Appalachian pure-play Eclipse Resources Corp. said late Wednesday that production has started at two of its pads in Ohio’s Utica Shale, including the first in the company’s condensate type-curve area and another that provides an early read-through for other operators preparing to test Utica wells in West Virginia.
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Customers Came Knocking, Says Utility-Backed Marcellus Project
PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC said its binding open season for a proposed pipeline to transport 1 Bcf/d of gas to Northeast markets resulted in 965,000 Dth/d of bids.
Transco Joins Marcellus-to-Atlantic/Southeast Race
Williams is holding an open season through Sept. 29 for its Western Marcellus Pipeline Project, a 1-2 Bcf/d expansion of its Transco interstate pipeline to provide incremental firm capacity to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States by late 2018.
Team South Expansion Online Two Months Ahead of Schedule
Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) brought its Team South pipeline expansion online at full capacity this week, transporting 300,000 Dth/d of natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales to two delivery points in Mississippi nearly two months ahead of schedule.
Shell’s Utica NatGas Wells Extend Play into North-Central Pennsylvania
A unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc has drilled two natural gas wells into the Utica Shale in Pennsylvania near the New York border, 100 miles-plus from most of the current activity, news that suggests a much bigger potential for the far-reaching formation.
Another Record-Setting Year Seen Likely for Pennsylvania NatGas Production
A closer look at oil and gas production in Pennsylvania from January-June shows that new drilling, backlogged wells waiting on pipelines or completion and others likely to return to production after a period of inactivity will help drive volumes in the state to a new record by the end of the year.
North America’s Frack Attack Coming Back
The Denver-Julesburg (DJ) and Permian basins, and the Utica Shale, should lead all onshore plays for horizontal fracturing (fracking) this year as drilling and completion (D&C) activity continues to escalate, according to PacWest Consulting Partners LLC.
EQT, NextEra Receive 1.5 Bcf/d in Commitments for Marcellus/Utica Pipeline
EQT Corp. and NextEra Energy Inc. unit NextEra US Gas Assets LLC on Tuesday launched a binding open season for their Mountain Valley Pipeline project after receiving more than 1.5 Bcf/d of firm capacity commitments during a nonbinding open season that ended in July.
Small Earthquake Recorded Near Injection Wells in NE Ohio
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Sunday recorded a small earthquake in Weathersfield Township, OH, about 12 miles northwest of Youngstown, in Trumbull County, but it remains unclear if two nearby underground injection wells are to blame.
Citing Weak Basis, Antero Delaying West Virginia Utica Test
Antero Resources Corp. inspired mixed reactions late Tuesday when it increased this year’s capital expenditure (capex) budget by nearly $1 billion and said production guidance would increase nominally, while electing to delay plans for a dry natural gas Utica test in West Virginia because of depressed prices.