What impact has the self-appointed, self-regulated Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) had so far? You may recall MDN covered the launch of Read More “A Flaw in CSSD’s Strategy to Force Drillers to Adopt 15 Standards”
Earlier this morning in London, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) made some starting statements and predictions about the abundance Read More “IEA Says American Shale Creating an Oil “Supply Shock” Worldwide”
Cue hoedown music–it’s time to play Cecil Township Dysfunctional Family Feud! (Enter Richard Dawson kissing all the ladies.) MDN reported last week Read More “Cecil Twp Dysfunctional Family Feud over Range Meeting”
Aquatech recently opened their third Marcellus Shale wastewater treatment plant in Tioga County, PA (see Aquatech Opens New PA Marcellus Wastewater Treatment Plant). Read More “Marcellus Wastewater Company Aquatech Buys Competitor FRS”
Yesterday Antero Resources released their first quarter 2013 report (see below). Although headquartered in Denver, CO, Antero is totally focused on drilling in Read More “Antero Resources 1Q13: NatGas Production Up 114%, New Plant Online”
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, May 14, 2013”
An editorial written by David McMahon, co-founder of the West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization, says by his estimates each Marcellus Shale acre is worth Read More “How Much (in Total) is an Acre in the WV Marcellus Worth?”
On an investor’s conference call on Friday, EV Energy Partners/EnerVest (EVEP) executive chairman John Walker gave some clarity to the company’s strategy Read More “EV Energy Partner’s Utica Strategy Becomes Clear on Investor Call”
Antero Resources, a large Marcellus driller that is making aggressive moves into the Utica, issued a statement on Thursday that they now have a line of credit for Read More “Antero Bumps Up Line of Credit by 44% – What Does it Mean?”
Andy Leahy, writing on the always-excellent NY Shale Gas Now! blog site, recently posted an analysis of the Millennium Pipeline announcement that they intend to Read More “Analysis of Millennium Pipeline’s Proposed Expansion in NY”
Under the category of “here comes more B.S. from Capitol Hill,” a Democrat and a RINO Republican (it’s only a ‘bipartisan’ effort if Republicans cave Read More “New House Bill Puts EPA in Charge of Fracking Under SDWA”
MDN finds it amusing that Tom Wilbur, an anti-drilling former reporter for Gannett and the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, says professional reporters Read More “Anti-Drilling Marcellus Reporter: Too Much Free Speech Out There”
Because PA uses a flat per-well impact fee on shale drilling instead of a tax on the amount of gas that flows from the well, liberal Democrats in PA Read More “Broken Record: PA Needs Drilling Tax Instead of Impact Fee”
The headlines blare the news: The Baker Hughes rig counts are at an 18-year low for natural gas drilling rigs operating on U.S. soil. However, when you dig Read More “Interesting Facts Emerge from Behind the Low Rig Count Headlines”
Below are upcoming events for this week and next.
Read More “Calendar of Events for May 13-26, 2013 [Free]”
Dr. Terry Engelder, geologist and professor at Penn State University, is one of two men who first calculated and publicized the enormous potential Read More “Prof Terry Engelder: Marcellus Rock Star”