftist group that pretends to offer up science about fracking but instead offers demonstrably false lies about fracking, has just been exposed for the frauds they are. The FracTracker Alliance recently released a report (a “digital atlas”) supposedly showing the harmful impacts of natural gas development in the Lycoming Creek Watershed, located primarily in Lycoming County, PA. It’s a complete fraud and sham, financed by Big Green money. The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) is not letting the fraudsters get away with it.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jul 26-Aug 1
August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Last week both Pennsylvania and West Virginia received permits to drill new shale wells. Ohio was left out of the permit game for a second week in a row. PA received 19 new permits, with 9 going to Range Resources, 4 going to Seneca Resources, and a smattering of others. WV received 9 new permits, all of them in Tyler County and all but 2 given to Antero Resources.
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