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24 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 28-Apr 3
April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Last week Pennsylvania issued 14 new shale well permits, with EQT Corp. grabbing eight (seven of them on a single pad in Fayette County), and Coterra Energy (formerly Cabot Oil & Gas) receiving three (all on the same pad in Susquehanna County). Ohio issued ten new permits last week, with three going to a relative newcomer, Utica Resource Operating (same pad in Guernsey Count) and three for Encino Energy (same pad in Harrison County). West Virginia got skunked and shows no new shale permits issued last week. Pity.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Belmont County | Butler County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Monroe County | Ohio | Ohio County | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

31 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 21-27
March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

Last week Pennsylvania issued 21 new shale well permits, with Snyder Brothers grabbing seven, PennEnergy Resources getting six, and Coterra Energy (formerly Cabot Oil & Gas) receiving five. In each case, the permits for each company were for a single well pad. Ohio issued just three new permits last week, two for Ascent Resources and one for Southwestern Energy. West Virginia finally came back to life, issuing seven new shale permits last week. Six of the WV permits were for Antero Resources, one for Southwestern Energy.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Butler County | Chief Oil & Gas | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Diversified Energy | Doddridge County | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 14-20
March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

We’re back to covering just a single week of new permits issued. The good news is that the PA DEP’s reporting site was still up and online over the past week, so we have numbers! In Pennsylvania, 11 new permits were issued last week, with Coterra Energy (formerly Cabot Oil & Gas) getting the lion’s share (nine permits), all of them in Susquehanna County on two well pads. Ohio issued seven new permits last week, with Gulfport Energy scoring four of the seven, all on the same pad. West Virginia issued just two new permits, one to Antero Resources and the other to Tug Hill Operating.
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Antero Resources | Arsenal Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chief Oil & Gas | CNX Resources | Doddridge County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Gulfport Energy | HG Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lewis County | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Taylor County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 28-Mar 13
March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) finally got their reporting system back online after it had gone down for a second time in three weeks. We have collected the permits issued over a two-week period in this report, to catch things up (and because PA didn’t issue any permits for one of the two weeks). This current report shows permits issued from Monday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, Mar. 13. PA issued 15 new permits over the two-week period. The top permitees in PA were EQT and CNX, both with five permits each. In Ohio, 11 new permits were issued, with Encino Energy receiving four and Gulfport three permits. West Virginia also issued 11 new permits for the two-week period. Antero received six of WV’s permits, and both Southwestern Energy and Arsenal Resources scored two each.
Read More “37 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 28-Mar 13”
Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Energy Companies | Harrison County | Lycoming County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits

6 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 21-27
March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The good news is that the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection’s online reporting site is back online and we were able to retrieve new shale drilling permits for two weeks ago (Feb. 21-27). The bad news is that there was a paltry four permits issued during that week. Perhaps the DEP site/system is not yet fully populated with permits issued during that time? Ohio issued two permits during the same week. And West Virginia issued (gasp) zero during that week. This has to be the lowest number of permits issued during a single week we can remember–ever.
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New Shale Permits Report Delayed Due to PA DEP Computer Problem
March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Each week MDN brings you a report of new permits to drill shale wells issued during the previous week for Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Last Wednesday MDN noticed a problem with the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection’s reporting website that prevented us from harvesting data and delivering our weekly report. We alerted the DEP to the issue. Their problem is much larger than just oil and gas reporting. It extends to several other systems as well, including the ability for drillers to upload required reports. When will it be fixed?
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Antero Resources | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Doddridge County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Marshall County | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wyoming County (PA)

18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 14-20
February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

The wild roller coaster continues of up, down, up, down, up, down. Last week the number of permits issued to drill new shale wells is down again–to 18 total. Pennsylvania had 16 new permits last week, nine for Repsol and three for Coterra Energy. All of Repsol and Coterra’s permits issued for Susquehanna County. West Virginia had two new permits, one each for Southwestern Energy and Antero Resources, in Marshall and Doddridge counties. Ohio? A big, fat, goose egg. No new shale permits issued last week in the Buckeye State.
Read More “18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 14-20”
Allegheny County | Apex Energy | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Brooke County | Carroll County | CNX Resources | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | Guernsey County | Harrison County | Hilcorp Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Seneca Resources | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

44 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 7-13
February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Last week the number of new shale permits issued for the three M-U states more than doubled from the previous week. Four weeks ago there were 61 new shale drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Three weeks ago that number fell to 33. Two weeks ago the permit number fell again, to just 20. Last week? The number bounced back up to 44 new permits. PA issued 24 new permits, OH issued 18 permits, and WV issued 2 new permits.
Read More “44 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 7-13”
Ascent Resources | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Greylock Energy | Hilcorp Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits

20 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 31-Feb 6
February 9, 2022February 9, 2022

My how the mighty permit count has fallen. Three weeks ago there were 61 new shale drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Two weeks ago that number fell to 33. And last week? The permit number fell again, to just 20. PA issued 13 new permits while OH issued 7. WV got skunked last week: A big, fat 0 new permits.
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Arsenal Resources | Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Belmont County | BKV/Banpu | Carroll County | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | Hilcorp Energy | Infinity Natural Resources | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Marshall County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Pleasants County | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wyoming County (PA)

33 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 24-30
February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

Our apologies that this latest weekly permit update is a day late. Normally we issued these updates on Wednesdays. Yesterday the Pennsylvania database we use to locate information on new permits issued was throwing an error. We alerted the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection, which maintains the database, and they got it fixed sometime last night. So we’re back! Our thanks to the programmers at the DEP.

The total number of permits across PA, OH and WV last week were down by about half from the week before. There were 33 new permits issued last week vs. 61 two weeks ago.
Read More “33 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 24-30”
Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Clinton County | Columbiana County | Doddridge County | Elk County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | HG Energy | Hilcorp Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lewis County | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Seneca Resources | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | STL Resources | Tribune Resources | Tug Hill Operating | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

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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Ascent Resources | Beech Resources | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Chief Oil & Gas | Columbiana County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Harrison County | HG Energy | Hilcorp Energy | Indiana County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lewis County | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Tribune Resources | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

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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Allegheny County | Apex Energy | Beech Resources | BKV/Banpu | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Chief Oil & Gas | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pleasants County | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wyoming County (PA)

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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Ascent Resources | Beaver County | Belmont County | Carroll County | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Greene County (PA) | Gulfport Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Susquehanna County | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County | XPR Resources

29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 20-Jan 2
January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

This edition of the Marcellus/Utica permits report covers the past two weeks as MDN was taking a break during the last week of 2021. For the period of December 20 through January 2, there were 29 permits issued to drill new shale wells in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. PA had 16 new permits (most of them located on two well pads), OH had 12 new permits (spread across five well pads), and WV had just one new permit. Must be WV DEP took the last two weeks of the year off.
Read More “29 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 20-Jan 2”
Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chief Oil & Gas | CNX Resources | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Jefferson County (OH) | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 13-19
December 21, 2021April 20, 2022

Two weeks ago the Marcellus/Utica region saw 30 new permits to drill shale wells. Last week we improved that a bit, to 32. Pennsylvania issued 13 new permits to three drillers for five well pads in four counties. Ohio issued eight new permits to two drillers for three pads in two counties. And West Virginia issued 11 new permits to two drillers for two pads in a single county.
Read More “32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 13-19”
Alliance Petroleum | Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pleasants County | Range Resources Corp | Tribune Resources | Tug Hill Operating | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

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.
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