Signup Sample Report


Signup for a free 7 Day account and view Marcellus, Utica, Eagle Ford, and Antrim shale map layers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Texas, and Michigan. Subscribe to view recent Lease Offers and Available Property, and additional pipeline layers. Click the Free Signup to get started, no software downloads required! (Firefox is recommended Browser)

Recent Maps


EQT Wetzel Co WV Permit Location 02-2016


Chesapeake Jefferson Co OH 12 2015 Permit.Pipeline


Gulfport Belmont Permit Location 11-24-2015


11-2015 Gulfport Belmont Co Permit


XTO Belmont Co Permit Loc w/Pipelines

Insights

Planning a Mineral Title Search in a New County Using the Map
When you take on a mineral title search in a county you have never worked, the learning curve can feel as steep as driving the Calder Highway into Melbourne…
Finding Federal Mineral Ownership Beneath US Land Parcels
A surface parcel in the United States can have a different owner for the minerals below it. This split-estate arrangement is especially important when…
A Look at the Greatest Depths Ever Reached by Marcellus Lateral Wells
The Marcellus Shale is one of the most productive natural gas formations in the United States, stretching beneath parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio…
Evaluating Produced Water Chemistry In A Shale Play
Produced water is often treated as a disposal issue, yet its chemistry can reveal how a shale play behaves underground. Salinity, dissolved metals,…
What A Surge In Workover Permits Can Reveal About Shale Activity
A sharp rise in workover permits can look positive at first glance. It may signal that operators are investing in wells, extending production lives and…
How to use map tools to define a proposed drilling spacing unit
A proposed drilling spacing unit (DSU) is a working boundary used to assess how one or more wells may be developed across a defined tract. In shale plays, the…
Mapping Marcellus Compressor Stations For Better Gas Intelligence
Natural gas compressor stations are the working pressure points of the Marcellus Shale system. They keep gas moving from gathering lines near producing wells…
Finding the Operator Behind an Expired US Shale Permit
An expired drilling permit can look like a dead end, but it often contains the clearest trail to the company that proposed, drilled, transferred or abandoned a…
Why certain counties in the Appalachian basin show declining well counts
The Appalachian basin has long been the workhorse of United States dry-gas production, but the rhythm of drilling has slowed in pockets that once delivered…
Finding Historical Permitting Records By State Agency
Historical permitting data can reveal how drilling activity developed across a US state, where approvals clustered, and whether regulatory attention changed…


Welcome to ShaleNavigator
This online map application displays information specific to the leasing and development of shale plays in the United States, with particular focus on the Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virgina, and New York's Marcellus and Utica shale leasing and drilling activity.

Data
Pipeline infrastructure, company land holdings, permit data, producing well data, and water impoundment sites provide base layers in the play, with other data layers our research team will continue to add and update regularly. Subscribers will be notified as new data are added. Our data is compiled from a variety of public and private sources for your use. We make every effort to review its quality. Contact us if you have high quality, relevant data and would like to become a data contributor.

Access ShaleNavigator
There is free registration to access ShaleNavigator's basic application and a resonably priced Subscription to access advanced data and map making, drawing, and sharing features.