Virginia

Four Producers to Anchor PVR’s Marcellus Expansion

Midstream operations in the Marcellus Shale are expanding for Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP (PVR), after the partnership inked agreements last week with four big natural gas producers to extend the Lycoming County, PA, pipeline system for access to multiple markets.

May 28, 2012

Four Producers to Anchor PVR Partners Marcellus Expansion

Midstream operations in the Marcellus Shale are significantly expanding for Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP (PVR), after the partnership inked agreements with four of the biggest natural gas producers to extend its Lycoming County, PA, pipeline system to provide access to multiple markets.

May 22, 2012

Vermont Lawmakers Call for Ban, Reports on Fracking

Lawmakers in the Vermont House of Representatives were to vote Friday on a bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Green Mountain State and require regulators with the state Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) to submit a report by 2015 on the best ways to regulate the practice.

May 7, 2012

Construction Worker Pleads Guilty to Damaging Chief’s Marcellus Pipeline

A man who worked briefly for a company that built a natural gas pipeline in Lycoming County, PA, for Chief Oil and Gas LLC has pleaded guilty to damaging the pipeline after the construction company fired him, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

April 12, 2012

Drug Use Among Prospective Shale Workers in Eastern Ohio Could Pose Challenge

As oil and gas companies look to hire local workers in eastern Ohio’s booming Marcellus and Utica shales, local and company officials say they are keeping a cautious eye on the issue of drug abuse in the region.

April 10, 2012

Shale Could Add 250,000 Jobs in Pennsylvania

Shale development could realistically contribute a 3% annual increase in jobs in Pennsylvania through the remainder of the decade, according to research from Wells Fargo Securities LLC.

March 29, 2012

Crestwood Buys Marcellus Midstream Assets from Antero

A new joint venture formed by Crestwood Midstream Partners LP and Crestwood Holdings Partners LLC has acquired a Marcellus Shale gathering system in northern West Virginia owned by Antero Resources Appalachian Corp., the companies announced Monday.

February 28, 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

EQT: Earnings, Production, Proved Reserves Up in 2011

Just days after it announced that it would suspend drilling in the Huron Shale, EQT Corp. said Thursday that its 2011 earnings totaled $479.8 million and annual production increased more than 44% from a year ago, to 194.4 Bcfe.

January 30, 2012

Penn Virginia Working Toward New Marcellus Pipe

In what it said was the first step to develop a new pipeline to move Marcellus Shale natural gas out of northeast Pennsylvania, Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP (PVR) has acquired an option to purchase an easement along a 28.8-mile long right-of-way corridor in Susquehanna County, PA.

January 13, 2012