Appalachian

EQM Midstream Partners LP said in a regulatory filing on Monday it was again increasing the estimated cost to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which is now expected to enter service in mid-2020 instead of later this year.

Signs of the anticipated slowdown in the Appalachian Basin were evident in Pennsylvania during the first quarter, as data recently released by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) shows sequential natural gas production was essentially flat during the period.

Signs of the anticipated slowdown in the Appalachian Basin were evident in Pennsylvania during the first quarter, as data released by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) showed sequential natural gas production was essentially flat during the period.

A C$63.3 million ($47.5 million) cleanup chore has been approved for two pipelines left empty when 19 years of natural gas production ended offshore of Nova Scotia at the end of 2018.

Range Resources Corp., which has had to find other outlets for its Appalachian ethane and butane over the last three months with Mariner East (ME) 1 offline in Pennsylvania, expects the outlook for natural gas liquids (NGL) to continue improving after the pipeline restarted service on Tuesday.

Houston-based Encino Energy LLC last month took over drilling and completion operations on a massive Utica Shale position in Ohio that it acquired late last year in a $2 billion deal from the play’s pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corp., with plans for steady growth in the state as it works to make the assets its own.

Houston-based Encino Energy LLC last month took over drilling and completion operations on a massive Utica Shale position in Ohio that it acquired late last year in a $2 billion deal from the play’s pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corp., with plans for steady growth in the state as it works to make the assets its own.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit late Monday denied an Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) petition to rehear a December ruling that overturned key federal approvals for the project, another legal setback that could see the company take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit this week stayed a three-judge panel’s decision last month that invalidated federal authorizations for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross two national forests.