Utica Shale

Appalachian Basin pure-play Antero Resources Co. is betting on continued high natural gas prices, driven by a “structural shift” in the relationship between U.S. prices and storage levels, CEO Paul Rady said last week. “The primary driver behind this shift is the supply side,” Rady told analysts during a call to discuss first quarter earnings.…

CNX Resources Corp. said Tuesday it would extend a long-term agreement with Evolution Well Services to continue utilizing an all-electric fracturing fleet in the Appalachian Basin. COO Chad Griffith said after four years of working with Evolution’s fleet the “safety, environmental and efficiency benefits” have been clearly demonstrated. CNX holds more than one million Marcellus…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. Nick DeIuliis, the CEO of Appalachian producer CNX Resources Corp, joins NGI’s Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss the intersection of politics, energy and the future of natural gas in the United States and beyond.  The conversation focuses on the…

EQT Corp. now expects the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to come online in 2023, which could help narrow its natural gas price differentials and ease Appalachian takeaway constraints, but management acknowledged last week that the “specter of timing” continues to loom over the project. EQT has capacity booked on the system and a stake in…

Dealing a blow to Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) expectations for a timely conclusion to the drawn-out regulatory saga, a federal court has once again struck down crucial permitting for the natural gas conduit’s crossing of the Jefferson National Forest. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday vacated and remanded key…

Seneca Resources Co. LLC on Tuesday said 100% of its Appalachian natural gas production, which is 1 Bcf/d gross, has been deemed certified under performance targets set by Equitable Origin (EO). The exploration and production (E&P) arm of National Fuel Gas Co. (NFG) said the achievement was completed under the EO100 Standard for Responsible Energy…

A long awaited petrochemical project is set to begin operations in the Appalachian Basin in 2022, and a second major investment in the region could get the green light this year.

FERC plans to fine Energy Transfer Partners LP and subsidiary Rover Pipeline LLC $40 million over alleged violations during work on a 2017 horizontal directional drill (HDD) at the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, OH. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission handed down a show cause order during last week’s monthly meeting, formalizing its intent to…

More Lower 48 producers and increasingly, midstream operators, are looking to Project Canary to earn environmental certification for their natural gas supplies. Related entities Tug Hill Operating LLC and XcL Midstream Operating LLC, which principally operate in West Virginia’s Marshall and Wetzel counties, have partnered to gain the responsibly sourced gas (RSG) designation across all…