Marcellus

Marcellus
Marcellus Overview: The Marcellus Shale is one of the most prolific shale basins in North America, in terms of both acreage and reserve potential. Read More

Marcellus Counties: PA: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair Read More

Marcellus Pipelines (natural gas): Columbia Gas Transmission, Dominion Transmission, Empire Pipeline, Equitrans, Leidy Hub, Millennium, National Fuel Gas, Tennessee, Texas Eastern Transmission, Transco Read More

Marcellus Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Marcellus play. View Table

ARTICLES

U.S. Crude Production Next Year to Be Highest Since 1972, EIA Says

Total U.S. crude oil production averaged an estimated 8.9 million b/d in October, and monthly average production is forecast to surpass 9.0 million b/d in December and 9.4 million b/d in 2015, which would be the highest annual average crude oil production since 1972, according to the Energy Information Administration. Read More

Domestic NatGas, Oil Production to End 2014 on Steady Upswing, EIA Says

Production of natural gas and oil from the seven most prolific U.S. shale and tight oil regions will continue to increase through the end of the year... Read More

Gastar Approaching 2015 With Caution

Gastar Exploration Inc. expects to cut its capital budget and scale back the number of wells it plans to drill next year, electing to take a more cautious approach as its Appalachian natural gas production continues to be impacted by declining basis differentials and crude oil prices remain weak. Read More

Magnum to Take Midstream Subsidiary Public in Early 2015

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. said Friday it plans to take its Appalachian midstream subsidiary, Eureka Hunter, public sometime early next year, as throughput on the system continues to rise and the company plans to bring a backlog of wells online in the Marcellus and Utica shales. Read More

MarkWest Charts Record 3Q Volumes in Booming Marcellus/Utica

MarkWest Energy Partners LP -- the largest gas processor and fractionator in the Northeast -- saw record volumes in Appalachia during the third quarter as the leading Marcellus Shale and up-and-coming Utica Shale kept on giving. There's more to come, CEO Frank Semple told analysts who follow the company. Read More

Shell Will Purchase Pennsylvania Land for Multi-Billion Dollar Cracker

More than two years after it signed an option to buy a 300-acre plot of land in western Pennsylvania for its proposed multi-billion dollar ethane cracker, Royal Dutch Shell plc affiliate Shell Chemical LP is moving forward with its purchase and will soon begin preliminary site development. Read More

Antero Midstream IPO Fetches $1 Billion in Debut

Antero Resources Corp. saw its fortunes rise on Wednesday when it completed the initial public offering (IPO) of its midstream master limited partnership (MLP), raising $1 billion in one of the largest such debuts to date. Read More

Midterm Elections a Mixed Bag for Appalachian Basin's Oil, Gas Industry

Tuesday's midterm elections produced mixed results for the future of shale gas development in the Appalachian Basin, but the spotlight was overwhelmingly fixed on Democratic Governor-elect Tom Wolf's defeat of Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett and its implications for the industry. Read More

Shuttered Ohio Plant Redeveloping Into Large-Scale Oil, Gas Service Terminal

Work is underway at the former Ormet Corp. aluminum smelting plant straddling Ohio and West Virginia to transform the 1,700 acre site into a large-scale port and central service terminal for the oil and gas industry operating in the region. Read More

Pennsylvania Governor's Race Narrows With Energy Issues Front and Center

Polls show Pennsylvania's Republican Gov.Tom Corbett narrowing the double-digit lead that Democratic challenger Tom Wolf has enjoyed... Read More

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Marcellus Shale Gallery

A gallery featuring images related to the Marcellus shale.