Marcellus Drilling News

Trumbull County, OH Landowners Receive Lease Checks

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:47:00 +0000

Landowners in Trumbull County, Ohio—some 50 to 60 families—are now collectively $7 million richer since receiving their lease signing bonus checks. Including Richard and Ida Faber, who received a...

Chesapeake’s Troubles Mean a Slowdown for Ohio

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:45:00 +0000

Carroll County, Ohio is starting to feel the negative effects of Chesapeake Energy’s troubles, as noted in a story yesterday in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Because of recent revelations of debt...

UK Gives Fracking the Green Light

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:44:00 +0000

It seems a lot of today’s news is about fracking, so here’s one more story about fracking—not Marcellus or Utica related—but important all the same. Our ultra-environmentally conscious friends from...

NC Law to Legalize (and Encourage) Fracking Advances

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:43:00 +0000

In contrast to closed-minded Vermont (see this MDN story), North Carolina and its Democrat governor are also considering adopting new legislation with regard to hydraulic fracturing—but North...

Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Fracking

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:42:00 +0000

In a purely symbolic gesture, Vermont has become the first (and likely only) state in union to ban hydraulic fracturing. Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the law yesterday with a crowd of grade school...

New Study Says Ohio’s Gas Severance Tax Lowest, Even If…

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:00 +0000

A new study released by the accounting firm Ernst & Young says that even if Ohio Gov. John Kasich gets his way and boosts the severance tax in the state on oil and gas drilling, Ohio’s severance...

Canadian Mutual Fund Joins Activists Targeting Shale Gas

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:40:00 +0000

Canadian mutual fund giant NEI Investments has joined the Investor Environmental Mafia Health Network (IEHN) of activist investors calling on drillers to adopt “industry-wide standards for shale gas...

Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, May 17, 2012

willisja — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:39:00 +0000

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Behold the Power of Shale Fracking: ND Now #2 US Oil Producer

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41:00 +0000

This is technically not a story about the Marcellus or the Utica Shale. But it’s just as critical. North Dakota has just officially become the number two producer of oil in the United States,...

UB Study Released on Environmental Problems in PA Drilling

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:40:00 +0000

A peer-reviewed 52-page study released yesterday by the new natural gas institute at SUNY University at Buffalo (UB) finds that environmental problems caused by Marcellus Shale gas drilling in...

Antero Resources Continues Expansion in the Marcellus

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Antero Resources released its first quarter financials and operating results earlier this week. Antero reports their net production of natural gas was up 83 percent when compared to the first quarter...

Siena College Poll – New Yorkers Remain Split on Fracking

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:38:00 +0000

Siena College Research Institute runs regular polls of New Yorkers to gage their opinion on a variety of topics. One of the long-running topics they poll on is whether or not New York should allow...

American Rivers Yearly Fundraiser/Most Endangered Rivers List

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:38:00 +0000

The anti-drilling American Rivers, an organization with a lofty Americana name but with a hard left environmentalist agenda, issues their “top 10” most endangered rivers list each year about this...

Chespeake’s Credit Downgraded by S&P, Stock Hits 3-Year Low

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:37:00 +0000

Chesapeake Energy’s credit rating was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s to BB-, which is defined as, “Less vulnerable in the near-term but faces major ongoing uncertainties to adverse business,...

Inspectors Angry with WV DEP Over New Marcellus Hires

willisja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:37:00 +0000

Twenty inspectors with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have filed grievances alleging that the DEP is creating a two-tiered (and unfair) system for pay, job...