SWEPI on the move

Drove thru Tioga County today, near Middlebury Center I saw a SWEPI pipeline going thru. Is this a gathering pipeline? Driving west I came upon the Neal well. 

As reported here previously, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette had an article that stated:

According to data posted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Shell has drilled 18 Utica wells in Tioga, and at least 26 in other parts of the state.

This year alone, Shell drilled 14 wells in Tioga, both Marcellus and Utica, and plans to drill more before the end of the year. The Utica emphasis comes from the company’s promising results there, Ms. Singleton said.

“We have strong individual well production rates from our initial exploration wells there, and those numbers have remained stable for several months,” she said. “In fact, our early results are on par with some of the better Utica wells in the emerging dry gas sweet spots in southeast Ohio.”

This article ran on August 14th and can be found here: http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies-powersour...

With all of the news and investment, Tioga county is ready to see many new wells. Congrats to all landowners.

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Wigglesworth on September 1, 2014 at 3:01pm

That certainly would be nice; I haven't heard a word from SWEPI since I signed my lease (coming up on 3 years).

Permalink Reply by Jack Young on September 1, 2014 at 3:06pm
It is good news, but the article you quoted was wrong about Shell having drilled 18 Utica wells in Tioga County to date. They had permits to drill that many, but didn't actually drill the majority of them. Not sure why the reporter didn't catch this. They didn't drill 26 Utica wells in the balance of the State either - those were just permit numbers too.
Permalink Reply by NightHawk®™ on September 2, 2014 at 7:37am

Any idea on how many SPUD wells there is currently sitting dormant in Tioga county? Seems like a lot of us signed leases over 3 years ago...

Permalink Reply by Jack Young on September 2, 2014 at 8:21am

Lots of wells were proposed that were never permited, lots of wells permitted that were never drilled, and lots of wells were drilled but never completed. Shell will never complete a vertical Marcellus well again as far as I can tell. So folks whose leases are being held by vertical wells will need to wait until a horizontal well is drilled on the same pad. In some areas this may never happen if the nearby results were poor. In other areas, it's just a matter of time. You could go to the DEP's mapping system and count the number of wells in each category township by township, and I'm sure the number would be significant.

Permalink Reply by Lynn Wigglesworth on September 2, 2014 at 8:29am

And depressing. Tioga County had such high hopes. Last winter I talked to one of the long-time local motel owners. All the gas workers are gone, the economy is down, and his place sat empty, even for Dickens. He'd never seen it so bad.

Permalink Reply by Gringo on September 2, 2014 at 12:11pm

The pipeline pic is not Swepi, but rather Dominion / UGI line connecting Their Tioga west storage field to the TGP 300.

Permalink Reply by David Perotto on September 2, 2014 at 12:25pm

Gringo,

I did see a sign at the side of the road and it did have SWEPI on it. I dont have any knowledge of whose pipe it is, just basing the belief upon seeing said sign.

Permalink Reply by Jack Young on September 2, 2014 at 3:42pm
It's a Shell line - we have surface there and signed a right of way with them recently on which part of the new pipeline is being built. It does connect to the Dominion system, however.
Permalink Reply by paleface on January 31, 2015 at 6:38am
Permalink Reply by N Bohl on February 1, 2015 at 4:24am

I have noticed a lot of SWEPI permits the last couple of weeks that were "denied" by DEP. I think in my Tioga County update today there were at least 10 different SPUR, site and pipeline permits denied - throughout the county. Is that normal?

Permalink Reply by paleface on February 13, 2015 at 4:41am
Permalink Reply by Jack Young on February 13, 2015 at 8:33am

I hate to seem negative, but I guess I shouldn't expect much from someone who can't  spell Middlebury correctly. When you check PA-IRIS you find a total of 9 Utica well permits issued in Middlebury Township over the last two years, and only a couple of those have actually been drilled. I'm not sure where the Drill'N Man comes up with 48 permits, or the idea that it's wet gas Shell produces when the btu number reported for the Gee well was a mere 1017. I agree that area has more potential than most places at today's gas prices, but let's not get carried away. Times are tough in the industry right now, and it's impacting everyone.

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