Environmental questions and high costs for water have created a big headache for unconventional oil and gas producers, but it won’t take long before those problems are turned into opportunities for other businesses, according to industry executives.
Tag / Permitting
SubscribePermitting
Articles from Permitting
Environmental Groups Want West Virginia Moratorium on Gas Drilling
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to enact a moratorium on natural gas drilling in West Virginia until the industry and regulators with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) meet several conditions.
September 17, 2012
U.S. LNG Exports Limited, Gulf-Focused, Sempra Exec Says
As happened in the rush to develop U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities a decade ago, relatively few of the proposed LNG export projects now before federal authorities for permitting will get built, and most of them will be brownfield projects on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), according to a top executive with one of the competing Gulf Coast-based projects.
August 30, 2012
Ohio Village Tentatively OKs Lease Agreement with Rex
The village council of Carrollton, OH, has voted in favor of a nondevelopmental oil and natural gas lease agreement with Rex Energy Corp. that was valued at $938,000 on Monday.
July 26, 2012
Horizontal Permits Jump Eight-Fold in Ohio’s Utica
The permitting of horizontal natural gas wells in Ohio has grown more than eight-fold in one year; Chesapeake Energy Corp. became a major player in the Utica Shale, and Carroll County became the play’s “ground zero,” according to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.
July 9, 2012
Ohio Seeing More Than Eight-Fold Increase in Horizontal Permitting
The permitting of horizontal natural gas wells in Ohio has grown more than eight-fold in one year; Chesapeake Energy Corp. became a major player in the Utica Shale, and Carroll County became the play’s “ground zero,” according to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.
July 9, 2012
Hollywood Filming Marcellus Shale Drama in Pennsylvania
Hollywood is preparing to bring Marcellus Shale oil and natural gas drilling to the big screen next winter and has started filming in Western Pennsylvania.
May 8, 2012
Maryland Lawmakers to Consider Severance Tax Bills
A pair of Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill that would implement a 15% severance tax on the wholesale market value of natural gas produced in the state beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
February 15, 2012
Anadarko Ramping Up in GOM
During the fourth quarter, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. made its first post-drilling/permitting moratorium in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) at the Cheyenne East prospect, which CEO Jim Hackett said heralds the company’s and the industry’s return to the GOM.
February 13, 2012
Anadarko Ramping Up in GOM
During the fourth quarter, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. made its first post-drilling/permitting moratorium in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) at the Cheyenne East prospect. CEO Jim Hackett said it heralds the company’s and the industry’s return to the GOM.
February 8, 2012
Listen to the latest episode of our newest podcast NGI's Hub and Flow via:
