EDITOR’S NOTE: Eclipse Resources is a pure play Utica Shale operator with assets in the core of the play located in Southeastern, Ohio. The company is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, about 140 miles east of Pittsburgh. State College is best known as the home of Penn State University. Benjamin Hulburt and his brother Christopher co-founded the company in 2011, and Ben serves as chairman, president, and CEO. Christopher is executive vice president, secretary, and general counsel, and is also a member of the board. Both previously served in similar roles at Rex Energy.  Read Full Article

epublican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will make another swing into Pittsburgh in late September as the keynote speaker of the Shale Insight Conference.

Trump is scheduled to speak between Read Full Article

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 15 last week to Read Full Article

Can a single petrochemical facility, like Shell’s proposed ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, “rebirth” all of Pennsylvania’s moribund manufacturing base? That would be a resounding Read Full Article

The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) selected Penn State University to lead a consortium of nine universities in all that will study fossil fuel technologies for the next six years. NETL is giving Penn State $20 million Read Full Article

Pennsylvania is leading the way in the growth of natural gas production that led to a record average daily figure for 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Friday.

There was 79 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas produced in 2015, Read Full Article