E&P

A Pittsburgh suburb has denied Apex Energy LLC’s request for a conditional use permit to construct a nine-well shale gas pad, saying in its decision that the company failed to prove that its operations would “not violate the environmental rights of the citizens.”

Production of natural gas and its use in the United States were both up in the first month of 2016 compared with January 2015, but not at the same heady rates of increase the industry has become accustomed to, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Less than four months after voluntarily filing for bankruptcy protection, Swift Energy Co. emerged from Chapter 11 on Monday and closed on a new $320 million senior secured credit facility, while also forming a joint venture (JV) and closing on the sale of some conventional oil assets in central Louisiana.

A Pittsburgh suburb has denied Apex Energy LLC’s request for a conditional use permit to construct a nine-well shale gas pad, saying in its decision that the company failed to prove that its operations would “not violate the environmental rights of the citizens.”

Less than four months after voluntarily filing for bankruptcy protection, Swift Energy Co. emerged from Chapter 11 on Monday and closed on a new $320 million senior secured credit facility, while also forming a joint venture (JV) and closing on the sale of some conventional oil assets in central Louisiana.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will be conducting an independent series of public hearings on the proposed PennEast Pipeline, the multi-state agency told FERC Monday.

Oklahoma producers on Monday fired back at environmental groups in a legal tussle in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, asking for dismissal of a lawsuit over alleged oil/natural gas injection well-induced earthquakes in the state.

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will be conducting an independent series of public hearings on the proposed PennEast Pipeline, the multi-state agency told FERC Monday.

The Spraberry/Wolfcamp play in the Permian Basin continued to be an oasis of strong economics and robust production for Pioneer Natural Resources Co. during the first quarter.