YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources awarded nine permits for horizontal drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale play in the week ended Dec. 7. Seven permits were granted to Ascent Resources Utica LLC for wells in Belmont County, while the remaining two were for EAP Ohio LLC wells in Carroll County. No […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Nine permits for drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale play were awarded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the week ended Nov. 23. Seven of those permits were awarded to Ascent Resources Utica LLC. Four were for wells in Noble County’s Marion Township while three were in Wheeling Township in […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A single permit for drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale play was granted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the week ended Nov. 16, the agency reports. That permit was awarded to Utica Resources Operating LLC for a well in Willis Township in Guernsey County. To date, 3,201 permits for […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Six permits for horizontal drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale were granted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the week ended Nov. 9. All but one were awarded to EAP Ohio LLC for wells in Jefferson County. One permit was also issued to Gulfport Appalachia LLC for a well in […]

By MARC LEVY Associated PressHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry highly volatile natural gas liquids across Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned. FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources awarded six permits for drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant Shale last week. Three were awarded to Ascent Resources Utica for wells in Jefferson County’s Wayne Township, two to Gulfport Appalachia for wells in Belmont County’s Pease Township and one permit was granted to Antero Resources Corp. […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources awarded eight permits for horizontal drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale for the week ended Oct. 26.  Five permits were granted to Ascent Resources Utica LLC for two wells in Belmont County and three in Jefferson County. Meanwhile, Eclipse Resources LLC was granted three permits for […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Pittsburgh Business Times reports ExxonMobil Corp. last week scouted locations in Beaver County, Pa., that could be suitable for construction of a petrochemical plant similar to the Royal Dutch Shell’s ethane cracker that’s taking shape near Monaca, Pa. The Business Times quotes sources as saying a broker for ExxonMobil has visited […]