Utica

Ohio Awards Grant for Wastewater Treatment Research

Researchers at Ohio University and their oil and gas industry collaborators have been awarded $1.45 million to advance a technology that could keep more production and flowback water at the drilling site instead of heading to contentious underground disposal wells. Read More

Oil, Gas Industry Wins Key Lease Dispute Case In Ohio

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals has reversed a key decision by a lower court and ruled in favor of a small oil and gas company in a class action case that affected hundreds of angry landowners and threatened the industry's ability to protect the terms of its leases. Read More

Magnum Sells Non-Op Assets in North Dakota for $23M

Continuing its push to divest non-core assets across the country in favor of its properties in the Utica and Marcellus shales, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. has completed the sale of its non-operated working interests in Divide County, ND, for more than $23 million. Read More

As Marcellus Shale Costs Fall and Volumes Rise, Operators Want More

The Marcellus Shale has for some time now been touted for its low finding and development costs, and even as natural gas volumes... Read More

Kinder, NOVA Reach Long-Term Transportation Agreement for UTOPIA Project

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has reached a long-term transportation agreement with NOVA Chemicals Corp. to transport ethane and ethane-propane mixtures from the Utica Shale through its previously announced Utica To Ontario Pipeline Access project. Read More

Consol Exec Says Cone IPO Is Just the Beginning

Consol Energy Inc. and Noble Energy Inc.'s bid to take their midstream assets public paid off in a big way Thursday. The market debut found their master limited partnership (MLP) raising more than expected, and shares skyrocketed in a nod of confidence for one of the largest midstream systems yet to go public in the Appalachian Basin.

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Magnum Hunter's Utica Gusher Bests the Rest in West Virginia

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.'s (MHR) first Utica Shale well in West Virginia -- the most southeastern within its Appalachia portfolio -- has tested at a peak monster rate of 46.6 MMcf/d, the highest flow rate announced in the region to date. Read More

XTO Chief Critiques Appalachian States' Taxes

XTO Energy Inc. President Randy Cleveland told a Pittsburgh audience Wednesday that if the Appalachian Basin expects to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving energy market, state policies and regulations will need to adapt. Read More

EVEP, Total Agree to Sell Interests in Cardinal Gas Services

EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) and Total E&P USA said Tuesday that they have agreed to sell their interests in Cardinal Gas Services LLC for a combined sale price of $562 million in a deal that is expected to close next month. Read More

American Energy Partners Adds Utica NatGas Services

The Utica Shale affiliate of American Energy Partners LP (AEP-LP) late Monday secured more services in Ohio to expand its natural gas gathering, processing and fractionation capabilities. Read More