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25 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 17-23
April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

New shale permits issued for Apr. 17-23 in the Marcellus/Utica picked up five from the prior week. There were 25 new permits issued in total last week, up from 20 in the prior week. Last week’s tally included 21 new permits for Pennsylvania, 2 new permits for Ohio, and 2 new permits in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was Range Resources with 7 permits issued in Washington County, PA. Greylock Energy was number two with 6 new permits issued in Greene County, PA.
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Antero Resources | Bradford County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Fayette County | Monongalia County | Northeast Natural Energy | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tioga County (PA) | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 3-9
April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

New shale permits issued for Apr. 3-9 in the Marcellus/Utica dropped again from the prior week. There were 18 new permits issued in total last week, down from 21 in the prior week (and down from 32 the week before that). Last week’s tally included 13 new permits for Pennsylvania, 0 new permits for Ohio, and 5 new permits in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was EQT with 7 new permits (6 in Fayette County, PA, and 1 in Washington County, PA). Two companies tied for #2 with 4 permits each–Coterra (Susquehanna County, PA) and Northeast Natural Energy (Monongalia County, WV).
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Allegheny County | Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Doddridge County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | Lycoming County | Noble County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Snyder Brothers | Southwestern Energy | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County | Wyoming County (PA)

32 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 20-26
March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

New shale permits issued for Mar. 20-26 in the Marcellus/Utica dropped by two from the prior week. There were 32 new permits issued in total last week, including 22 new permits for Pennsylvania, 8 new permits for Ohio, and 2 permits in West Virginia. (Note we recently updated last week’s report to include WV permits after the WVDEP fixed its database.) Last week the top receiver of new permits was CNX Resources with 10 new permits spread across two PA counties: Greene and Allegheny. Snyder Brothers received 8 permits in Armstrong County, PA.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Columbia County | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Harrison County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Lycoming County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

30 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 6-12
March 17, 2023March 20, 2023

New shale permits issued for Mar. 6-12 in the Marcellus/Utica increased by one from the prior week. There were 30 new permits issued in total last week, including 21 new permits for Pennsylvania, 5 new permits for Ohio, and 4 new permits issued in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was EQT with 7 new permits–all of them (interestingly) issued in Lycoming County, PA. The second highest number of permits went to Repsol, with 6 permits in Bradford County, PA. Chesapeake Energy came in third with 5 permits for Bradford County, PA.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Blackhill Energy | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Diversified Energy | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EOG Resources | Harrison County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Jefferson County (OH) | Monroe County | Noble County | Ohio | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Repsol | Susquehanna County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

59 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 23-29
February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 23-29 in the Marcellus/Utica soared! There were 59 new permits issued in total, including 34 (!) new permits for Pennsylvania, 24 (!) new permits for Ohio, and just one measly permit issued in West Virginia. Chesapeake Energy was the runaway winner by grabbing 13 permits, all of them for wells in Bradford County, PA. EOG Resources was the runner-up, receiving eight permits for drilling in Noble County, OH.
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Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Inflection Energy | Jefferson County (OH) | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

23 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jan 2-8
January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jan. 2-8 in the Marcellus/Utica included 14 new permits in Pennsylvania, 8 new permits in Ohio, and just 1 new permit in West Virginia. The top recipient of permits for last week was Apex Energy, grabbing 6 permits to drill on a single pad in Westmoreland County, PA. Right behind Apex was Coterra Energy with 5 permits to drill on a single pad in Susquehanna County, PA. Opposite sides of the state.
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Antero Resources | Apex Energy | Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Harrison County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Monongalia County | Northeast Natural Energy | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Repsol | Tioga County (PA) | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

38 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 19-Jan 1
January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

We’re catching up the permit report for the past two weeks (since we were off all of last week). Permits issued for Dec. 19 through Jan. 1 in the Marcellus/Utica included 19 new permits in Pennsylvania, 7 new permits in Ohio, and 12 new permits in West Virginia.
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Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Industrywide Issues | Lease & Royalty Payments | Litigation | Statewide WV | West Virginia | Wetzel County

Gun-Toting Judge in Landowner/EQT Royalty Lawsuit Resigns
November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

David Hummel Jr.

Back in July, MDN reported on the somewhat odd case of a West Virginia Circuit Court judge who allegedly waved and pointed a gun at an attorney for EQT Corporation during a hearing about a case brought against EQT by landowners for improper deductions of post-production expenses from their royalty payments (see WV Judge in Landowner Royalty Lawsuit Points Gun at EQT Lawyer). At first, the judge said he never showed his firearm but instead brandished an item from a first aid kit. Whoops. It was caught on tape–and it was a gun (although whether he pointed it at someone is still in dispute). This odd case has just gotten more odd: The judge, David Hummel Jr., abruptly resigned last week.
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Energy Services | Equitrans/EQT Midstream | Greene County (PA) | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Regulation | West Virginia | Wetzel County

FERC Accepting Comments on Draft EIS for OVCX Pipe in PA-WV-OH
November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

