Marcellus

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. is once again fighting to stave off a class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania as it confronts a growing chorus of those that allege it is improperly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments.

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 in 14 years, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.

The Appalachian Basin is still a puzzle, but there is no lack of enthusiasm for those trying to solve all the value it may hold.

Gastar Exploration Inc. said late Monday that its production in Marshall County, WV, has been shut-in since Saturday due a weekend rupture and fire on a 12-inch diameter natural gas gathering pipeline (see Shale Daily,March 7).

Unusually cold weather that remained in place over portions of the country into the last days of winter helped drive working natural gas in storage to an…

The Marcellus Shale once again drove natural gas production higher at Consol Energy Inc. last quarter, when companywide production increased by 23% from the year-ago period to reach 48.4 Bcfe and nearly matched a quarterly record the company set in the final three months of 2013.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released new data from 2012 that shows emissions from the state's natural gas industry remained largely flat compared to 2011 when less development was happening in the Marcellus Shale.

Unconventional oil and gas companies operating in Pennsylvania paid $224.5 million in impact fees last year, representing the most collected since the fee was imposed in 2012, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commision (PUC) said Friday.