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

Residents of Ohio Suburb Sue to Protect Fracking Ban

Residents of a Cleveland suburb have filed a lawsuit against Ohio and two drilling companies arguing that the state's exclusive authority to regulate and permit oil and gas wells is a violation of their constitutional rights to local self-government. Read More

Ohio's 3Q Unconventional NatGas Production Tops 2013 Total

Unconventional oil and natural gas production in Ohio last quarter continued to significantly increase, with operators reporting more natural gas... Read More

EIA Says NatGas Reserves Up 10%; North Dakota Passes GOM in Crude

U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased nearly 10% and reached a record 354 Tcf in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, North Dakota's crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves surpassed those of the federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM), ranking it second only to Texas among U.S. states. Read More

Big Four Shale Gas Plays Show Decline -- Not Plateau -- After 2020, Say University of Texas Researchers

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and a bevy of independent analysts have predicted domestic natural gas production will climb rapidly over the long-term because of booming unconventional gas growth. However, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is predicting production from the biggest shale gas plays -- Marcellus, Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville -- will peak by 2020 and decline thereafter. Read More

Cabot Fined $120K for Tank Explosion, Spill in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has levied a $120,000 fine against Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. for a storage tank explosion and subsequent production fluid spill in Susquehanna County last January. Read More

Constitution OK'd to Begin Construction; In Service as Soon as Late 2015, Early 2016

Constitution Pipeline, designed to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale to New York and New England markets, has been given the green light by FERC to begin construction. Read More

Southwestern Grabs More Marcellus Acreage in Deal With WPX

Southwestern Energy Co. is gobbling up more acreage in the Marcellus Shale in a $300 million agreement with WPX Energy Inc... Read More

Study Finds Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would Boost State Economies

A key pipeline project designed to pair increasing production of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas with growing markets in the Southeast is also expected to give an economic boost to the states where it will be located. Read More

EIA Foresees More Than 8 Bcf/d of Northeast Bidirectional Capacity

The natural gas pipeline industry's response to booming Northeast production is well under way as up to 8.3 Bcf/d of existing capacity into the Northeast... Read More

Pennsylvania County Council Forced to Consider Another Drilling Moratorium

A Pennsylvania citizens group has succeeded in landing a proposed ordinance on the Allegheny County Council's agenda that would impose... Read More

CHARTS & GRAPHS

Marcellus Shale Gallery

A gallery featuring images related to the Marcellus shale.