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26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 7-13
November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Permits issued to drill new Marcellus/Utica wells slipped last week, for the week of Nov. 7-13. Last week saw a total of 26 new permits issued, falling from 43 permits the week before. Pennsylvania received the most permits, just barely, with 13 new permits. Ohio received 12 new permits, and West Virginia a single new permit.
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HEP Gathering Pipeline in NE Pa. Gets a New Canadian Owner
November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Howard Energy Partners (HEP) is a midstream/pipeline company that owns and operates natural gas and crude oil pipelines, natural gas processing plants, refined products storage terminals, deep-water dock and rail facilities, fractionation facilities, hydrogen production facilities, renewable diesel logistics facilities, and other related midstream assets in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Mexico. The company owns more than 600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines with some 100+ of those miles located in the PA Marcellus. Yesterday, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) announced it has purchased a controlling interest (87%) in HEP. AIMCo is the new owner.
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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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PA DEP Dings PGE (Again) for Causing Muddy Water in Loyalsock Creek
October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has, for a second time, served a notice of violation (NOV) of the PA Clean Streams Law to Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) for causing sediment pollution in the Loyalsock Creek north of Montoursville (Lycoming County). PGE is constructing a natural gas pipeline, a freshwater pipeline, and it withdraws fresh water for Marcellus Shale-related activities at the site.
Read More “PA DEP Dings PGE (Again) for Causing Muddy Water in Loyalsock Creek”
Beaver County | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Clearfield County | Energy Companies | Inflection Energy | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Weekly Permits

11 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 17-23
October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

Another weak and pathetic number of new shale drilling permits were issued for the week of Oct. 17-23 in the Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania had only 10 new permits, with six of them going to Range Resources in Beaver County. Ohio had just one new permit, for Southwestern Energy in Monroe County. And West Virginia had a big, fat, goose egg. No new permits. Bummer.
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16 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 10-16
October 21, 2022October 21, 2022

Permits issued for new shale wells last week got a bit better from their pathetically low numbers. From Oct. 10-16 there were eight new permits issued in Pennsylvania, and four each issued in Ohio and West Virginia. All of the PA permits were issued in northeastern PA, with four going to BKV Operating (i.e. Banpu) in Wyoming County, two to Chesapeake in Bradford County, and two to Beech Resources in Lycoming County. Encino Energy scored all four permits for Ohio, all of them in Harrison County. In WV, Tug Hill (soon to be EQT) received three permits, and Southwestern Energy received one permit, all four in Marshall County.
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PA DEP Dings PGE for Causing Muddy Water in Loyalsock Creek
September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Sediment leaves a PGE dewatering structure into the Loyalsock Creek. This discharge is in violation of the Clean Streams Law, according to the DEP. (click for larger version)

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has served a notice of violation of the PA Clean Streams Law to Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) for causing sediment pollution in the Loyalsock Creek north of Montoursville (Lycoming County). PGE is constructing a natural gas pipeline, a freshwater pipeline, and withdraws fresh water for Marcellus Shale-related activities at the site. On September 5 (Labor Day), a heavy rainstorm caused the failure of erosion and sedimentation controls. A sediment plume appeared in Loyalsock Creek for several miles downstream of the construction site.
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19 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 22-28
September 2, 2022September 2, 2022

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 19 new drilling permits, down from 30 the week before. The top receiver of permits in PA was EQT (i.e. Rice Drilling), with five permits issued for the same well pad in Greene County. Range Resources and Inflection Energy each received two new permits.
Read More “19 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 22-28”
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45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21
August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

After several weeks of anemic permit numbers for Pennsylvania, last week PA came roaring back by issuing 30 permits to drill new shale wells. Some 12 of those permits went to Coterra Energy for two pads in Susquehanna County. EQT (aka Rice Drilling) received six permits for a single pad in Greene County, and Chesapeake Energy also received six permits split between two pads–one pad in Bradford County and the other in Lycoming County.
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47 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 11-17
July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

