Drilling Down
Shell Oil Gets Permits for Mercer County Wells
Monday, November 26, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued permits to Shell Oil to drill two new horizontal wells in Mercer County.
SWEPI, a division of Shell, was awarded a permit Nov. 16 for a horizontal well in Lake Township on the Shannon property. Another permit was issued Nov. 20 for Shell to drill a horizontal well on the Palmer farm in Fairview Township, DEP records show.
The unconventional wells target the Utica/Point Pleasant shale formation, which energy specialists believe hold vast reserves of wet gas and oil.
Shale Fuels Growth at Wellsville Intermodal Park
Monday, November 19, 2012WELLSVILLE, Ohio – Tracy Drake, CEO of the Columbiana County Port Authority, says he and his board of directors always were confident in the potential of the intermodal park it started to develop here during the 1990s, even if its members couldn’t foresee the shale industry that today is fueling its growth now.
Shale Infrastructure Takes Shape Along Ohio-Pa. Border
Saturday, November 17, 2012SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A three-mile stretch that moves south along State Line Road through Poland and Springfield townships holds evidence as to where development of a $300 million gas exploration, processing and transmission network is likely to emerge.
Wooden stakes planted in the ground topped with thin, flapping orange flags bracket each side of the road, and then veer off across a large field angling southwest.
Energy Industry Gathers to Learn Utica Shale's Potential
Thursday, November 15, 2012PITTSBURGH – Oil and gas industry executives, engineers and suppliers got a better picture of the Utica shale’s potential some 18 months into its development as they gathered here Wednesday for Hart Energy’s “Developing Unconventionals” conference.
Vendor displays lined the aisles of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, leading to a large room where geologists and company CEOs shared their enthusiasm – and data – in telling more than 3,200 conference attendees why the Utica, and more specifically its Point Pleasant rock formation, is like no other shale play explored so far.