Marcellus Basin

Area: New York & Pennsylvania

The Marcellus Basin is located throughout the eastern U.S., with a large portion of Marcellus Shale found near Marcellus, New York. The play is 104,000 square miles and reaches into western New York, eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The Marcellus Basin is the largest natural gas source in the United States and is the leading producer of both natural gas and shale gas. The play’s natural gas is trapped between two layers of limestone, which increases mining difficulty and requires hydraulic fracturing techniques to access the reserves.

The natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Basin were first discovered by the U.S. Department of Energy during the Eastern Gas Shales Project, which was operated from 1976-1992. Though they were aware of the resources, producers had to wait until 2004 for the right techniques and technology to access the natural gas. Since then, production has increased to 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas and around 50,000 barrels of oil mined every day. In 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that the Marcellus Basin still contains 141 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. In 2015, the same administration announced that the play contains 148.7 trillion cubic feet of proved natural gas reserves. These large amounts of natural gas production have consistently lowered gas prices throughout the mid-Atlantic states, providing significant economic benefits to the surrounding areas.

Our Services

Our services span across the entire right of way land acquisition experience and include project management, easement negotiation and acquisition, title research, due diligence and curative, permitting, condemnation support, relocation, survey and database coordination, document preparation and construction support.

Right of Way Land Acquisition

Right of Way (ROW) is the process of acquiring right-of-way and surface use land agreements to facilitate easements that save our clients time and money.

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GIS Consulting & Mapping

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a digital information system designed to analyze, capture, integrate, and map spatial or geographic data including geological and geophysical information.

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Project Management

With industry-leading processes and a committed team of professionals, we are a trusted advisor that provides a clear plan of action, scope of work, budget and human capital allocations and the timeline for client projects.

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Titles Services

Once the best, most recommended route is determined, we begin our title services to identify landowners and heirship of the land in need.

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Surface Operations Support

While our team primarily focuses on providing best-in-class right of way land acquisition services, oftentimes, we are brought in or remain on-site to supervise construction management to help support landowners’ requests and clients’ interests.

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