Apex

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied an appeal filed by a citizen advocacy group challenging four unconventional natural gas well sites operated by Apex Energy LLC near Pittsburgh, capping a fight that has lasted roughly two years.

A Pittsburgh suburb has denied Apex Energy LLC’s request for a conditional use permit to construct a nine-well shale gas pad, saying in its decision that the company failed to prove that its operations would “not violate the environmental rights of the citizens.”

A Pittsburgh suburb has denied Apex Energy LLC’s request for a conditional use permit to construct a nine-well shale gas pad, saying in its decision that the company failed to prove that its operations would “not violate the environmental rights of the citizens.”

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN) expects to have an estimated 27% more in onshore horsepower capacity for its pressure pumping fleet services by the middle of 2015 as customers push for more intense hydraulic fracturing (frack) services, executives said Thursday.