Earlier this year, Equitrans Midstream announced it had filed a new pipeline expansion project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see Equitrans Files New $160M Pipe Expansion Project with FERC). Called the Ohio Valley Connector Expansion Project (or OVCX), the $160 million project will add compression along Equitrans pipelines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that allow the company to flow an extra 350 MMcf/d (million cubic feet per day) of natural gas. It appears OVCX is Equitrans’ “plan B” if the ultimate horror happens and Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) can’t be completed. FERC recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and is accepting comments on that document (and the project) until Nov. 21.
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Antero Resources | Bradford County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | Columbiana County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Hilcorp Energy | Marshall County | Ohio | Ohio County | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Tyler County | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

43 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 31-Nov 6
November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

New shale permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica came roaring back during the week of Oct. 31 through Nov. 6. Both Pennsylvania and Ohio issued 13 new permits during that week. But what’s this? West Virginia issued a whopping 17 new permits! The prior week WV issued only a single new permit.
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Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Carroll County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Guernsey County | Inflection Energy | Lycoming County | Monroe County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Repsol | Southwestern Energy | Tug Hill Operating | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Wetzel County

28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Oct 24-30
November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

Something of an improvement from last week’s new permits report when there were only 11 new permits. For the week of October 24-30, there were 28 new permits. But not because of the return of new permits in Pennsylvania. Instead, Ohio was the shining light. PA reported 11 new permits, all of them in Lycoming County, with seven going to Repsol and four going to Inflection Energy. Ohio issued 16 new permits, with Encino Energy grabbing six, Southwestern Energy getting five, and Ascent Energy receiving four. Finally, WV had a single new permit, for Tug Hill Operating (soon to be EQT), in Wetzel County.
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Antero Resources | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Butler County | Carroll County | Chesapeake Energy | CNX Resources | Columbiana County | Elk County | Encino Energy | Energy Companies | Harrison County | Hilcorp Energy | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Marshall County | Monongalia County | Ohio | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Seneca Resources | Southwestern Energy | Tug Hill Operating | Tyler County | Weekly Permits | Wetzel County

40 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 29-Sep 4
September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Last week the three states with active Marcellus/Utica drilling, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, issued a collective 40 new drilling permits, way up from the 19 permits issued the week before. But there was a shocker. PA only issued nine new permits, while OH issued 14 new permits and WV issued a record high 17 new permits.
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Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Industrywide Issues | M&A | Marshall County | Tug Hill Operating | West Virginia | Wetzel County

EQT CEO Toby Rice Pulls Back the Curtain on Tug Hill $5.2B Deal
September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

Yesterday MDN brought you the news that EQT Corporation is buying the West Virginia assets of Tug Hill Operating–the company’s THQ Appalachia operation–for $5.2 billion (see Confirmed: EQT Buys Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $5.2 Billion). The deal adds roughly 90,000 leased acres (mainly in Marshall and Wetzel counties) to EQT’s massive existing footprint. It also adds an extra 800 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of production to EQT’s current 5.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). EQT CEO Toby Rice went on the record with the Pittsburgh Business Times to share his reasoning and thoughts behind the Tug Hill acquisition. Rice pulled back the curtain, giving a behind-the-scenes look at how deals like this come together. One of the big motivations for Rice is that he loves loves loves Marshall County, WV.
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Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Industrywide Issues | M&A | Marshall County | Tug Hill Operating | West Virginia | Wetzel County

Confirmed: EQT Buys Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $5.2 Billion
September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

The rumors were right. Yesterday we brought you the news (rumors), as reported by both Reuters and Bloomberg, that EQT Corporation was about to seal a deal to buy Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia operation with major assets in West Virginia (see EQT Close to Buying Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $4+ Billion). Reuters reported the deal would be worth $4 billion. Bloomberg reported the deal would be worth $5.2 billion. Bloomberg (we are surprised to say) was right. EQT issued a press release yesterday afternoon announcing the deal and confirming the details.
Read More “Confirmed: EQT Buys Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $5.2 Billion”
Energy Companies | Energy Services | EQT Corp | Industrywide Issues | M&A | Marshall County | Tug Hill Operating | West Virginia | Wetzel County | XcL Midstream

EQT Close to Buying Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia for $4+ Billion
September 6, 2022September 6, 2022

In June, MDN brought you the news that Tug Hill was shopping its THQ Appalachia division (Tug Hill’s West Virginia assets) for $5 billion (see Tug Hill’s THQ Appalachia Shops Itself for $5 Billion). Yesterday both Reuters and Bloomberg reported a deal is close and may even be announced today (Tuesday). However, the price of the deal reported by the two news services differs by quite a bit. Reuters reports a deal price for the THQ Appalachia assets of roughly $4 billion, while Bloomberg pegs it at $5.2 billion.
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Apex Energy | Ascent Resources | Belmont County | Bradford County | Chesapeake Energy | Clearfield County | Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | HG Energy | Lewis County | Lycoming County | Marshall County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Southwestern Energy | Susquehanna County | Tug Hill Operating | Washington County | Weekly Permits | West Virginia | Westmoreland County | Wetzel County

45 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 15-21
August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

After several weeks of anemic permit numbers for Pennsylvania, last week PA came roaring back by issuing 30 permits to drill new shale wells. Some 12 of those permits went to Coterra Energy for two pads in Susquehanna County. EQT (aka Rice Drilling) received six permits for a single pad in Greene County, and Chesapeake Energy also received six permits split between two pads–one pad in Bradford County and the other in Lycoming County.
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