PreparedbyPhilipADinterman December1,2017 ThissummarywaspreparedbytheWestVirginiaGeologicalandEconomicSurvey(WVGES).Thedata summarizedhereinwerereportedbyoperatorstothewestvirginiadepartmentofenvironmental Protection(WVDEP)OfficeofOilandGasforcalendaryear2016.Thisreportdocumentstheincreasein gasproductionandadecreaseinnaturalgas liquids production. WestVirginiaGeologicalandEconomicSurvey 1MontChateauRoad Morgantown,WV265088079 3045942331 www.wvgs.wvnet.edu SuggestedCitation:Dinterman,P.A.,2017,2016MarcellusShaleandUticaPointPleasantProductionSummary,WestVirginiaGeological& EconomicSurvey,11p. http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/datastat/marcellus/wvges2016marcellusanduticaptpleasantproductionsummary.pdf
TheseproductionvolumesrepresentdataacquiredbyWVGESasofNovember27,2017.Thisdatasetusesthe datapostedbywvdepasof11/13/2017.2016productiondatafromseveraloperatorsreportingmarcellusand UticaPointPleasantproductionin2016maynothavebeenavailableatthetimeofthisreport;therefore,the valueslistedabovemaychangeasmoredatabecomeavailable.additionally,thesevolumesrepresentthetotal productionfromagivenwellandmaybecommingledinverticalwellsfrommultipleformations,includingthe MarcellusShale. Glossary bblbarrel Bcfbillioncubicfeet Mcfthousandcubicfeet MMcfmillioncubicfeet NGLnaturalgasliquids
2016MarcellusShaleProductionSummary WellsincludedinthisoverviewallreportproductionfromtheMarcellusShale,butvolumesmayalsoincludegas orliquidsproducedfromcommingledformations. Liquids refertoallheavierchainhydrocarbonsproducedand mayincludeoilaswellasthenaturalgasliquidsethane,pentane,butane,hexane,etc.beginningin2013,wvdep OfficeofOilandGasreportingrequirementsstatedthatnaturalgasliquids(NGLs)weretobereportedseparately from oil production. An examination of the numbers shows that many operators still included NGLs in oil production;therefore,reportedoilandnglnumberswerecombinedandarereferredtoas Liquids inthis report.also,anotedoveralldecreaseinreportedliquidsfrom2015to2016maybeduetohowliquidsarebeing reportedbyoperators.a2016legislativerulechangedthereportingrequirementsfornglproductionvolumes sothatcondensatecollectedatthewellheadisreportedanddownstreamnglsextractedatprocessingplantsis notreported.selected2015dataareshowninblueforcomparison. NumberofhorizontalMarcelluswellsreportingproduction:1862(2015:1668wells) Averagemeasureddepthreported:13,214ft. Longest/Deepestmeasureddepthreported:20,294ft. NumberofverticalMarcelluswellsreportingproduction:1425(2015:1298wells,2014:1458wells) Averageverticaldepthreported:5,553ft. Deepestverticaldepthreported:10,814ft TotalMarcellusGasProduction2016:1,203.5Bcf (2015:1,133.1Bcf) The2016volumeofMarcellusgasreportedrepresents86.9%ofthetotalgasvolumereportedforallwellsin WestVirginia. TopGasProducingCounties2016 1.Doddridge(322.6Bcf) 2015:Doddridge(351.3Bcf) 2.Wetzel(193.3Bcf) 2015:Wetzel(195.0Bcf) 3.Marshall(131.4Bcf) 2015:Harrison(133.5Bcf) 4.Ritchie(125.2Bcf) 2015:Marshall(126.6Bcf) 5.Harrison(119.7Bcf) 2015:Ritchie(78.9Bcf) 6.Tyler(115.5Bcf) 2015:Tyler(75.5Bcf) 7.Ohio(48.3Bcf) 2015:Ohio(37.9Bcf) 8.Taylor(34.6Bcf) 2015:Taylor(27.1Bcf) 9.Marion(30.0Bcf) 2015:Barbour(25.2Bcf) 10.Monongalia(26.6Bcf) 2015:Marion(24.1Bcf) TopOperatorsforGasProduction2016 1.AnteroResourcesCorp(472.7Bcf) 2015:AnteroResourcesCorp(442.3Bcf) 2.EQTProductionCo(271.4Bcf) 2015:EQTProduction(175.4Bcf) 3.SouthwesternProdCo(111.8Bcf) 2015:SouthwesternProdCo(111.3Bcf) 4.HGEnergy(93.7Bcf) 2015:NobleEnergyInc(99.1Bcf) 5.AscentResources(41.7Bcf) 2015:AscentResources(42.1Bcf) 6.JayBeeOil&Gas(36.1Bcf) 2015:StoneEnergy(39.7Bcf) 7.ArsenalResources(35.7Bcf) 2015:JayBeeOil&Gas(34.0Bcf)
