Utica

Utica
Utica Overview: The Utica Shale is a massive formation that lies beneath portions of Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. Read More

Utica Counties: OH: Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana Read More

Utica Pipelines (natural gas): Clarington Hub, Cobra Pipeline, Columbia Gas Transmission, Dominion Transmission, East Ohio Gas, Rockies Express, Tennessee, Texas Eastern Read More

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

ARTICLES

Hess Talks Utica, Issues First EUR For Wells

For the first time since entering the play, Hess Corp. has issued production guidance for its Utica Shale assets in Ohio, estimating that its wells there will be producing 40,000 boe/d by 2020. 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

EVEP to Sell Joint Venture Acreage In Ohio's Utica Shale

EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) said Monday that it will begin marketing both its operated and non-operated joint venture (JV) acreage in Ohio's Utica Shale next year, where the company believes its efforts with Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Total E&P USA have made clear the asset's value for a successful sale. 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

Gulfport Ramping-Up Production in 4Q, But Plans for 2015 Remain Unclear

Gulfport Energy Corp. offered few details about next year’s budget and operational plans during a third quarter earnings call, telling financial analysts it needs more time to gauge where commodity markets are heading. 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

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Utica Shale Gallery

A gallery of all of the images related to the Utica shale.