E&P

Pure-play Appalachian operator Antero Resources Corp. on Monday announced several significant additions to its firm transportation portfolio and midstream infrastructure that have its forward-looking basis differentials improving and its skyrocketing production heading in more directions.

Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the Eagle Ford Shale region could increase sharply in the coming years as development ramps up, according to a recently released study.

Nirav Shah — commissioner of the New York Department of Health (DOH) and a figure at the center of the debate over whether to allow high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in the state — is planning to resign his post next month for a new job in California.

Rising shale gas supplies from the eastern United States took Ontario and Quebec by storm before a pipeline toll overhaul put domestic Canadian production back into contention to keep at least part of its former market share with mainstay natural gas customers.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has sent Chevron Appalachia LLC notice of nine violations stemming from an explosion and fire at a well site in Greene County, PA, that left one worker dead and another injured in February (see Shale Daily, Feb. 11).

Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s decision to launch a record $3 billion bond offering to help refinance debt drew positive remarks from two of the largest credit ratings agencies.

U.S. crude oil reserves in 2012 surged to their highest level since 1976, but low natural gas prices drove down gas proved reserves for the first time since 1998, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.

The Mississippian Lime (ML) formation hasn’t proven itself to be a go-to drilling spot yet, but pilot wells show promise where the rocks, clay and sand intersect in Kansas and Oklahoma.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) on Friday took an unprecedented step to establish what is believed to be the country’s first set of permitting conditions for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in horizontal wells near fault lines or areas of previous seismic activity.