In a landmark agreement announced Thursday, a drilling unit of Chesapeake Energy Corp. will allow more than 4,400 New York landowners locked into natural gas leases the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts, said New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.
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AGA: Shales Push Natural Gas Reserves to Record 300 Tcf
Data gathered from 30 large domestic natural gas producers indicate that the U.S. inventory of gas reserves has grown to about 300 Tcf, according to a new report from the American Gas Association (AGA). That estimate, based in large part on new discoveries in shale plays, shatters the previous domestic reserves record of 293 Tcf, which was recorded in 1967.
Poland’s Latest Shale Gas Numbers a Fraction of EIA Estimates
Poland’s technically recoverable shale gas resources are much lower than projections made last year by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), according to a report issued Wednesday.
Crestwood CEO: Shales the Right Place for a Midstream MLP
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP is a bit of an anomaly in the midstream sector as it is focused exclusively on shale plays, CEO Robert Phillips told financial analysts Tuesday. It’s the only partnership that does so, save for the much larger Chesapeake Midstream Partners, he said.
Industry Brief
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (APL) struck a long-term, fee-based agreement with ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. to provide gas gathering and processing services for up to an incremental 60 MMcf/d from the Woodford Shale region of Oklahoma to its Velma processing facility in Velma, OK. The agreement supports APL’s planned 60 MMcf/d expansion of its Velma system. The cryogenic facility is expected to enter service in mid-2012. XTO would use the expanded facility, which would have capacity of 160 MMcf/d after the expansion is completed.
Industry Briefs
ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. was the big spender in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) quarterly oil and gas lease sale in Salt Lake City Tuesday, bidding $38.8 million for four parcels covering 3,982 acres in the Uinta Basin in Carbon County, UT. The BLM received bonus bids totaling $49.4 million for 8,271 acres in 11 of the 13 offered parcels. The other major bidder was Bill Barrett Corp., which won two parcels covering 1,773 acres, also in Carbon County, with bonus bids totaling nearly $10 million. The producer submitted the highest total bid per acre: $12,100 on parcel No. 20 containing 811 acres.
Norse Readies for Release of New York Fracking Rules
Norse Energy Corp. ASA, which early in the year had sent notices of force majeure in response to New York’s ban on permitting for drilling operations involving hydraulic fracturing (fracking), has reallocated resources to focus on Marcellus and Utica shale development in anticipation of new rules allowing the use of fracking in the state, the company said Tuesday.
Talisman-Sasol Partnership Moves Forward with GTL Feasibility Study
The technical portion of a feasibility study of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Western Canada, which is under consideration by Talisman Energy Inc. and Sasol Ltd., is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Foster Wheeler AG subsidiary that will perform the study.
DRBC to Hold Another Public Hearing on XTO Energy
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold another public hearing over plans by XTO Energy Inc., an ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary, to withdraw up to 250,000 gal/d of surface water from a creek in New York for natural gas wells.
Deepwater Drilling Under Way, Says Shell Exec
A U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc is back to work in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), CFO Simon Henry said Thursday. ExxonMobil Corp. also said Thursday that it began drilling a new well in the GOM a few weeks ago.