WV Marcellus Legal Battle over Well Pads: Surface Rights Owners v. Mineral Rights Owners

In West Virginia, mineral rights are more complex than in other states because those rights in many (perhaps most) cases were separated from the land above it long ago due to coal mining. It is a situation that sometimes pits the rights of the surface owners of the land against the rights of those who [...]

How Long Does it Take to Approve a Marcellus Shale Drilling Permit in WV?

Just how long does it take for West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to approve a new Marcellus shale gas drilling permit?

New Marcellus Shale Pipeline Coming to Southwestern PA, Northern WV

Momentum, a company that focuses on “midstream” oil and gas assets, has signed on Chesapeake Energy and Statoil as customers for a new Marcellus Shale natural gas pipeline they are constructing in northern WV and southwestern PA. From the press release:

AOP Clearwater Plant in WV a Big Success in Treating Marcellus Shale Wastewater

Marcellus Leasing & Drilling in the West Virginia Panhandle Heats Up

Trans Energy Begins Drilling Third Horizontal Marcellus Well in Marshall County, WV