The New York Senate has passed a bill to impose a nine-month moratorium on granting new permits for natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state’s portion of the massive ...

Equinor ASA has signed an agreement with EQT Corp. to acquire an additional non-operating interest in the Northern Marcellus formation in the United States for $1.25 billion, the companies said. The ...

Its name derives from small Marcellus, N.Y., where the shale crops out nearby. The Marcellus shares several commonalities with the Bakken. First, it is a tight, shale formation that - in the days of ...