8.CNXGas(25.6Bcf) 2015:CNXGas(32.5Bcf) 9.NortheastNaturalEnergy(22.8Bcf) 2015:TransEnergy(23.6Bcf) 10.TriadHunter(21.3Bcf) 2015:TriadHunter(22.5Bcf) 11.TugHillOperating(21.2Bcf) TopGasWellsIn2016 1. 4710303036,WV514419(3.22Bcf;EQTProdCorp;WetzelCounty,CompletedOctober,2015) 2. 4710302984,WV511407(3.15Bcf;EQTProdCorp;WetzelCounty,CompletedJanuary,2016) 3. 4701706533,YohoUnit2H(3.14Bcf;AnteroResourcesCorp;DoddridgeCounty,Completed February,2016) 4. 4708510143,EricsonUnit2H(3.08Bcf;AnteroResourcesCorp;RitchieCounty,Completed September,2015) 5. 4710303037,WV514416(2.99Bcf;EQTProdCorp;WetzelCounty,CompletedOctober,2015) Total2016MarcellusLiquidsProduction*:6,501,038bbl (2015:10,210,805bbl) The2016volumeofMarcellusliquidsreportedrepresents85.1%ofthetotalliquidsvolumereportedforallwells inwestvirginia. *DecreaseinthevolumeofLiquidsProductionfrom2015to2016islikelyduetoachangeinthewayNGLdata arereportedthewvdep.a2016legislativerulechangeinwestvirginiarequiredthatcondensate(lease condensate)dataratherthanngldataaretobereportedtowvdep.thevolumesreportedaretobeliquid condensateatthewellhead,notnglvolumesextracteddownstreamatprocessingplants. TopLiquidsProducingCounties2016* 1.Ohio(1,727,892bbl) 2015:Tyler(2,689,253bbl) 2.Marshall(1,544,250bbl) 2015:Marshall(2,413,282bbl) 3.Ritchie(952,760bbl) 2015:Ohio(1,571,894bbl) 4.Brooke(703,033bbl) 2015:Wetzel(1,416,341bbl) 5.Doddridge(608,913bbl) 2015:Brooke(715,943bbl) 6.Tyler(544,899bbl) 2015:Doddridge(712,948bbl) 7.Wetzel(406,831bbl) 2015:Ritchie(676,459bbl) TopOperatorsforLiquidsProduction2016* 1.SouthwesternProductionCo(2,771,827bbl) 2015:SouthwesternProductionCo(2,533,373bbl) 2.AnteroResourcesCorp(1,399,813bbl) 2015:JayBeeOil&Gas(1,867,236bbl) 3.EQTProductionCo(659,664bbl) 2015:NobleEnergy(1,418,769bbl) 4.HGEnergy(536,403bbl) 2015:TriadHunterLLC(1,070,060bbl) 5.ChevronAppalachia(446,846bbl) 2015:AnteroResourcesCorp(844,678bbl) 6.TugHillOperating(277,513bbl) 2015:TransEnergy(655,323bbl) 7.JayBeeOil&Gas(161,921bbl) 2015:StoneEnergyCorp(596,604bbl) 8.CNXGas(135,651bbl) 2015:GastarExplorationInc(594,622bbl) 9.TriadHunter(51,314bbl) 2015:EQTProductionCo(281,477bbl) 10.AscentResources(45,634bbl) 2015:ChevronAppalachia(192,734bbl
TopLiquidsWellsIn2016 1. 4706900184,AliceEdgeOHI6H(80,709bbl;SouthwesternProductionCo;OhioCounty) 2. 4705101776,BettySchaferMSH201H(80,357bbl;SouthwesternProductionCo;MarshallCounty) 3. 4706900181,AliceEdgeOHI201H(79,147bblSouthwesternProductionCo;OhioCounty) 4. 4706900187,AliceEdgeOHI210H(77,077bblSouthwesternProductionCo;OhioCounty) 5. 4706900179,AliceEdgeOHI205H(70,177bblSouthwesternProductionCo;OhioCounty) YearlyComparisonofMarcellusProduction 1,500 1,000 500 301.7 541.3 Gas(Bcf) 851.8 1,133.1 1,203.5 Gas(Bcf) 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 Liquids(bbl) 4,684,729 715,639 8,356,593 10,210,805 6,501,038 Liquids(bbl) 0 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 *DecreaseinthevolumeofLiquidsProductionfrom2015to2016islikelyduetoachangeinthewayNGLdata arereportedthewvdep.a2016legislativerulechangeinwestvirginiarequiredthatcondensate(lease condensate)dataratherthanngldataaretobereportedtowvdep.thevolumesreportedaretobeliquid condensateatthewellhead,notnglvolumesextracteddownstreamatprocessingplants.
