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Once Again, PA DEP Fails to Follow-up on Well Violations for Years
December 23, 2024December 23, 2024

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 PA DEP Fails to Follow-up Forest County Shale Violations for 12 Yrs). As violations go, it’s pretty minor (tidying up the pad site), but it illustrates the lack of follow-up by the DEP. We have two more cases where the DEP issued violations and didn’t follow up—for YEARS. These two cases involve conventional wells. Read More “Once Again, PA DEP Fails to Follow-up on Well Violations for Years”
Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Beaver County | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Lycoming County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Seneca Resources | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 9 – 15
December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

For the week of Dec 9 – 15, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica remained healthy. There were 22 new permits issued last week, down just a bit from the 28 issued the week before. The Keystone State (PA) issued 17 new permits, with the bulk of them, 11, going to a single driller, PennEnergy Resources, for a single pad in Beaver County. Seneca Resources scored three new permits in Tioga County. One permit each was issued to Pennsylvania General Energy (Lycoming County), Coterra Energy (Susquehanna County), and CNX Resources (Westmoreland County). Read More “22 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 9 – 15”
Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Centre County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Harrison County | Inflection Energy | Jefferson County (PA) | Lycoming County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County | Wyoming County (PA) | XPR Resources

28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 2 – 8
December 13, 2024December 13, 2024

For the week of Dec 2 – 8, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica bounced back nicely. There were 28 new permits issued last week, more than doubling the 12 issued the week before (and matching the 28 issued three weeks ago). The Keystone State (PA) issued 18 new permits, with eight going to EQT spread across three counties: Jefferson, Lycoming, and Washington. Chesapeake Energy (now Expand Energy) received four permits, all of them in northeastern PA’s Wyoming County. CNX Resource scooped up two permits, both in Westmoreland County. The final four permits were singles issued to Blackhill Energy (Bradford County), XPR Resources (Centre County), Inflection Energy (Lycoming County), and Olympus Energy (Allegheny County). Read More “28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 2 – 8”
Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Wastewater | Westmoreland County

Upper Burrell Twp Makes Moves to Ban Wastewater Injection Wells
December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Upper Burrell (Westmoreland County, PA) town supervisors have historically been receptive (or at least tolerant) to the Marcellus Shale industry that has so blessed their town and Westmoreland County (see our Upper Burrell stories here). According to MDN’s soon-coming data service, Upper Burrell has 20 actively producing shale wells, with 17 of them drilled since 2021. However, there appears to be a distinct change in attitude, at least with respect to wastewater injection wells, on the part of the town’s Board of Supervisors. The town has between 100 and 200 abandoned conventional gas or oil wells. The supervisors are concerned one or more of those old wells might be targeted to convert into injecting brine (salty water from shale wells). The supervisors have instructed the town solicitor to draft an ordinance with stricter rules for the use of abandoned wells in the township. Read More “Upper Burrell Twp Makes Moves to Ban Wastewater Injection Wells”
Apex Energy | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | M&A | Pennsylvania | Westmoreland County

CNX Resources Buys Apex Energy for $505M, Adds Pa. M-U Assets
December 6, 2024December 6, 2024

CNX Resources announced yesterday it had struck a deal to buy the assets of Apex Energy II, LLC, a portfolio company of funds managed by Carnelian Energy Capital Management, for $505 million. Apex owns wells, acreage, and pipelines in Westmoreland County, PA. The Apex assets are close to, in some cases adjacent to, CNX’s considerable assets in the region. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025. Read More “CNX Resources Buys Apex Energy for $505M, Adds Pa. M-U Assets”
Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Carroll County | CNX Resources | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Noble County | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 18 – 24
December 2, 2024December 2, 2024

For the week of Nov 18 – 24, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica continued to be strong, with 28 new permits issued, down just two from the 30 issued the prior week. The Keystone State (PA) issued 11 new permits, with five going to CNX Resources, all in Allegheny County. Two permits were issued to Southwestern Energy (now Expand Energy) in Lycoming County. The remaining four were single permits issued to EQT Corporation (Greene County), Infinity Natural Resources (Indiana County), Range Resources (Washington County), and Apex Energy (Westmoreland County). Read More “28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 18 – 24”
Belmont County | Chesapeake Energy | Diversified Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Guernsey County | Gulfport Energy | Harrison County | Lycoming County | Noble County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 11 – 17
November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

For the week of Nov 11 – 17, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica were strong, with 30 new permits issued, down just slightly from the 34 issued the prior week (but way up from the piddly numbers issued in prior weeks). The Keystone State (PA) issued 16 new permits, with seven going to Range Resources, all in Washington County. Six permits went to EQT in Lycoming County. Two permits were issued to Olympus Energy in Westmoreland County. A single permit was issued to Chesapeake Energy (now Expand Energy) in Susquehanna County. Read More “30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Nov 11 – 17”
Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Regulation | Westmoreland County

2 Radical Groups Appeal CNX Gas & Water Pipeline Project in SWPA
November 5, 2024November 5, 2024

CNX Resources filed a request with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) in April 2023 to build two pipelines—two for natural gas—along a 13.9-mile route in Bell, Loyalhanna, and Salem Townships in Westmoreland County. An additional 4-mile pipeline would be built for water. Called the Slickville Trunkline Project, the DEP originally told CNX its application was “incomplete.” The DEP later told CNX (in March of this year) the agency considered the application “withdrawn” because it hadn’t received any more information (see Temporary Setback for CNX Gas & Water Pipeline Project in SWPA). Since then, CNX was able to provide the information the DEP wanted, and in early October, the DEP issued permits for the project, which has torqued off the antis. Read More “2 Radical Groups Appeal CNX Gas & Water Pipeline Project in SWPA”
Beaver County | Belmont County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Gulfport Energy | Inflection Energy | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lycoming County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | Westmoreland County | Wyoming County (PA) | XPR Resources

