All of the major, publicly-traded companies drilling into the Marcellus Shale have reported their second-quarter earnings. Thanks to SeekingAlpha, transcripts from those calls are publicly available and easily searchable.

Here are some of the major takeaways in the reports:

Exco Resources:

• Spudded seven new operated wells and drilled and completed 6 gross (2.7 net) operated wells during the second quarter 2011 in the Marcellus shale. The IP [initial production]…

here is some information to help informed decision for the value of the wet gas in our area . log on to site it has great information as well as a value of the wet gas  (here is the website)      

http://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/04/01/%E2%80%98wet%E2%80%99-gas-worth-75-more-7-vs-4-per-thousand-cubic-feet/

Please read the last sentence

Found this OTE: Group signed lease with Chesapeake, terms: $5,750/acre and 20% royalty (see website for details)
Area covered: Wyoming County PA
Membership: 45,000+ acres

We own 23 acres in Wheeling twp. We sold 50 acres to people in Cleveland..they are on board to sign with Landowners group..however all the other landowners surrounding us...and they own a lot of land..are totally unresponsive to signing ANY lease with anyone.  where does that leave us? Our one neighbor has a producing gas well already with Kimball, so he's tied up and can't really do anything. does anyone have answers to this dilemma? We already have our paper work ready to attend the final…

Hello, I am new here, and new to the oil and gas business. I wish I would have found this site a few years ago, here is my situation. I live in southeastern Geauga county about a mile from the Trumbull co line. There has been a lot of drilling activity in the area since about 2007, I had a lease with Wilkes Energy and they actually had a permit to drill in 2008 (permitted well site no. 21997 on the ODNR map) but never drilled a well. The lease was sold to Range Resources who I sign a two…

Has anyone looked into forming groups for the landowners who already have their mineral rights leased - but under old contracts? 

In Harrison, Tuscarawas, and Guernsey counties, (and probably everywhere else), there are several companies holding mineral rights with working shallow wells that potentially don't have the equipment to reach Marcellus shale.  Immediately I think of Redhill (Dover, OH), Tipka Energy (New Phila, OH), and possibly Enervest (TX). Even if Redhill and Tipka can…

http://www.fractracker.org/2011/07/comparing-and-contrasting-extractive.html…

I live near the Bob Carter well near Dempseytown, PA.  I have been taking some photos since the the start of the well site. They can be viewed on line by clicking on the following link. 

http://pigskinphotos.zenfolio.com/bobcarterwell

Hello folks, I thank you for your answers and help in advance on my hopefully intelligent questions regarding well royalty payments, versus well production and verificatin of both.

I live on the NW corner of Mahoning County, just south of the Mahoning/Trumbull county line near SR534 & I76. Cheaspeake, recently  (last fall 2010) drilled a series of wells, both the main vertical and several horizontal wells on my neighbors land. They are currently digging a line from the…

A group of pro-business, pro-energy and pro-environment is forming. Three key people are at its core, they are looking for more.

http://connect.freedomworks.org/node/93394

Marcellus people who are attending the August 22-25, 2011 Conference please look us up and attend our session.

WATER MANAGEMENT SESSION – CHAIR: GIL BUJANO, TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION

• Improved Chemical Reaction Kinetics for Treatment of Frac Flowback Discharge Water Using the ReDox Reactor – Gene Citrone, Jr., Energy & Environmental Sector Projects, Process Plants…

Business Busting Regulations

On July 1, 2011 New York environmental officials proposed a ban on drilling for natural gas with hydraulic fracturing in the New York City and Syracuse watersheds and on all state-owned lands while permitting it on private land only under "rigorous and effective controls" codified into state law.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  announced the next steps in its congressionally mandated hydraulic fracturing study, identifying seven case studies designed to help inform the assessment of potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The sites identified were selected following input from stakeholders, including the public, local and…

Follow me and some of the participants as we head to ghana  to compare and contrast fracking policies there and in the US here:

http://extraction-environment.blogspot.com/p/bios-of-student-participants.html

The Emerging Leaders’ Extraction and Environment Program (E-LEEP) will be hosted by University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana in July, 2011 as part of a joint arrangement between the University of Ghana and Duquesne University, and is funded by a grant…