Shale plays first come to mind when one considers unconventional resources. These unconventional resource plays may yield natural gas, gas condensates, and crude oil. Some of the more noteworthy shale plays in North America include the Barnett, Haynesville, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, Woodford, Bakken, Niobrara, Horn River, and Utica formations. Tight gas, coalbed methane, oil sands, and heavy oil are non-shale unconventional resources.
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Unconventional technology renews production for Mississippi Lime
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Illinois lawmakers deliberate fracing legislation; residents await transformation
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Tunisia/Libya: Joint Oil approves Sonde farmout to Viking
May 7, 2013
Joint Oil, the Tunisia-Libya offshore authority, has approved a farmout by Sonde Resources Corp., Calgary, of the Joint Oil block in the Mediterranean off the two countries to Viking Exploration & Production Tunisia Ltd., a private company. |
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EQT acquiring more Marcellus shale assets
May 7, 2013
EQT Corp. agreed to buy 99,000 net acres in southwestern Pennsylvania and 10 horizontal Marcellus wells in Washington County, Pa., from Chesapeake Energy Corp. and partners. |
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Independent to acquire GeoMet Alabama CBM assets
May 7, 2013
A private independent oil and gas company with interests in Alabama will purchase the Alabama coalbed methane properties of GeoMet Inc., Houston, for $63.2 million. The buyer’s name has yet to be released. |
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Ohio: Magnum Hunter adds dedicated robotic Utica rig
May 7, 2013
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Houston, has taken delivery of a robotic drilling rig, the fifth rig in its fleet, that it expects to spud a Utica shale well in southeastern Ohio on June 1. |
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Athabasca Oil chief executive assumes role as president
May 7, 2013
Sveinung Svarte, chief executive officer of Athabasca Oil Corp., Calgary, will function also as president after the departure of Bryan Gould and formation of an executive operational and development committee to be chaired by Ronald Eckhardt, a director. |
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The Utica shale formation is one of the newest natural gas discoveries in North America. It is located in New York state and the Canadian province of Quebec, along the St. Lawrence River Valley. Some geologists have suggested the gas-bearing formation extends as far south as Pennsylvania. The other major shale formation in this area is the better-known Marcellus shale.
Estimates of natural gas deposits in the formation range from a low of about 2 trillion cubic feet (tcf) to a high of 60 to 70 tcf. At this time, most companies active in the Utica shale are drilling exploratory wells on the Canadian side of the border because the state of New York has been reluctant to grant drilling permits to date. Some production rates have tested up to 1 million cubic feet per day.
Crosstex to invest in Utica shale compression, condensate stabilization
May 9, 2013
Dallas-based Crosstex Energy companies Crosstex Energy LP and Crosstex Energy Inc. have announced that Crosstex Energy Inc. will invest about $25 million in a third natural gas compression and condensate stabilization plant in the Ohio River Valley. |
MARCELLUS/UTICA briefs
May 1, 2013
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CANADA briefs
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New York State and the challenge of patchwork regulations
May 1, 2013
CHENANGO COUNTY, NY—With no clear regulatory decision on the books, New York's local municipalities are enforcing constitutional rights to limit drilling activity within their borders. |
Investors await 2012 Utica production numbers
May 1, 2013
The investment community continues to await the Ohio Department of Natural Resource's (DNR's) release of Utica shale well data from 2012. |
Williams Partners, Shell form midstream JV
Apr 16, 2013
Williams Partners LP, Tulsa, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have joined to form Three Rivers Midstream, a company to provide gas gathering and gas processing for production in northwest Pennsylvania. The venture will invest in both wet-gas handling infrastructure and dry-gas infrastructure serving Marcellus and Utica shale wells. |
Ohio: Magnum Hunter spuds horizontal Utica shale well
Apr 12, 2013
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Houston, has spudded the vertical pilot hole for the company’s first horizontal Utica shale well in Ohio. |
Center formed for independent certification for shale gas producers
Mar 20, 2013
A group of energy companies, environmental organizations, and philanthropic foundations collaborated to form a center to provide Appalachian basin shale gas producers with an independent, third-party certification process for shale development, organizers announced at a news conference in Pittsburgh. |
Western Gas to buy Marcellus gathering assets
Mar 4, 2013
Western Gas Partners LP, an Anadarko Petroleum Corp.-owned master limited partnership, agreed to acquire a 33.75% interest in the Liberty and Rome gas gathering systems from Anadarko and a 33.75% interest in the Larry’s Creek, Seely, and Warrensville gas gathering systems from an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corp. |
Utica processing, fractionation near completion; more planned
Feb 18, 2013
Major cryogenic processing and NGL fractionation will come on stream in eastern Ohio late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter to handle Utica shale natural gas and liquids, with another plant planned for 2014. |
MarkWest Utica EMG to transport, process Rex Energy production
Feb 18, 2013
MarkWest Utica EMG LLC, a joint venture of MarkWest Energy Partners LP and Energy & Minerals Group, will provide Rex Energy Corp. with natural gas gathering, processing, fractionation, and marketing services in the Utica shale. |
Caerus to buy PDC Energy’s noncore Colorado natural gas assets
Feb 6, 2013
Caerus Oil & Gas LLC plans to buy what PDC Energy Inc. considers its noncore Colorado natural gas assets for $200 million. |
Magnum Hunter plans at least four Utica test wells in Ohio
Jan 28, 2013
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. said it intends to drill a minimum of four Utica test wells in Ohio this year. If results are similar to those experienced by offset operators in the area, then further development on the leasehold position is planned later in the year. |
Gulfport sees high liquids yields at Ohio Utica shale wells
Jan 23, 2013
Gulfport Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, reported production test results on two operated Utica shale wells in eastern Ohio. |
Magnum Hunter plans at least four Utica test wells in Ohio
Jan 22, 2013
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. said it intends to drill a minimum of four Utica test wells in Ohio this year. If results are similar to those experienced by offset operators in the area, then further development on the leasehold position is planned later in the year. |
