Appalachia
Public Capital , Shale Plays , Acquisitions & Divestitures
Buffalo Bills Owners’ Blank-check Company Raises $300 Million
Terrence M. Pegula joins other NFL owners, most notably Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in making large new investments during a stagnant time for the oil and gas industry.
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Eastern Rig Count as of August 7, 2020
Alabama. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Lease Sales
On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Aug. 5, 2020)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including the sale of operated positions in the Permian and Illinois basins by Tamarack Petroleum plus Chevron’s Carter Knox Field asset located in Oklahoma’s Grady and Stephens counties
Construction , Pipelines
Equitrans Confirms Early 2021 Startup for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Costs for the natural gas pipe could rise another 5% to $5.7 billion.
Lease Sales
Marketed: Marcellus, Utica Minerals in West Virginia’s Marshall County
An undisclosed company retained EnergyNet to offer for sale non-producing minerals subject to lease located in West Virginia’s Marshall County through an auction closing Aug. 18.
Rig Counts , Unconventional , Shale Plays
Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of Aug. 3, 2020)
U.S. rig count relatively stable during the past week; crude futures up.
Unconventional , Top IP Wells
Top 12 IP Wells in Utica Shale
October 2019: Utica Completion By Ascent Resources Flows 36.3 MMcf Of Gas Per Day
Unconventional , Top IP Wells
Updated: Top 12 IP Wells in the Marcellus Shale
March 2020: Two Marcellus Wells in Wyoming County, Pa., Flow 84.27 MMcf, 64.31 MMcf per Day
Business , Construction , Pipelines
Dominion Takes $2.8 Billion Charge to Exit Atlantic Coast Natgas Pipe
U.S. energy company Dominion Energy Inc. said July 31 it took a $2.8 billion charge in the second quarter related to the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina.
People , Midstream
Dominion Energy Names New Executive Leadership Team
Dominion Energy has revealed on July 31 that Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and CEO, will become the company's executive chair, effective Oct. 1, 2020.