Utica Shale

Officials in Harrison County, OH, have agreed to lease more than 300 acres of the county’s industrial park for Utica Shale oil and gas drilling.

Officials in Harrison County, OH, have agreed to lease more than 300 acres of the county’s industrial park for Utica Shale oil and gas drilling.

A court case to decide the fate of local ordinances, or “home rule” laws, in the emerging Utica Shale is advancing before the Supreme Court of Ohio.

The average U.S. onshore drilling rig is producing 2% more wells than it did three months ago, and increasingly, rigs are targeting liquids-rich plays over those known for producing dry gas, according to Baker Hughes Inc.

Gubernatorial candidates in Pennsylvania who have called for severance taxes on the state’s shale natural gas industry are embracing “misguided, job-crushing policies,” the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) said Thursday.

Pennsylvania’s status as “a major energy producing state,” and the possible impacts the state may see from climate change have not changed significantly over the last four years, according to a report commissioned by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Antero Resources Inc., which today is an Appalachian Basin-only operator, made a stunning debut Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, with the share price up 18.2% from the opening of $44.00 to end the day at $52.01. More than 28.4 million shares traded hands, with “AR” the most-traded stock on the day.

Regulators with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) are drafting rules governing centralized earthen impoundments that would temporarily hold wastewater from oil and gas drilling.

Gubernatorial candidates in Pennsylvania who have called for severance taxes on the state’s shale natural gas industry are embracing “misguided, job-crushing policies,” the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) said Thursday.