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Shale Development
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Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Tioga County a “Sweet Spot” for the Utica Shale
By Ilya Batikov
From the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review: "Energy companies might have another sweet spot for gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday said two wells it drilled in the Utica shale…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
PA: Natural Gas Production Reaches 1.9 Tcf In First Half of 2014
By Greg Russell
From the Pittsburgh Business Times: “Pennsylvania’s shale-gas wells produced 1.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas during the first half of this year, according to data released Monday by the…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
OH: EIA and Utica Shale Drilling Productivity
By Greg Russell
NGI's Shale Daily is reporting that the monthly drilling productivity report issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) will soon include oil and natural gas production from 20 Ohio counties: …
Energy and Utilities
UK Parliament Announces Tighter Planning Guidance for Onshore Oil and Gas Applications
In the first blog of this two-part series, we considered the potential impact of the 14th Round on the commercialisation of the shale gas in the UK in light of…
Energy and Utilities
UK Parliament Announces the 14th Landward Licensing Round
In the first of a two part series on recent developments in the UK shale gas industry, this blog post considers the potential impact of the announcement on 28 July…
GT London Law Blog
Fracking Gets the Green-Light in the United Kingdom
The bidding process has opened in the UK for licences to allow companies to begin exploring for onshore oil and shale gas deposits. The ‘fracking’ process used to extract such…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Harmonizing Gas Emissions
By Greg Russell
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published a peer-reviewed study on the life-cycle of methane emissions due to shale gas development. "Recent technological advances in the recovery…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
OH: State of the Industry
By Greg Russell
Midwest Energy News has an interesting article on the “State of the Play” event at Stark State College. "[O]fficials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) had only enthusiasm…
frESH
recent developments set to ease the way for oil and gas companies in the UK seeking to develop onshore gas reserves through hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) estimates that fracking activity will pick up “quite quickly” in response to two recent initiatives concerning 1) onshore petroleum exploration and development…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
PA: Industry Saving Jobs
By Greg Russell
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: "There was a time, just a few years ago, when the Philadelphia region's refineries were facing closure. But now shale energy is helping reenergize the region's…