Jamison Cocklin joined the staff of NGI in November 2013 to cover the Appalachian Basin. He was appointed Senior Editor, LNG in October 2019, and then to Managing Editor, LNG in February 2024. Prior to joining NGI, he worked as a business and energy reporter at the Youngstown Vindicator, covering the regional economy and the Utica Shale play. He also served as a city reporter at the Bangor Daily News and did freelance work for the Associated Press. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Maine.
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Longer Laterals and More Proppant Helping Rex Energy Lift IP Rates
Rex Energy Corp. said Monday that it has placed another six Marcellus Shale wells into sales in its core Butler Operated area in western Pennsylvania, with longer laterals and higher sand concentrations that it believes will lead to improved type curves in the play.
March 16, 2015
West Virginia Landowner Pooling Legislation Fails Again
Just hours before concluding this year’s first regular legislative session, the West Virginia House of Delegates on Saturday rejected a bill that would have allowed exploration and production companies drilling the Marcellus Shale and other shallower formations to pool landowners into units.
March 16, 2015
In Another Key Ruling, Ohio Court Strikes Down Local Oil/Gas Drilling Ban
An Ohio Common Pleas Court judge has handed the oil and gas industry another victory in the ongoing battle between the state’s regulatory authority and local communities that want more control over operators by striking down a Cleveland suburb’s charter amendment that sought to ban drilling.
March 13, 2015
Pennsylvania DEP Asks For Budget Increase to Step-Up Oil/Gas Regulations
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, would receive a 5% increase in general fund appropriations under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2015-2016 budget.
March 13, 2015
Consol Cuts E&P Budget by $80M
Consol Energy Inc. said Friday it would reduce its drilling budget by another $80 million this year, revising its spending plans from a previously announced $1 billion to $920 million in reaction to depressed commodity prices.
March 13, 2015
Rice Energy Turning More Focus to Ohio’s Utica Shale
Rice Energy Inc. plans to double down this year in its narrow Utica Shale position, where its only three wells at the end of 2014 were each producing at a stabilized rate of about 16 MMcf/d.
March 12, 2015
EQT Selling NatGas System to MLP for $1.05B
EQT Midstream Partners LP (EQM) has agreed to acquire EQT Corp.’s northern West Virginia Marcellus Shale gathering system and an interest in an unnamed subsidiary for more than $1 billion.
March 11, 2015
Proposed Unitization Change In Ohio Budget Bill Could Rankle Oil/Gas Leaseholders
Proposed changes to Ohio’s unitization law buried in nearly 3,000 pages of Gov. John Kasich’s biennial budget would make it easier for oil and natural gas companies to expand the size of their drilling units and undermine the rights of leaseholders in the process.
March 11, 2015
Zoning Hurdles For E&Ps Seen Likely After Divided Ohio Supreme Court Opinion
A long-awaited decision by the Ohio Supreme Court that was expected to clarify the conflicts between local zoning and the state’s preemptive regulatory authority over the oil and gas industry did little to resolve the issue, with sources in agreement that the opinion was more of a setback than a gain for drillers.
March 9, 2015
Sunoco Withdraws Mariner East Requests For Public Utility Status
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP is no longer seeking public utility status for its Mariner East pipeline project, withdrawing the last of its requests with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) for exemption from local zoning ordinances along the proposed route.
March 9, 2015