Utica

Aubrey McClendon’s American Energy Partners LLC is gearing up to test Utica Shale deposits in Guernsey and Harrison counties, a new partner said Tuesday.

Appalachian heavyweight Antero Resources LLC has opened its doors to public investment after gaining approval to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of 30 million shares, or more, of common stock.

A 12-inch diameter, 38-mile natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline to be built in a portion of Ohio’s Utica Shale would be capable of delivering 90,000 b/d, Pennant Midstream LLC said Monday.

EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) is working on “several other opportunities” in the Utica Shale, where it is continuing a dual strategy of offering its wet gas acreage for sale while also looking for joint venture (JV) partners to help de-risk the play’s oil window.

As natural gas production steadily increases in the Utica Shale and a new joint venture (JV) emerges to handle midstream services, the business model for Dominion East Ohio (DEO), whose operations run through the heart of the shale play, is forecast to change in some areas, but not in others.

The benefits of shale gas are undeniable, but those “other Tcfs” — natural gas liquids (NGL) — are transforming the global marketplace and provide tremendous opportunities for the U.S. marketplace, an executive with MarkWest Energy Partners LP said in Philadelphia this week.

Two state lawmakers in Ohio, home of the Utica Shale play, are preparing legislation that would offer tax credits for five years for converting cars and trucks powered by gasoline or diesel fuel into bi-fuel vehicles, and for purchasing vehicles powered by gaseous fuels, including propane and compressed natural gas (CNG).

One week after revising its estimate for third quarter production, Gulfport Energy Corp. announced Tuesday that it has placed three wells targeting the Utica Shale in Ohio into production by connecting them to sales pipelines.

With its “confidence level” higher than ever, Dominion Resources Inc. is rounding up its Appalachian-driven natural gas assets and forming a partnership that could generate up to $2 billion a year in earnings, CEO Tom Farrell said Thursday. As part of the overall restructuring, about 100,000 acres of the Marcellus Shale holdings in West Virginia will be farmed out.