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6 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Feb 21-27
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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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?
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.