Drillers

Louisiana’s efforts to guide natural gas drillers to alternative water sources and to track the sources of water used in drilling operations are helping to protect groundwater resources in the state’s northwestern Haynesville Shale area, according to a report from the Louisiana Ground Water Resources Program (LGWRP).

More than half of the natural gas drillers operating in the Marcellus Shale missed the deadline to report the production levels of their wells, which is a violation of state law, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announcement Friday.

More than half of the natural gas drillers operating in the Marcellus Shale missed the deadline to report the production levels of their wells, which is a violation of state law, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announcement Friday.

New Pennsylvania wastewater treatment rules, which apply to gas drillers in the Marcellus Shale, are now in effect, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said.

More than 242,000 acres in the Vermillion Basin region of northwestern Colorado, considered to hold huge amounts of natural gas, would be off limits to drillers under a proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said last week.

More than 242,000 acres in the Vermillion Basin region of northwestern Colorado, considered to hold huge amounts of natural gas, would be off limits to drillers under a proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said late Tuesday.

Chesapeake Energy Corp., long one of the most active natural gas drillers and producers in North America, is stealthily making a land grab to secure domestic oilfields, part of a long-range plan to rebalance a portfolio that now is 93% weighted to gas, CEO Aubrey McClendon said last week.

The rig count in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) climbed 25% in the first three months from a year ago, led by drillers looking for oil, FBR Capital Markets analysts said Friday.

The rig count in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) climbed 25% in the first three months from a year ago, led by drillers looking for oil, FBR Capital Markets analysts said Friday.