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Whose Milkshake is Whose?: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considers Whether the Rule of Capture Applies to Hydraulic Fracturing
The Rule of Capture has been a foundational concept of oil and gas prospecting for 150 years. The Rule of Capture exists to provide an affirmative defense to drillers when they tap into oil and gas pockets that cross property lines. As fictional oilman Daniel...
USGS estimates huge jump in Marcellus, Utica gas
The Marcellus and Point Pleasant-Utica Shale plays in the Appalachian Basin contain an estimated mean of 214 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous resources of natural gas, according to new U.S. Geological Survey assessments. The...
Pennsylvania Senator Daylin Leach Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Ban Fracking
Philadelphia, Pa. (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania senator says the damage caused by fracking outweighs any economic benefit. Fracking for natural gas in the Marcellus shale has been a source of jobs and dollars for many in Southwest Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Sen....
Pennsylvania permitting plummets as natural gas producers pull back
Still under pressure from investors to throttle back spending in the face of low natural gas prices, Pennsylvania shale gas drillers pulled 23% fewer permits for new wells in August compared with 2018 and 14% fewer permits compared with July. The single biggest...
Fracking Ban Harmful to U.S. Security
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) announced last week she would ban fracking "everywhere" when she became president, but she wouldn't have the power to do it, an energy expert called it a threat to U.S. national security, and it could hurt her electoral hopes in the...
Progress, Pipelines, Permits, and Property Rights
Lack of pipeline capacity currently contributes to skyrocketing energy costs in the region that some sources estimate are 50 percent above the national average. Blocking pipelines, as New York has done, also means states and local jurisdictions must reach out to...
Clean Energy for the Win!
There is a clear message in the ascendance of natural gas. Electric utilities note that power generated from natural gas is inexpensive, reliable and clean. By the way, natural gas supplies are almost unlimited. And there is an added dividend: Due to the shift largely...
Range Resources Ready with Reserves
Range Resources has an enormous amount of natural gas-rich acreage surrounding Pittsburgh in the Marcellus shale. This gives the company very large reserves that can easily be used to boost production if demand for natural gas increases. Range's Performance...
Returning With a Roar
Rig counts have doubled in Pennsylvania — up from about 30 at the beginning of the year to 61 in June. Gas production in the basin has jumped from hundreds of millions of units per well a few years ago to billions of units of gas per well this year. The Beast is...
Let’s Get Animated
Click on the link for an animated view of the the top ten natural gas producing US states in every year from 1967 to 2018 PRETTY COOL STUFF
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