This Week’s Highlight – Wetzel County, West Virginia

A Weekly Overview of Basin Activity July 20 - 26, 2020
The Basin Digest Weekly update presents the rig activity, product pricing, and permitting information.

The Basin Digest data comes from JKPC’s Appalachian Basin Database covering OH, PA, WV, KY, and VA. The database is based on state reported data and Frac Focus data and includes all horizontal wells ranging from permitted status to producing. Formations in the database include Burkett (Geneseo), Marcellus, Utica, Lower Huron, Clinton and others.
Rig Activity Summary
The following table presents the average weekly horizontal rig count based on information from Baker Hughes and Rig Data.
Product Pricing Summary
The following table presents the closing weekly prices based on various public data sources (ERGON/DIRECT ENERGY/ICE).
Permitting Summary by State
The following table presents the approved (issued) permits by week based on various state public data sources (ODNR/PADEP/WVDEP). The Virginia, Kentucky, and New York data is not up to date although there has been little recent horizontal activity in those states.
The table (below) presents a breakout of the approved (issued) permits for the week of July 20-26, 2020 .
County Highlight - Wetzel County, West Virginia
Current Well Count by Township by Development Status
Current Well Count by Current Operator by Development Status
  • Current Producing Well Count by Formation: Marcellus 393, Burkett 20, Utica 4, Middlesex 4, Onondaga 1
  • Average Producing Well Lateral Length: MIN 1,642’, MAX 17,983’, AVG 5,045’ 
  • 422 Well Total Lateral Length: 2,128,872’ 
Well Production Summary
# Producing Wells
  • 50 Year EUR Range BCF Per 1,000’: 0.25-3.76
  • First Producing Well: SWN/Davis Ellsworth 626790/API 47-103-02364/Last Comp Date - 02/14/2009/TTL - 3,922'/Stages - 10
  • Longest Lateral: SWN/SWN A WTZ 405H/API 47-103-03253/Last Comp Date -02/21/2020/TTL - 17,934'/Stages - 86
  • # Producing Wells - 422
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