Tag: oil and gas
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.
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.
Huge potential of natural gas
Shale gas plays are large enough to replace all U.S. oil imports.
Keeping Ohio’s shale money local
Ohio lawmakers back bill to keep shale money in shale communities.
2016 U.S. ethanol exports reach second-highest level on record
The United States exported more than 1 billion gallons (68,000 barrels per day) of fuel ethanol in 2016, an increase of 26 percent from levels in 2015.
For sale to the highest campaign contributors: West Virginia private property...
The West Virginia Senate and House leadership is offering citizen's property rights for sale to the natural gas industry.
Pa. considers gas royalty legislation
Two Pa. Senate bills, addressing gas royalty protection, were passed Jan. 30, 48-0. They now await action by the House — for the third consecutive year.
Oil and gas permitting activity picking up in Ohio
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).
Reader: NEXUS needs to pay fees
All along, the NEXUS pipeline route county auditors have been alerted to the fact that NEXUS has not paid its easement conveyance fees.
Hilcorp and earthquakes: Pa. officials find correlation
Seismic events that occurred in western Lawrence County on April 25, 2016, were likely correlated to natural gas hydraulic fracturing by Hilcorp Energy Co.
