Utica

In a report published Friday, Wunderlich Securities analyst Jason Wangler reaffirmed Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: GPOR) as a "Best Idea" as a strong 2014 "sets up big things for 2015." Wangler wrote that Gulfport Energy's fourth-quarter results were "...

Jefferies released a research report on Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ: CHK) announcing Utica's completion of their first horizontal well. In the report, Jefferies writes, “According to Ohio Dept of Natural Resources, Chesapeake's first horizontal Utica well, the Buell #8H, tested 6.5 mmcfepd (6.2...

The promise of energy independence has resulted in a natural gas boom across the nation. New technologies in hydraulic fracturing have allowed energy companies to drill into the various shale formations in the Northeast. The hydraulic fracturing process, which pumps water into wells at great...