Archive for the ‘Marcellus Shale’ Category

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order approving the construction of TransCanada Corp.’s Leach XPress and Rayne XPress projects that will transport natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica regions to the Midwest and Gulf Coast.

Crude oil output from the seven major US onshore producing regions is expected to rise 41,000 b/d month-over-month in February to 4.748 million b/d, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration.

The US drilling rig count dropped by 6 to 659 active units during the week ended Jan. 13, marking its first decrease since Nov. 11, 2016, and largest since the drilling rebound began at the beginning of June, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data.

The US drilling rig count began the new year with its eighth consecutive weekly rise and 28th increase of the past 32 weeks that comprise the recent drilling rebound.

Antero Resources Corp., Denver, has set its 2017 capital budget at $1.5 billion, up 7% from 2016. The total includes $1.3 billion for drilling and completions and $200 million for core leasehold additions and extensions.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for Williams Partners’ Atlantic Sunrise project.

Shell International E&P Inc. and WellDog jointly ran two field trials in the Marcellus shale in northern Pennsylvania using a downhole reservoir Raman system (DRRS) and software that analyzed chemicals within the wellbore to estimate natural gas an…

Undeterred by the upcoming holiday week, the US rig count recorded yet another double-digit weekly increase.  

Undeterred by the upcoming holiday week, the US rig count recorded yet another double-digit weekly increase.  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, has agreed to sell its operated and nonoperated upstream assets and operated midstream assets in the Marcellus shale of north-central Pennsylvania to Alta Marcellus Development LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Housto…