Equinor’s Ohio Natural Gas Output Certified; Ascent Monitoring Methane

Equinor ASA’s natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin of Ohio has been certified as responsibly developed by Equitable Origin (EO).

About 135 MMcf/d is actively produced by Equinor US in Monroe County. The third-party review covered Equinor’s “entire U.S. onshore natural gas production, encompassing 51 producing wells on 13 well pads at the time of the assessment,” EO noted. “However, this is a small fraction of the company’s total production in the U.S. as Equinor has significant offshore production operations” in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Through its US. subsidiary, Equinor’s current Appalachia operations in Ohio extend across 242,000 net acres under lease, with 27,000 net acres operational, EO noted. 

Monroe County is in the southeastern...