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Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. said Wednesday that it had finally completed test results at the Stewart Winland well pad in Tyler County, WV, releasing flow rates from the other three wells nearly a month after an initial well tested at 46.5 MMcf/d (see Shale Daily, Sept. 25).

Denver-based Meritage Midstream Service II LLC has completed and brought online its new natural gas processing plant, 50 Buttes, in Campbell County, WY. It will serve producers in the Powder River Basin (PRB).

Closing in on 1 Bcf/d of gas processing capacity in North Dakota, Oklahoma-based Oneok Partners Inc. on Wednesday opened its new Garden Creek II processing plant, adding 100 MMcf/d of capacity in the Williston Basin.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP continues to implement its efforts to meet growing demand for natural gas processing in the Appalachian Basin, saying it placed into service five major infrastructure projects during 2Q2014 and will construct seven more projects this year.

Natural gas and oil production are projected to increase in nearly all of the nation’s shale plays and tight oil formations through September, particularly in the Utica Shale, now a separate line item of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Drilling Productivity Report (DPR).

Rex Energy Corp. on Monday increased its full-year guidance by 2 MMcfe/d, citing better than expected production results and greater certainty in its completion and sales schedule in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Total natural gas and oil production from the six most prolific Lower 48 unconventional basins is expected to increase between July and August, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in its Drilling Productivity Report.

U.S. onshore natural gas production, particularly in the Marcellus Shale, is expected to strengthen through August as drilling productivity rises, according to the latest Drilling Productivity Report issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Cimarex Energy Co. has completed its acquisition of some land in the Cana-Woodford Shale in Western Oklahoma and announced plans to sell producing properties in neighboring Kansas to an undisclosed buyer.