According to the
latest Appalachian Basin Digest Monthly Overview, which I get via email
subscription from Ayers Petroleum, the Utica Shale dry gas play in Northeast
Pennsylvania is nearing a cumulative gas production of 1TCF. Currently, there are 127 producing wells in the play. The digest
highlights an area or company every month, and this month it was the Northeast
Pennsylvania Utica play. Drilling in the play is confined to just a few
companies in just a few counties. Seneca Resources and JKLM Energy are the two
main operators in the play, with Greylock Energy having a few producing wells
as well. The bulk of the play is drilled by Seneca Resources in Tioga County.
JKLM is drilling in Potter County. Greylock is drilling between the two in
Eastern Potter County.
The graph below shows that
2018 and 2019 were biggest drilling years in the play, as was 2024.
The graph below shows both
annual production and cumulative production. Cumulative production is nearing 1
TCF, which is an interesting milestone for the play. It looks like the new
wells drilled in 2024 led to 2025 being the biggest productive year in the
play, with over 160 BCF produced.
As shown in the old Utica
structure contour map below from 2016, the formation is about 9000 ft below sea
level where it produces, and with high ground level elevations, it is below
10,000 ft in vertical depth. Thus, it is much deeper than drilling for Utica in
Ohio.
References:
Appalachian
Basin Digest Monthly Overview January 2026.
Structure
Map of Utica Formation. Energy Information Administration. 2016. Utica play,
structure map of the Utica formation
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