For the week of July 11-17, the three Marcellus/Utica states issued 47 permits to drill new shale wells, up 10 from the prior week. Pennsylvania issued the lion’s share with 35 new permits. CNX grabbed seven of those permits in Washington County, and Olympus Energy received six in Westmoreland County. Ohio issued 11 new permits, with four going to Ascent Resources in Jefferson County, and four to Hilcorp Energy in Columbiana County. West Virginia issued a paltry one new permit, which went to Southwestern Energy in Ohio County.
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Scranton Law Firm Says New Boom in Shale Drilling Coming in NEPA
June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

We’re always on the lookout for indicators and trends that tell us whether or not there will be more or less drilling (and leasing) in the Marcellus/Utica. Lately, we’ve seen a couple of mentions of new leases signed, at least in the Ohio Utica (see Signing Bonuses, Royalties, New Leases Pick Up in Ohio Utica and MWCD Signs Lease for 7,300 OH Acres – $5,500/Acre + 20% Royalties). What about Pennsylvania? An article in the Scranton Times-Tribune quotes a local law firm that represents drillers. The law firm is predicting a “gas boom reboot.” We like the sound of that!
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24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 16-22
May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

Just last week MDN told you we will, from now on, bring you new permit data for the previous week on Fridays. Yet here it is Thursday and we’re sharing the permit data for last week. What gives? MDN and its author, Jim Willis, are taking a break Friday (tomorrow) and next Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. Well, we’re taking Monday off for the holiday. We’re taking Friday off because there’s a wedding in Jim’s family this weekend. There are preparations to make, and celebrations to partake in. So we’re bringing you the permit data today, on Thursday. Speaking of which, there were 24 new permits issued last week, with 14 of them going to Pennsylvania, seven to Ohio, and three to West Virginia. We break it down below.
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Apex Energy | Arsenal Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Gulfport Energy | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lycoming County | Marshall County | McKean County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Seneca Resources | Susquehanna County | Taylor County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

35 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 9-15
May 20, 2022May 27, 2022

We’re giving Fridays a shot as the day we will release weekly updates for permits issued for the prior one-week period. Today’s report is for the period of May 9-15 (last week, not this week). It seems as if the various state agencies have the data updated by the end of the week following, so that’s how we’ll release it (for now). Last week, Pennsylvania issued 22 new permits with Seneca Resources taking the lion’s share of 12 permits on two different pads (eight in Lycoming County and four in McKean County). Repsol scored four permits in Bradford County.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Harrison County | Lycoming County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

Corrected: 25 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 2-8
May 16, 2022May 27, 2022

We always wait a few days into a new week before grabbing new shale well permits data to give the folks at the various state agencies time to update their systems for the previous week. Last Wednesday we told you that Pennsylvania had issued 11 new permits, Ohio issued none, and West Virginia issued just one (see 12 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 2-8). In rechecking today, we discovered PA actually issued 13 new permits and OH issued 11 permits during that period (both states updated their data since last Wednesday). WV remained at one new permit. We include the revised and corrected reports below.
Read More “Corrected: 25 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 2-8”
Energy Companies | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Tioga County (PA)

Seneca Sells California Oil Drilling to Concentrate More on Marcellus
May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), headquartered in Buffalo, NY, is the only fully integrated energy company operating in the Marcellus/Utica, by which we mean NFG is a driller (Seneca Resources), a midstream/pipeline company (Empire Pipeline), and a downstream end-user via its local distribution company (LDC), otherwise known as the local gas utility company (National Fuel). Little known fact: NFG’s Seneca Resources subsidiary owns an oil drilling operation in California. But not for much longer…
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Armstrong County | Arsenal Resources | Bradford County | Brooke County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | EXCO Resources | Greene County (PA) | LOLA Energy | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Taylor County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 18-24
April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

Last week Pennsylvania issued 22 new shale well permits, up ten from the prior week. EQT led the way with five permits, all in Greene County. Both LOLA Energy and Snyder Brothers had four permits each, LOLA in Butler County and Snyder in Armstrong. For the second week in a row, Ohio had no new shale permits issued last week. Bummer. West Virginia had eight permits, up from two in the prior week. Arsenal Resources had the most with four permits in Taylor County, while Southwestern Energy had three permits–one in Ohio County and two in Brooke County.
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