2016ActivityinUticaPointPleasantPlay DevelopmentoftheUticaPointPleasantplayinWestVirginiaiscontinuing.Usingrecordscurrentlyonfilewith WVDEPand/orWVGES,elevenwellshavereported2016production.Sixtyonewellshavebeenpermitted, remaininthepermittingprocessorareinvariousstagesofcompletion.otherwellstargetingtheuticapoint Pleasantintervalmaybeinthepermittingprocessbutmayincludeothergeologicintervals.Severalotherwells thatmayhavebeencompletedwilllikelyshowproductionfor2017. Total2016UticaPointPleasantGasProduction*:16.3Bcf (2015:14.2Bcf) Total2016UticaPointPleasantLiquidsProduction*:5,581bbl (2015:38,010bbl) *DecreaseinthevolumeofLiquidsProductionfrom2015to2016islikelyduetoachangeinthewayNGLdata arereportedthewvdep.a2016legislativerulechangeinwestvirginiarequiredthatcondensate(lease condensate)dataratherthanngldataaretobereportedtowvdep.thevolumesreportedaretobeliquid condensateatthewellhead,notnglvolumesextracteddownstreamatprocessingplants. IndividualUticaPointPleasantWellProductionIn2016 1. 4705101732,MND6HHS,NobleEnergy;5,204MMcfGas 2. 4709502273,RymerUnit4HD,AnteroResourcesCorp;3,480MMcfGas 3. 4710303109,Big190,513926,EQTProduction;2,199MMcfGas,103bblLiquids 4. 4705101766,BlakeU7H,TugHillOperating;2,003MMcfGas 5. 4709502128,StewartWinlandUnit1300,TriadHunter;998MMcfGas 6. 4705101599,Conner6H,ChevronAppalachia;879MMcfGas 7. 4710302973,MessengerWTZ3HU,SouthwesternProductionCo;689MMcfGas 8. 4705101731,SimmsU5H,TugHillOperating;298MMcfGas 9. 4710302976,Pribble6HU,EQTProduction;248MMcfGas,5,458bblLiquids 10. 4700900106,SamuelHubbardBRK3H,SouthwesternProductionCo;163MMcfGas,20bblLiquids 11. 4705101853,OEBurgeUMSH501H,SouthwesternProductionCo;98MMcfGas,1monthof productionin2016
0 10 20 30 5 Miles 2016 Marcellus Shale Production Gas* MMcf 1-150 150-500 500-750 750-1,000 1,000-2,000 2,000-3,300 WV Counties Data Source: WVDEP Prepared by Philip Dinterman, WVGES December 1, 2017 *Includes commingled production
0 10 20 30 5 Miles 2016 Marcellus Shale Production LIQUIDS* Bbl 1-500 501-5,000 5,001-10,000 10,001-25,000 25,001-50,000 50,001-81,000 WV Counties Data Source: WVDEP Prepared by Philip Dinterman, WVGES December 1, 2017 *Includes commingled production
2016 Utica-Point Pleasant Well Status Well Status as of October 2017 Completed!? Stratigraphic Test #* Permitted GF Permit Pending D Cancelled D Application Returned D Application withdrawn WV Counties Hancock Brooke D GF Ohio D 0 5 10 20 30 Miles Wood Wirt GF Pleasants #*#*#*#*#*#*GF Ritchie Marshall #* GF #*#*#*#* #*#*GFGFGFGFGFGF #*#*#* #*#*#*#* D GF #* GF GFGFGF GF GF D #* D #* GF #*#* GF Wetzel GF #*#* #* #* GFGFGFGF #* #* #* GF #* Tyler!? D Doddridge Lewis Harrison Monongalia Marion Taylor Barbour Data Source: WVDEP Prepared by Philip Dinterman, WVGES December 1, 2017
2016 Utica-Point Production GAS* 1-150000 Brooke 4700900106 150001-500000 500001-750000 (! 750001-1000000 1000001-3000000 3000001-5300000 WV Counties 0 2.75 5.5 11 16.5 Miles 4705101732 (! 4705101766 4705101599 4705101731 Ohio Marshall 4705101853 4710302976 4710302973 Pleasants Ritchie 4709502128 Tyler 4709502273 (! Wetzel Doddridge 4710303109 Marion Harrison Data Source: WVDEP Prepared by Philip Dinterman, WVGES December 1, 2017
Data Source: WVDEP Prepared by Philip Dinterman, WVGES December 1, 2017 2016 Utica-Point Pleasant Production Liquids* 20-103 5458 WV Counties Brooke 4700900106 0 2.75 5.5 11 16.5 Miles Ohio Marshall 4710302976 Monongalia Tyler Wetzel 4710303109 Marion Pleasants Doddridge Harrison