Wells

Pennsylvania natural gas production increased 4.8% year/year in the third quarter to reach 1.326 Tcf, keeping 2017 volumes on track to surpass those of last year, according to the state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO).

EOG Resources Inc. added two new “premium” oil plays and 800 potential well locations to its stable during 3Q2017, with a combined estimated net resource potential of 750 million boe, as it looks to complete an additional 25 wells before the end of the year.

Foothills Exploration Inc. has acquired a 21% working interest in a pair of horizontal wells in Utah’s Uinta Basin from an undisclosed party. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Activist groups once again are calling for more information about natural gas wells plugged and abandoned near Pavillion, WY, where drinking water previously was allegedto have been contaminated by drilling. Wyoming officials concluded in late 2016 that gas drilling activity did not contaminateany water wells. In a letter sent to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens and Powder River Basin Resource Center requested information about the issue. BLM “has received the letter…and will respond appropriately in the near future,” said a spokesperson. “To date, the BLM has fulfilled its inspection and enforcement requirements” while working with field owner Encana Corp. “to plug wells in the Pavillion oil and gas field. This is a responsibility the BLM takes seriously and will continue to coordinate with the proper agencies and tribes to address concerns in the Pavillion area.”

Comstock Resources Inc. is expanding a joint venture (JV) with USG Properties Haynesville LLC (USG) to build its inventory in East Texas and North Louisiana and drill more extended lateral wells.

Rex Energy Corp. said Wednesday a two-well Marcellus Shale pad recently placed online in western Pennsylvania represents the highest production rates achieved on a per lateral foot basis in the Moraine East Area.

QEP Resources Inc. is blaming a trio of factors for lower production this year from the Williston Basin year-to-date, but the company is moving forward by testing a refracturing (refracking) program similar to one that has yielded success in the Haynesville Shale.

Jagged Peak Energy Inc., which focuses its efforts in the Permian Basin in West Texas, revised down its third quarter guidance, blaming in part Hurricane Harvey-related curtailments.

Dallas-based IOG Capital LP, which has an array of partnerships in the U.S. onshore to develop conventional and unconventional assets, said Thursday it has invested in three new drilling projects, one in the Eagle Ford Shale and two in Oklahoma.