17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 21 – 27
November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

For the week of Oct 21 – 27, there were 17 permits issued to drill Marcellus/Utica wells, up from 14 permits issued the prior week. The Keystone State (PA) had 12 new permits, with five going to Chesapeake Energy (now Expand Energy) in Wyoming County and two each for PennEnergy Resources (Beaver County) and Coterra Energy (Susquehanna County). Single permits were issued to Pennsylvania General Energy, Inflection Energy, and XPR Resources. The Buckeye State (OH) had five new permits, with four going to Gulfport Energy in Belmont County. The other OH permit was for Infinity Natural Resources (INR) in Guernsey County. The Mountain State (WV) issued a big, fat zero new permits last week. Read More “17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 21 – 27”
Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Apex Energy | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Westmoreland County

Murrysville Rejects Antis’ Petition to Cancel Leases Under Parks
October 22, 2024October 22, 2024

Last December, Murrysville (PA) Council members voted to lease land for shale drilling under two town parks—Duff Park and Murrysville Community Park (see Murrysville, PA to Vote in Dec. on Plan to Drill Under Two Parks). Murrysville is located in Westmoreland County, in the southwestern part of the state. Olympus Energy pitched proposals to lease under both parks, using their adjacent leased acreage (on private land) to set up rigs to drill under the parks, which the council approved. The council also approved a lease last year with Apex Energy to drill and frack under Kovalczik Park. Last week, so-called environmental group Protect PT presented a petition to the council asking them to rescind the leases for drilling under the three parks. Read More “Murrysville Rejects Antis’ Petition to Cancel Leases Under Parks”
Apex Energy | Energy Companies | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Westmoreland County

Apex Energy Clipped by PA DEP for Not Disclosing Frack Chemicals
September 12, 2024September 12, 2024

According to Pennsylvania regulation 25 Pa. Code § 78a.122(b)(6)(iv), a drilling company must provide a list of the chemicals intentionally added to the stimulation [fracking] fluid by name and chemical abstract service (CAS) number in a Completion Report. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) says Apex Energy failed to provide that information on its reports for 37 shale wells in Westmoreland County drilled between March 20, 2018, and February 17, 2024. The DEP issued a NOV (Notice of Violation) to Apex on Sept. 9. Read More “Apex Energy Clipped by PA DEP for Not Disclosing Frack Chemicals”
Antero Resources | Carroll County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Ohio | Ohio County | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 26 – Sep 1
September 6, 2024September 6, 2024

For the week of Aug. 26 – Sept. 1, a total of 32 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica, nearly matching the previous week’s 34. It’s nice to see the numbers returning to higher levels. The Keystone State (PA) had 18 new permits. PA’s top recipient was EQT (and its subsidiary Rice Drilling), with ten permits in Greene County. Seneca Resources was second, with five new permits issued in Lycoming County. Olympus Energy received three permits in Westmoreland County. Read More “32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 26 – Sep 1”
Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Harrison County | Monongalia County | Noble County | Northeast Natural Energy | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 19 – 25
August 30, 2024August 30, 2024

For the week of August 19 – 25, a total of 34 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica. The Keystone State (PA) had 16 new permits. PA’s top recipient was Chesapeake Energy, with six permits in Bradford County. Coterra Energy was a close second, with five new permits issued in neighboring Susquehanna County. The Buckeye State (OH) received 13 new permits, with Encino Energy (EAP) receiving eight and Ascent Resources five. OH’s permits were spread across Guernsey, Harrison, and Noble counties. Finally, the Mountain State (WV) received five new permits, all of them for Northeast Natural Energy in Monongalia County. Read More “34 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 19 – 25”
Chesapeake Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Harrison County | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Sullivan County | Weekly Permits | Westmoreland County

14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 15 – 21
July 26, 2024July 26, 2024

For the week of July 15 – 21, a total of 14 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania issued six new permits, split two each for INR, Chesapeake Energy, and Olympus Energy. Ohio issued eight new permits, all of them to Encino Energy split between two counties. West Virginia issued no new permits last week.
Read More “14 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 15 – 21”
Apex Energy | Energy Companies | Lease & Royalty Payments | Pennsylvania | Westmoreland County

PA Town Rejects Accepting Apex Offer of $1,500/Ac + 16% Royalty
July 22, 2024July 22, 2024

In June, MDN told you about a very small lease deal on offer for North Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County, PA (see Apex Energy Offers $1,500/Ac + 16% Royalty in Westmoreland Co.). Apex Energy wants to lease 4.5 acres of town land for a total signing bonus of $6,760 ($1,500/acre). The deal on the table from Apex was “only good” through June 30. Sign now before this offer expires! Town commissioners were not impressed with the high-pressure sales tactic and voted to table a decision on the offer until after June 30 (see PA Town Delays Accepting Apex Offer of $1,500/Ac + 16% Royalty). After hearing from constituents and discussing the offer, last week the commissioners voted 5-2 to reject the Apex offer.
Read More “PA Town Rejects Accepting Apex Offer of $1,500/Ac + 16% Royalty”
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31 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 8 – 14
July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

For the week of July 8 – 14, a total of 31 permits were issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania had a nice increase with 25 new permits issued. A full 9 of PA’s permits went to Snyder Brothers for a single well in Armstrong County. Another 6 permits went to EQT in PA’s Greene and Washington counties. There were 5 new permits in Ohio, all of them going to Encino Energy for a single pad in Guernsey County. West Virginia had a single new permit going to EQT in Wetzel County.
Read More “31 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jul 8 – 14”