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Impact of Natural Gas Drilling on Washington County PA

February 8th, 2012 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

This video and article feature some of the positive impacts that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has brought to the economy of Washington County, Pennsylvania and neighboring areas.

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Electric Power from the Marcellus and Utica Shales

December 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

As environmental regulations hasten the closure of coal -fired power plants American Electric Power plans to build a 1bcf/day pipeline to deliver gas from wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shales .

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The Era of Aggressive Natural Gas Leasing is Ending

December 6th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Some industry experts believe that onshore natural gas leasing is winding down and major plays like the Marcellus and Utica are unlikely to be found in the future.

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Competition for Acreage in the Utica Shale of Ohio

December 6th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Chesapeake Energy , Exxon Mobil and Hess are all working to acquire acreage in the Utica Shale of eastern Ohio .

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Natural Gas Liquids are Hitting the Bottom Line for Drillers

November 8th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Chesapeake Energy reports that natural gas liquids contributed 17% of their total production but 40% of their natural gas and liquids revenue. This is part of what is fueling interest in plays such as the Utica Shale and Eagle Ford Shale .

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Who Will Get the Marcellus and Utica Shale Ethane?

October 17th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Parts of the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale contain worthy amounts of ethane which is a valuable feedstock for the plastics industry. Will it be shipped by pipeline to distant manufacturers or will local manufacturing industries develop?

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Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale in Ohio

October 6th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

The Ohio Geological Survey has an online presentation that summarizes the Marcellus Shale resource in Ohio. It also contains lots of information about the Utica Shale in Ohio.

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Surprising Utica Shale Well Production!

September 30th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

“Chesapeake Energy Corporation disclosed initial horizontal well drilling results in the wet gas and dry gas phases of the Utica Shale play in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The Buell 10-11-5 8H in Harrison County, Ohio was drilled to a lateral length of 6,418 feet and achieved a peak rate of 9.5 million cubic feet (mmcf) per day of natural gas and 1,425 barrels (bbls) per day of natural gas liquids and oil (liquids), or 3,010 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day.” Quoted from the Chesapeake Energy press release.

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Utica Shale Speculation?

September 28th, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Although data is only available for 16 wells drilled into a Utica Shale resource that has a geographic extent of 170,000 square miles, that is not stopping oil and gas companies from spending billions of dollars on acreage.

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Oh No! Who Really Owns the Natural Gas in Shale?

September 23rd, 2011 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Is natural gas part of the shale or is it a fugitive commodity that is not an integral part of any specific rock unit?

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