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In 2010, amendments to Pennsylvania law regarding casing and cementing requirements for wells were revised and routine inspections of existing wells are now required. [70] Gas companies are also required to submit pre-drilling water test results to the PA DEP and to water supply owners under these new amendments. [70]
The Drake Well is a 69.5-foot-deep (21.2 m) oil well in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States. The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville .
Patterson Drilling Company was founded in 1978 by Cloyce Talbott and Glenn Patterson. [1] UTI Energy was formed in 1986 to purchase Universal Well Services, Union Supply Company, Triad Drilling Company, and International Petroleum Services Company. In 2001, Patterson Drilling acquired UTI Energy and renamed the company Patterson-UTI Energy. [3]
The company also changed its name to Range Resources Corporation. In 1999, the company formed a 50-50 joint venture with FirstEnergy called Great Lakes Energy Partners LLC to own properties in the Appalachian Basin. In 2004, the company bought the 50% interest in the venture that it did not own for $290 million, including the assumption of debt ...
In this article we will present the 15 largest drilling companies in the world. Click to skip ahead and see the 5 largest drilling companies in the world. Our article focuses on the offshore ...
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC), [4] the local water utility, leased the watershed in 1999 for gas drilling, and about 100 shallow gas wells have been drilled since then. [3] And in 2008, deeper drilling and fracking for gas in the Marcellus shale began near the reservoir. [3] As of 2013, 41 deep wells have been drilled on ...
Pennsylvania's highest court has delivered a victory for natural gas exploration firms, ruling that the state attorney general's office doesn't have authority under state law to sue them on ...
In the late 1850s, the Seneca Oil Company (formerly the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company) sent Col. Edwin L. Drake to start drilling on a piece of leased land just south of Titusville, near what is now Oil Creek State Park. [4] In the summer of 1859, Drake hired a salt well driller, William A. Smith. They had many difficulties, but on August 27 ...