Pennsylvania

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) has accepted settlement offers from Chesapeake Energy Corp. and J-W Operating Co. on compliance matters related to natural gas well development that the commission regulates in a portion of the Marcellus Shale.

A study commissioned by the state of Alaska paints a picture of rising costs in North American shale gas plays and higher gas prices in the years ahead that lend support to the case for a gas pipeline from the state’s North Slope to serve Lower 48 markets.

Among natural gas shale plays, the Barnett Shale in North Texas is getting a bit long in the tooth, but it can hold its own with the nation’s other shale plays when it comes to proved reserves.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is investigating a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid spill at a natural gas well pad operated by ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Corp.

Through EQT Corp.’s experience in the “shale revolution” — the 120-year old company expects to have 100 wells in the Marcellus Shale in southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia by the end of the year — it has learned several lessons of value to other companies, according to CEO David Porges.

Members of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) already have begun to implement a set of proposed rules by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) that, when finalized, will govern how gas wells should be constructed, the executive director told NGI on Thursday.

As development of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania ramps up, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation continues work on a final supplemental generic environmental impact statement (SGEIS), which is not expected to be completed until next year.

The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has approved, by a 14-1 vote, a proposed set of stringent rules regarding how natural gas wells are constructed.

Members of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) already have begun to implement a set of proposed rules by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) that, when finalized, will govern how gas wells should be constructed, the executive director told Shale Daily on Thursday.