Drilling Down
New Company Formed to Build Compressor Stations
Wednesday, March 06, 2013DALLAS -- The Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy L.P. XTEX +3.17% (the partnership) and Crosstex Energy Inc.
EV Energy Partners Markets Mahoning Valley Acreage
Monday, March 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – EV Energy Partners LP is looking to sell nearly 104,000 leasehold acres it owns in the Utica shale, including assets in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
EV Energy, a subsidiary of Houston-based EnerVest Ltd., wants to divest itself of 4,400 acres in Mahoning County as well as 12,300 acres in Trumbull County as part of 103,800 acres its trying to sell in the Utica shale.
Halcón Resources Plans to Drill 20+ Wells in Utica
Friday, March 01, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The top executive from Halcón Resources Inc. reports that its first two wells in the Utica shale should be tested in April, "with more wells following each and every month."
During a conference call Thursday, Floyd C. Wilson, chairman and CEO of the Houston-based company, told analysts that Halcón is delineating the 130,000 acres it holds in the Utica play, which includes drilling operations in Trumbull County in Ohio and Mercer County in western Pennsylvania.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Lupo, D&L Employee
Thursday, February 28, 2013CLEVELAND – The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ben Lupo, owner of D&L Energy and Hardrock Excavating, and an employee of Hardrock for violation of the Clean Water Act.
The U.S. Attorney's office filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Youngstown Feb. 13, charging Lupo with violation of the federal law after it was discovered he ordered an employee to discharge tens of thousands of gallons of drilling wastewater into a storm drain that led to the Mahoning River.