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New: M-U Rigs by County; Region Stuck at 33; Susquehanna at Zero marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

New: M-U Rigs by County; Region Stuck at 33; Susquehanna at Zero - Marcellus Drilling News

Eight weeks. Same number. The Marcellus/Utica held at 33 rigs yet again for the week ended October 23, and this time the national count joined the party, holding at 603 for a third straight week....

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EQT Swallows Range Resources in $50B Deal: Biggest M-U News Ever! marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

EQT Swallows Range Resources in $50B Merger: Biggest M-U News Ever! - Marcellus Drilling News

Twenty-two years ago today, Range Resources' Renz #1 well in Washington County, PA, unlocked the Marcellus Shale and kicked off the shale revolution here in the Northeast. This morning, on that very...

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Sen. Yaw Wants an Act 13-Style Impact Fee for PA Data Centers marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Sen. Yaw Wants an Act 13-Style Impact Fee for PA Data Centers - Marcellus Drilling News

State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), who has chaired the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee since 2013, wants Pennsylvania's data centers to pay their own version of the shale impact fee. On...

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DOE Doubles Down on Constitution Pipeline with New Fact Sheet marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

DOE Doubles Down on Constitution Pipeline with New Fact Sheet - Marcellus Drilling News

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) isn't just writing a check for the Constitution Pipeline anymore — it's writing the sales brochure, too. Last Wednesday, DOE posted a "fact sheet" making the case...

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Europe Blinks Again: Parliament Votes 3-Year Methane Rule Delay marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Europe Blinks Again: Parliament Votes 3-Year Methane Rule Delay - Marcellus Drilling News

Early last week, we told you Europe blinked on its crazy methane import rules, with the European Commission (the EU's executive branch) proposing a one-year delay (see Europe Blinks: EU Delays...

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Sierra Club Takes Aim at Cape Cod Canal Pipeline Relocation marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Sierra Club Takes Aim at Cape Cod Canal Pipeline Relocation - Marcellus Drilling News

Back in April, MDN told you about Enbridge's ~$300 million job to move the natural gas lines that hang off the Bourne and Sagamore bridges and run them under the Cape Cod Canal instead (see Algonquin...

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Westmoreland Seismic Event: DEP Checks EQT Pad, No Red Flags Found marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Westmoreland Seismic Event: DEP Checks EQT Pad, No Red Flags Found - Marcellus Drilling News

Did the ground rumble in Westmoreland County on Sunday, October 4, because of fracking? The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) asked that question, checked EQT's nearby Porter...

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WV AG Probes Climate Groups for Deceptive Claims About Drillers marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

WV AG Probes Climate Groups for Deceptive Claims About Drillers - Marcellus Drilling News

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, a Republican and an outspoken defender of the state's coal, oil and natural gas industries, has served investigative subpoenas on at least six environmen...

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MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 26, 2026 marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

MDN's Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 26, 2026 - Marcellus Drilling News

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: With a trifecta, PA Democrats would pass energy reforms and rein in data centers; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NY’s fracking ban is pure evil — but Hochul refuses to lift it; QatarEn...

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PA-OH-WV Shale Permits Oct 12-18: 12 New Wells, 19 Older-Well Moves marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

PA-OH-WV Shale Permits Oct 12-18: 12 New Wells, 19 Older-Well Moves - Marcellus Drilling News

The Marcellus/Utica region received 12 new shale well permits last week, October 12-18, up 3 from 9 the week before. Pennsylvania issued 9 of the new permits. Ohio issued 2. And West Virginia issued...

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Allegheny Co. Parental Leave Mandate Reaches Out-of-County Drillers marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…
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NEPA Town Kills 1.6 GW Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus, 7-0 Vote marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

NEPA Town Kills 1.6 GW Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus, 7-0 Vote - Marcellus Drilling News

Another one bites the dust in northeastern Pennsylvania. On Wednesday night, Archbald Borough Council (Lackawanna County) voted 7-0 to deny a zoning request for the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus,...

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PA Plugs 500th Orphan Well Under Shapiro; Ohio Plugged 2.4X More marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

PA Plugs 500th Orphan Well Under Shapiro; Ohio Plugged 2.4X More - Marcellus Drilling News

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) threw another party, this time to celebrate the 500th orphan and abandoned well plugged since Josh Shapiro became governor in...

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Our Molecules to the Middle East: Qatar Buys U.S. LNG Thru 2054 marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Our Molecules to the Middle East: Qatar Buys U.S. LNG Thru 2054 - Marcellus Drilling News

Here's a sentence we never thought we'd write: Qatar is buying American LNG. Qatar sits on top of the world's largest natural gas field and, until this year, was one of the two or three biggest LNG...

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New Westmoreland Group Tells Shale Antis “Enough Is Enough” marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…
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License to Drill Act Signed: Drillers Pay $12,850 a Permit Thru 2037 marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

License to Drill Act Signed: Drillers Pay $12,850 a Permit Thru 2037 - Marcellus Drilling News

Here's a rare thing in Washington: a bill that passed both the House and Senate without a fight, helps drillers, and doesn't cost taxpayers a dime. On Tuesday, President Trump signed the License to...

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MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 23, 2026 marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

MDN's Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 23, 2026 - Marcellus Drilling News

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New Jersey’s RGGI leakage warning applies to New York too; A fuel cell energy project is in the works for Buchanan County; New York’s fracking ban leaves community to crumble...

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Kinder Morgan Greenlights $3.1B Pipe to Flow M-U Gas to Southeast marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Kinder Morgan Greenlights $3.1B Pipe to Flow M-U Gas to Southeast - Marcellus Drilling News

Kinder Morgan, the country's biggest natural gas pipeline operator (it moves about 40% of all the gas produced in the U.S.), reported record third-quarter results yesterday. Nice for shareholders....

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Homer City Update: First Turbine Set, Amazon Plan Now Under Review marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…

Homer City Update: First Turbine Set, Amazon Plan Now Under Review - Marcellus Drilling News

The Homer City Energy Campus in Indiana County, PA — the largest natural gas-fired power plant under construction anywhere in the U.S. — just ticked off a few nice milestones. Construction contractor...

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NextEra 3Q: Dominion Fight Heats Up; Gas Hubs, Shale Buying Grow marcellusdrilling.com/2026/1…
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