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Marcellus Shale in 2012

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:31:54 +0000

An article on the Boston.com website explores possible developments related to the Marcellus Shale in 2012. A new lease environment, geographic shifts in activity, price directions and more.

Natural Gas: Is it Jobs vs Environment?

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:39:47 +0000

An article in Crain’s New York Business titled “Natural-gas drilling is a great divider” explores why natural gas drilling has enormous support and enormous opposition in the state of New York.

States Compete for Natural Gas Drilling?

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:48:17 +0000

An article on the PittsburghLive.com website explains how regulations and costs of doing business in neighboring states can stimulate or deter the development of a resource such as natural gas. Not mentioned in the article is how a moratorium on Marcellus Shale drilling moved drilling out of New York and into Pennsylvania.

Utica Shale Gas Boom in Eastern Ohio

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:59:53 +0000

Natural gas companies have drilled a number of highly successful wells into the Utica Shale of eastern Ohio. Now, drilling, permitting, and acquisition activity is starting to boom.

Huge “No Drilling” Buffers Around New York’s Waterways?

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:10:08 +0000

Proposed drilling regulations in New York could take enormous amounts of land that has already been leased out-of-play for natural gas development.

How Natural Gas is Taxed in 19 Different States

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:18:21 +0000

The Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research has prepared: Taxation of Natural Gas: A Comparative Analysis. This publication reviews the many methods of taxing natural gas 19 different states. You might be surprised at how many ways natural gas is being taxed.

Natural Gas Leases in Conflict with Mortgages

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:28:02 +0000

Thousands of people across the United States have signed leases that give energy companies the right to drill on their land. However, many of these properties have mortgages that prohibit the property owner from entering into a mineral lease.

Government Revenue from the Marcellus Shale

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:14:00 +0000

State and local governments have either been collecting revenues from Marcellus Shale activities or wishing that they were collecting revenues. An article on Platts.com explores some of the ways that state and local governments are generating revenues.

Marcellus Shale: Separating Spin from Fact?

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:37:46 +0000

An Associated Press article examines how people who favor and oppose Marcellus Shale natural gas development have very different perceptions of problems and opportunities.

Natural Gas Potential of the Upper Devonian Shale

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:54:36 +0000

A sequence of rocks above the Marcellus Shale, known as the “Upper Devonian Shales” might hold significant amounts of recoverable natural gas and natural gas liquids. From top to bottom the Upper Devonian Shales, Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale are the “stacked plays of the Appalachians”.

Who Supports Marcellus Shale Drilling in New York?

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:07 +0000

A Quinnipiac University poll of over 1000 New York residents released today shows who supports Marcellus Shale drilling and perceptions of how drilling will impact the state. Results are tallied by gender, political affiliation, location of residence and more.

Who Has the Power to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing?

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:18:59 +0000

Communities in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have passed bans on hydraulic fracturing within their political boundaries. In some instances these bans have been overturned because the power to regulate of oil and gas drilling belongs to State governments. Now a company in New York has sued a town that passed a ban on drilling.

Treating Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid in New York

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:03:14 +0000

Many oil and gas companies that use hydraulic fracturing methods recycle the waste water produced during drilling. As a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New York is lifted the Niagara Falls Water Board is ready to accept hydraulic fracturing wastewater from companies that are unable to recycle.

USGS and EIA Marcellus Estimates Use Different Metrics

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:18:45 +0000

The United States Geological Survey and the Energy Information Administration have published significantly different estimates of the amount of natural gas contained in the Marcellus Shale. An article in NorthcentralPA.com reports that the estimate metrics are very different.

Shell: A Natural Gas Cracker Plant for the Marcellus Shale

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:02:17 +0000

Shell plans to build a world-scale ethylene chemical plant in the Appalachian area that will process ethane from Marcellus Shale natural gas into products for the chemical industry.

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