Tag: natural gas
API releases 50-state analysis of natural gas benefits
Natural gas contributed $51B to the Ohio and Pennsylvania economies in 2015.
Pa. receives $173 million in drilling impact fees
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will distribute $173 million in impact fees from shale oil and gas drilling to county and municipal governments, the Marcellus Legacy Fund and state agencies.
DEP approves permit for injection well
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently approved an underground injection control well for disposal of wastewater.
Oil and gas drilling permits climbing in Ohio, Pa.
There were 268 oil and gas drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale play, and 112 permits issued in Ohio’s Utica play in March/April.
A record? Ohio well’s horizontal leg stretches 19,300 feet
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.
US natural gas production fell in 2016
Pennsylvania and Ohio had the two largest annual natural gas production increases from 2015 to 2016, reflecting higher production from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays.
Natural gas to be largest source of U.S. electricity generation
The Energy Information Administration expects that electricity generation fueled by natural gas will continue to exceed that of any other fuel.
Development of natural gas reported, unconventional
Shale gas had its origins in the oil embargos and energy crises of the 1970s, which led to government research to increase domestic energy supplies.
US may be net exporter of natural gas by 2018
Liquefied natural gas exports expected to drive growth in U.S. natural gas trade; U.S. could be net exporter of natural gas by 2018.
U.S. ethane production to increase through 2018
U.S. production of ethane is expected to increase from an average of 1.25 million barrels per day in 2016 to 1.7 million bpd in 2018.
