Appalachian Basin Horizontal Well Database

March 2024 Summary

Ayers Petroleum Consulting is pleased to introduce the Basin Digest to keep you up-to-date on horizontal well activity in the Appalachian Basin. Ayers Petroleum Consulting is dedicated to providing expert advice to oil and gas companies in the Appalachian Basin. As a team of reservoir & production engineers, Ayers Petroleum aims to optimize asset development and evaluate resource potential by utilizing advanced analytical techniques and software.


Included in this Basin Digest:

  • Rig activity, product pricing, and permitting for the month of March 2024.
  • breakout of the approved (issued) permits from March 1 - 31, 2024.
  • A 2024 monthly summary of rig activity, product pricing, and permitting.
  • A summary of all wells in the Appalachian Basin by state, county, and operator. 

 

The Basin Digest well information is derived from our proprietary Appalachian Basin Horizontal Well Database. The database, based on state-reported and Frac Focus data, includes all horizontal wells from permitted to producing status. Formations in the database include Burkett, Marcellus, and Utica. 

 

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Overview of Basin Activity March 1 - 31 2024

Rig Activity Summary

The average weekly horizontal

rig count based on information from Baker Hughes.

Product Pricing Summary

The table below presents the closing weekly prices

based on various public data sources (ERGON/DIRECT ENERGY/ICE). Diff +/- is the difference in price between

the current week and the previous week.

Permitting Summary by State

The table below presents the approved (issued) permits by week

based on various state public data sources (ODNR / PADEP / WVDEP).

The table (below) presents a summary of the approved permits from March 1 - 31, 2024.

Visit our database website at appbasindb.com

Designed to keep you up to date on the drilling status of your wells with our new easy-to-use searchable database. Find the location of your wells and surrounding well activity on a map. View free mapping by county and basic well details such as status, operator, completion date, and more. Or, check out the report Purchase Options and view a Sample Royalty Owner Report or Sample Service Company Reports.


Click the image below to view our new website and how easily you can search for wells in the Appalachian Basin Horizontal Well Database.

Basin Reservoir Summary

The Basin Reservoir Summary presents information regarding

Marcellus, Utica, and Burkett horizontal producing wells.

The data is from the Appalachian Basin Unconventional Horizontal Well Database.

Producing Marcellus Wells

by Operator by State

Producing Utica Wells

by Operator by State

Producing Marcellus Wells by Operator

Producing Utica Wells by Operator

Monthly Overview of Basin Activity
Rig Activity Summary

The table presents the average monthly horizontal rig count based on information from Baker Hughes. The Last Year represents the rig count from a year prior to the most recent month.

Product Pricing Summary
The following table presents the monthly last day settle prices based on various public data sources (ERGON/DIRECT ENERGY/ICE)..
The Last Year represents the pricing from a year prior to the most recent month.




The table (at right) presents the approved (issued) permits by week based on various state public data sources (ODNR/PADEP/

WVDEP).

Permit Summary By State
Permit Summary By Operator
Permit Summary By County By State

Appalachian Basin Horizontal Well Database Summary

The following table presents the total wells (all formations) by state by well development status.

View a Sample Service Company Report


  • Permit Count by State includes the approved (issued) permits based on various state public data sources (ODNR / PADEP / WVDEP).
  • Permitted Well Breakouts for Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
  • Monthly Rig Count Summary by State
  • Permitting Summary by State includes approved (issued) permits by month based on various state public data sources (ODNR/PADEP/WVDEP).
  • Permit Summary By Operator and by County for Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
  • Permit Summary by Reservoir
  • Basin Reservoir Summary with Producing Burkett, Marcellus, and Utica Wells
  • Product Pricing Summary with the monthly last day settle prices based on various public data sources (ERGON/DIRECT ENERGY/ICE).
  • Appalachian Basin Horizontal Well Database Summary with the total wells by state by well development status.
  • Mapping KMZ Files are available for an additional fee.
  • Custom Reports Available
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