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29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 29-Dec 5
December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

There was a healthy number of new permits issued in all three actively drilling Marcellus/Utica states last week. In Pennsylvania, 14 new shale well permits were issued across the state. In Ohio, five new shale permits were issued, four of them to a single driller (Ascent Resources) in a single county (Jefferson). West Virginia came roaring back after getting skunked with no permits two weeks ago. WV issued 10 new shale permits last week with five going to a single well pad in Monongalia County.
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Tioga County Landowners Win UGI Takings Case at PA Supreme Court
December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Back in June, MDN told you about a long-running lawsuit in Tioga County, PA by landowners who claim that UGI has taken their mineral rights as part of operating the Meeker Storage Field, an underground natural gas storage facility (see Tioga County Landowners Appeal UGI Takings Case to PA Supremes). The landowners lost the lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County (trial court) in March 2019. The landowners appealed to Commonwealth Court and lost there too, in November 2020. The landowners appealed again, to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. On Monday, Nov. 29, the Supremes ruled in favor of the landowners. It pays to be persistent!
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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 4-10
October 13, 2021October 13, 2021

Last week Pennsylvania was back on its game, issuing 22 permits to drill new shale wells. Most of the permits in PA were for three well pads by three different operators: Seneca Resources, Repsol, and EQT. Ohio issued just two new permits to Gulfport Energy for the same well pad in Belmont County. West Virginia issued four new permits, three of them to Southwest Energy and one to Antero Resources.
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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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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.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 16-22
August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

Last week both Pennsylvania and West Virginia issued permits to drill new shale wells. Ohio remained skunked for a fifth week in a row. PA issued 18 new shale permits, mainly in the western part of the state (a few in the northeast). WV issued 7 new shale permits, all of them for the same pad being drilled by EQT in Wetzel County. This is the second week in a row EQT scored all of WV’s new permits, and the second week in a row they were all in Wetzel County.
Read More “Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 16-22”
Allegheny County | Butler County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 9-15
August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

Last week both Pennsylvania and West Virginia issued permits to drill new shale wells. Ohio remained skunked for a fourth week in a row. PA issued 30 new shale permits–one of the highest weekly tallies we’ve seen. PA’s permits were issued for wells on 11 pads, meaning there were a number of multi-well permits issued. WV issued 7 new shale permits, all of them for the same pad being drilled by EQT in Wetzel County.
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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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Bradford County | Clarion County | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Laurel Mountain Energy | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | Westmoreland County

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jul 19-25
July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

Only Pennsylvania issued new permits over the past week to drill shale wells. Both Ohio and West Virginia issued no new permits. New permits for PA were issued for Southwestern Energy (4 new permits), Laurel Mountain Production (3 new permits), and 1 new permit each for Cabot Oil & Gas, CNX Resources, and EQT (aka Rice Drilling).
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jul 12-18
July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

New permit activity once again picked up last week after the previous week showed a paltry number of permits. In Pennsylvania 10 new permits were issued, all but one of them in the northeastern dry gas area of the state. In Ohio 4 new permits were issued, all of them for the same driller on the same well pad. And in West Virginia, 7 new permits were issued. One of the permits appears to be issued to a private landowner drilling his own shale well! And in another oddity, four WV permits were issued to a midstream company.
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Tioga County Landowners Appeal UGI Takings Case to PA Supremes
June 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Just coming to light for us now is a long-running lawsuit in Tioga County, PA by landowners who claim that UGI has taken their mineral rights as part of operating the Meeker Storage Field, an underground natural gas storage facility. The landowners lost the lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County (trial court) in March 2019 (although the case began in 2016). The landowners appealed to Commonwealth Court and lost there too, in November 2020. The landowners appealed again, to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Supremes have just accepted the case.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: May 31-Jun 6
June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

Two of three Marcellus/Utica states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania issued 13 new permits, almost all of them in the dry gas northeastern part of the state. Ohio issued 11 new permits, in the center of the Utica play. West Virginia’s shale industry got skunked last week–no new permits. It’s been quite a while since that’s happened in WV.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: May 10-16
May 19, 2021May 26, 2021

All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received a sizable 14 new permits (after receiving 18 permits the previous week). The majority of those permits were for wells on three pads in northeastern PA. Ohio received 3 new permits last week all in one county (Greene) for one driller (Eclipse, now owned by Southwestern Energy) on one well pad. And West Virginia received a sizable 13 new permits with 9 of them split between two well pads for different drillers (Northeast Natural Energy and Tug Hill).
Read More “Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: May 10-16”
Allegheny County | Armstrong County | Arsenal Resources | Ascent Resources | Beech Resources | Chesapeake Energy | Chief Oil & Gas | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | EXCO Resources | HG Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lewis County | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Taylor County | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: May 3-9
May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received a big 18 new permits (after receiving no new permits the previous week). More than half of those 18 permits were for wells on two pads in southwestern PA. Ohio received 7 new permits last week all in one county (Jefferson), split between Encino Energy and Ascent Resources. And West Virginia received 10 new permits with 7 of them for a single pad in Lewis County.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Apr 12-16
April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received a whopping 17 new permits spread across various counties and drillers. Ohio received just 2 new permits last week, both for Ascent Resources on the same pad. And West Virginia received a big 12 new permits split between two drillers: Antero Resources and Tug Hill Operating.
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