Utica

Gulfport’s 3Q Production Exceeds Guidance

Gulfport Energy Corp. surprised some financial analysts on Wednesday when it announced that third quarter production finished 6% ahead of guidance, setting the stage for a strong year-end finish, as volumes continued trending higher through the first two weeks of October. Read More

Challenges Mounting as Demand for Appalachian Infrastructure Increases, Panelists Say

A group of panelists on Tuesday from Appalachian midstream companies said state and federal regulations combined with soaring costs and challenging construction are making it increasingly difficult to get pipelines built to serve producers and end-users in the region within a reasonable amount of time. Read More

Rex Energy Facing More Opposition for Drilling Near Pennsylvania School

Two environmental organizations based near Philadelphia have filed an appeal to a township's zoning ordinance on the other side of the state, where Rex Energy Corp. has started work to drill five unconventional Marcellus Shale wells close to a large school campus. Read More

Texas Gas Planning Two-Way Street: Ohio to/from Louisiana; DTI Proposes Upstream Marcellus Link

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners' Texas Gas Transmission LLC is proposing to move more Marcellus/Utica... Read More

Magnum Hunter Steadily Selling Off Bakken Assets

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. keeps whittling away at its North Dakota portfolio, announcing late Thursday another deal to sell more of its nonoperated Bakken Shale assets, this time divesting 12,500 net acres for $84.7 million to a large undisclosed independent. Read More

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