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Shell’s Utica Success in Pennsylvania
“Rigzone” recently reported that Shell has announced two natural gas discovery wells in the Utica shale in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The Neal and Gee wells extend the sweet spot of the Utica play beyond Southeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, into an area in which Shell holds approximately 430,000 acres. The Gee and Neal wells were… Read More
Dominion Group Signs Pipeline Deal
Dominion Resources will form a joint venture with its partners to build a $5 billion pipeline. The Partnership will be called Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC, and will be owned by Dominion (45%), Duke Energy Corp. (40%), Piedmont Natural Gas Co. (10%) and AGL Resources Inc. (5%). The partnership is proposing a 550 mile pipeline to… Read More
Continued Growth Predicted for U. S. Shale Plays
According to “Rigzone”, the “Well IQ Market Outlook” (published by PacWest Consulting Partners) foresees robust activity for drilling and completion contractors into 2016. Of the basins with significant horizontal drilling activity, major growth is predicted for the Permian in West Texas (22%), and the DJ Basin in Colorado and Wyoming (19%). The Anadarko Woodford/SCOOP (South… Read More
Feds to Resume CA Leasing
“Rigzone” reports that in 2013 environment groups contended that the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had not adequately studied the environmental impacts of fracking and other well stimulation techniques being used in the Monterey shale. A federal judge agreed and the state-created California Council on Science and Technology was commissioned to further study… Read More
Texas Railroad Commission Proposes Disposal Well Rules Change
Apparently as a result of the recent seismic event in the Azle, TX, area, the Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC) has proposed rule changes for operating disposal wells for frack waste water, according to a recent article in “Rigzone”. The proposed changes would give the TRRC authority to: -Require applicants for new disposal wells to search… Read More
