Friday, January 23, 2026

WASHINGTON -- Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost...
Utica shale wells

More drilling permits are being issued as oil and gas companies continue to explore the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.

Editor's Note: The Farm and Dairy published a three-part series on Marcellus Shale earlier this fall. Follow these links for more information: Can a...
oil and gas drilling horizontal leg record

Eclipse Resources Corporation successfully drilled its newest record-setting “super-lateral” well, the Great Scott 3H in less than 17 days. The Ohio well had a total measured depth of 27,400 feet and lateral extension of 19,300 feet.

An Ashtabula County couple donated their amusement park collection to Penn State University Libraries.

The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts sets sights toward severance tax.

Those folks at Purdue University are sheer genius.No offense to my friends at the fine land grant universities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but in...

More business for the lawyers: The best thing anyone contemplating a pipeline easement can do is secure an attorney who knows property law and the gas industry.
driling rig

Ohio issued 76 unconventional well permits so far this year and Pennsylvania, 196, a sign production is continuing on a steady pace (and definitely above last year's levels).

Editor: I was disappointed by the interview with Tom Murphy on the Marcellus gas drilling (Agriculture changing as Marcellus Shale drilling gains ground). Today with...