Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP has completed the acquisition of Chief Gathering LLC from Chief E&D Holdings LP. 

Chesapeake Midstream Partners’ throughput for the 2012 first quarter totaled 255.0 billion cubic feet of natural gas, or 2.80 bcf per day, an increase of 39.3% from 2011 first quarter throughput of 2.01 bcf per day. 

MarkWest anticipates gas volumes from Keystone to grow from the current rate of 40 MMcfd to 170 MMcfd at the end of 2013, reaching approximately 350 MMcfd by 2016.

Epsilon Energy Ltd. reached a significant production milestone of 50 Mmcf/d, up 185% from a net production rate of 17.5 Mmcf/d at December 31, 2011, from its Marcellus Shale assets in Pennsylvania.

The package includes 100% working interest in approximately 18,170 gross and net acres in Webster, Nicholas and Greenbrier counties. 

The acquisition provides Williams Partners with a significant footprint and growth potential in the natural gas liquids-rich portion of the Marcellus Shale.

'With this acquisition, this business holds a leading position across the natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons producing areas within the Marcellus shale, it is ideally located to serve the liquids-rich Utica shale and it has a footprint in the U.S. Rockies.'

Upside includes 125 additional permitted Marcellus locations, additional spacing for at least 200 total wells. 

The STI Group expanded its operations to include ongoing projects in areas of the Marcellus Shale.

This transaction, when closed, will result in a major expansion of PVR's pipeline systems in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale.

The package includes 100% working interest (82% average net revenue interest) in 8,937 gross and net acres across two contiguous acreage blocks in Clearfield, Elk and Jefferson counties. 

Currently six compressor units are operational and the seventh is scheduled to start up next week.

The system includes 6.5 miles of 16" steel pipeline along with a 12" clean water line, well connect lateral provisions and pipeline inspection facilities that will transport Marcellus Shale gas from locally drilled wells to others' sales gas pipelines. 

Ariana Energy and Trust Energy hold Vanguard’s gas and oil assets in the Appalachian Basin. 

The first panel session, "Driving a Manufacturing Renaissance in Pennsylvania," detailed how the shale gas revolution is benefiting Pennsylvania's manufacturing sector and the state economy. 

Demand was particularly weak in the Northeast's Marcellus Shale region, where fourth quarter revenue declined by approximately 65%.

The influx of NGLs from the Northeast will increase dramatically during the next eight years as wet gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shales is expected to increase.

The phrase “game changer” is tossed around quite a bit, but when it comes to the Marcellus shale it serves as a very apt description of the play’s influence on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

At year end December 31, 2011, 14.1 gross JV wells, produced at a combined gross exit rate of 82.0 Mmcf per day.

The Marcellus shale is realigning traditional natural gas markets, and Spectra Energy is quickly adapting its system to take advantage.

Experts on the environmental panel at Hart Energy’s Marcellus Midstream conference agreed that good, solid engineering and environmental practices, along with new technologies, can help midstream infrastructure grow safely and profitably.

He will be responsible for directing our team of experts in providing cutting-edge solutions and services to the Exploration & Production (E&P) and Midstream Energy companies active in developing the Marcellus and Utica shale gas resource.

Producers and consumers of natural gas from the Marcellus need flexible facilities to balance market needs.