Weekly Permits

Antero Resources | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Gulfport Energy | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Jefferson County (OH) | Noble County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pleasants County | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 27-Oct 3
October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Last week Pennsylvania issued just 8 new permits for Marcellus/Utica drilling, down a bit from previous weeks. Ohio issued 10 new permits. We don’t often see Ohio issue more permits in a week than Pennsylvania. Finally, West Virginia issued just 1 permit for new shale drilling last week.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Harrison County | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Jefferson County (OH) | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pleasants County | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 20-26
September 29, 2021September 29, 2021

A healthy number of permits were issued to drill new shale wells across the Marcellus/Utica region last week. Pennsylvania issued 19 new permits in both southwest and northeast PA. Ohio issued 8 new permits, all of them to a single driller (Ascent Resources) for two well pads in two different counties. West Virginia issued 9 new permits–all but 2 of them were issued to Antero Resources in Tyler County.
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Carroll County | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | HG Energy | Marshall County | Monongalia County | Northeast Natural Energy | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Sep 13-19
September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

A nice bump up (finally) in the number of permits to drill new shale wells in the M-U, although it’s a lot of wells for a relatively few well pads. Pennsylvania issued 19 new permits across five pads in both the northeast and southwest portion of the play, including 8 permits for a single Cabot Oil & Gas pad in Susquehanna County. Ohio issued just 3 new permits, all to Encino Energy for a single pad in Carroll County. And West Virginia issued a surprisingly high 18 permits to two drillers on three pads in two counties: Marshall and Monongalia.
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Catching Up Ohio’s Utica New Well Shale Permits Reports
September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

We suppose we should have known. In querying the same Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) database we’ve been querying for years (maintained by ODNR), beginning about two months ago we noticed no new permits had been issued for new Utica Shale wells in the state. A week or two here and there is not all that unusual given the downward trend in drilling new wells. But the trend went on for two months. We were suspicious. A couple of sharp MDN readers emailed to say that ODNR is producing regular reports of new Utica well permits at a different location. Doh! We wish the ODNR had posted some sort of notice about the change in not continuing to update their other database. At any rate, we’ve gone back to early July to harvest and present all of the missing Ohio new weekly permit reports below…
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Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Inflection Energy | Lycoming County | Ohio County | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

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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Armstrong County | Bradford County | Chief Oil & Gas | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | EXCO Resources | Fayette County | Greene County (PA) | Inflection Energy | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 30-Sep 5
September 8, 2021September 8, 2021

Last week only Pennsylvania issued new permits for new shale well drilling–14 of them scattered around the state. Both Ohio (for the seventh week in a row) and West Virginia did not issue new shale permits last week.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Bradford County | Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | EXCO Resources | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | HG Energy | Marshall County | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County | XTO

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 23-29
August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

Last week both Pennsylvania and West Virginia issued permits to drill new shale wells. Ohio remained skunked for a sixth week in a row. What’s going on in Ohio? Or rather, what isn’t going on there? PA issued 15 new shale permits. Not to be outdone, WV also issued 15 new shale permits.
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Butler County | Chesapeake Energy | Clarion County | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Laurel Mountain Energy | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Sullivan County | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County | XPR Resources | XTO

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.
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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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Allegheny County | Elk County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Washington County | Weekly Permits

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Aug 2-8
August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Last week only Pennsylvania issued permits to drill new shale wells. Both Ohio and West Virginia issued no new drilling permits. Summer doldrums? Some 8 of the 11 permits issued in PA were to Seneca Resources, all of them in Elk County, and 7 of the 8 were for the same well pad. The other 3 permits were issued to EQT in three different counties.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Chief Oil & Gas | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Jay-Bee Oil & Gas | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Range Resources Corp | Seneca Resources | Snyder Brothers | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

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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Ascent Resources | Chesapeake Energy | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Energy Services | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County | Wyoming County (PA) | XcL Midstream

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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Antero Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Marshall County | Pennsylvania | Ritchie County | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jul 5-11
July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

Last week not a whole lot of permit action was goin’ on. Pennsylvania scored only a single (1) new permit. We can’t remember the last time that happened! The PA permit was for a well that will be drilled by EQT in Greene County. Ohio’s Utica got skunked with no new permits. West Virginia rode in to save the day, posting 5 new permits–4 of them for Tug Hill and 1 for Antero Resources.
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Antero Resources | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | HG Energy | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Ritchie County | Susquehanna County | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jun 28-Jul 4
July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

All three Marcellus/Utica states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania issued 12 new permits, 7 of them in the northeast PA dry gas region and 5 in the southwest wet gas region. Ohio issued 3 new permits, all of them for the same driller in Carroll County. (The Ohio driller is brand new!) And West Virginia issued 6 new permits with 5 of the 6 going to Antero Resources.
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Alliance Petroleum | CNX Resources | Columbiana County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Greene County (PA) | Hilcorp Energy | Monongalia County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Phoenix Energy Resources | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jun 21-27
June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

All three Marcellus/Utica states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania issued 9 new permits, all but one of them for the same well pad in Greene County. Ohio issued 3 new permits, two on a single pad in Monroe County. And West Virginia issued just 1 new permit last week–to a company we had not previously heard of.
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