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	<title>Marcellus Drilling News &#187; Wetzel County</title>
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		<title>Gastar Marcellus Wells: Strong Production, Lots of Liquids</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/12/gastar-marcellus-wells-strong-production-lots-of-liquids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Butler County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gastar Exploration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gastar Exploration gives the following operational update on their drilling activities in the Marcellus Shale in Marshall and Preston counties in West Virginia, and Butler County in Pennsylvania. Most of Gastar’s Marcellus activity is concentrated in Marshall County, WV, where they plan to complete 24 horizontal wells by the end of 2012. From the Gastar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnum Hunter, Stone Energy JV to Drill in Wetzel County WV</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/12/magnum-hunter-stone-energy-jv-to-drill-in-wetzel-county-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/12/magnum-hunter-stone-energy-jv-to-drill-in-wetzel-county-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magnum Hunter Resources and Stone Energy yesterday announced a joint venture combining their leased Marcellus acreage in Wetzel County, WV, some 1,925 acres, with the stated objective of drilling 19 new horizontal Marcellus Shale wells in the next two years. From the press release: Terms of the new Joint Agreements include Magnum Hunter&#8217;s wholly owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out-of-State Gas Workers Mean Continued High Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/12/out-of-state-gas-workers-mean-continued-high-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/12/out-of-state-gas-workers-mean-continued-high-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the criticisms of the Marcellus shale gas drilling industry is that although it brings with it an economic boom, including many jobs, sometimes those jobs are taken by out-of-state workers and not local workers. Drillers will say there are not enough skilled local workers to fill the positions. Labor leaders and local economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drilling Problems in Wetzel County, WV</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/10/drilling-problems-in-wetzel-county-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/10/drilling-problems-in-wetzel-county-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrialization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Noise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When drilling is concentrated in one area, some problems are bound to crop up. &#34;We lived a very peaceful existence until this drilling came along,&#34; said [Rose] Baker, a member of the Wetzel County (WV) Action Group, which documents drilling and fracking-related problems in that county. &#34;I had a very serene life.&#34; According to Baker, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott Threat Worked: New Martinsville (WV) City Council will Overturn Recent Marcellus Drilling Ban</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/08/boycott-threat-worked-new-martinsville-wv-city-council-will-overturn-recent-marcellus-drilling-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/08/boycott-threat-worked-new-martinsville-wv-city-council-will-overturn-recent-marcellus-drilling-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just last week, MDN wrote about New Martinsville, WV enacting a Marcellus drilling ban (see MDN story). Because of the ban, the West Virginia Independent Oil &#38; Gas Association hinted that their members would boycott New Martinsville businesses in retaliation—unless the ban is lifted. Looks like that threat worked: Natural gas drilling activity may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WV Drillers Threaten Economic Boycotts of Local Businesses in Cities that Ban Marcellus Drilling</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/07/wv-drillers-threaten-economic-boycotts-of-local-businesses-in-cities-that-ban-marcellus-drilling/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/07/wv-drillers-threaten-economic-boycotts-of-local-businesses-in-cities-that-ban-marcellus-drilling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marcellusdrilling.com/?p=3485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here and there, some city municipalities in West Virginia—like Morgantown—have banned hydraulic fracturing and Marcellus shale gas drilling inside, and even outside of their borders. The latest WV city to do so is New Martinsville (Wetzel County). The West Virginia Independent Oil &#38; Gas Association has had enough and is threatening to stop supporting local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Protests Dominion Transmission in WV Over Lack of Local Workers in Building Pipelines</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/05/union-protests-dominion-transmission-in-wv-over-lack-of-local-workers-in-building-pipelines/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/05/union-protests-dominion-transmission-in-wv-over-lack-of-local-workers-in-building-pipelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dominion Transmission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrison County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local union in West Virginia is set to protest natural gas transmission facilities owned by Dominion over the issue of jobs and out-of-state workers being brought in to build new pipelines in the Wetzel County. West Virginia construction workers are upset that Dominion Transmission has decided to hire people from other states to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnum Hunter CEO Says Conventional Gas Plays Can&#8217;t Compete, Company Drills One New Marcellus Gas Well a Month in WV</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/03/magnum-hunter-ceo-says-conventional-gas-plays-cant-compete-company-drills-one-new-marcellus-gas-well-a-month-in-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/03/magnum-hunter-ceo-says-conventional-gas-plays-cant-compete-company-drills-one-new-marcellus-gas-well-a-month-in-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Companies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marcellusdrilling.com/?p=2092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting comments made by Magnum Hunter CEO Gary Evans at the recent Marcellus Midstream Conference in Pittsburgh at their projected activity in 2011 and conventional vs. unconventional shale gas plays: Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., is operating 182 miles of gas pipelines running across West Virginia, including Tyler County. The company&#8217;s subsidiary, Triad Hunter, successfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dimock, PA Among Likely Locations for EPA Study of Hydraulic Fracturing</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/02/dimock-pa-among-likely-locations-for-epa-study-of-hydraulic-fracturing/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/02/dimock-pa-among-likely-locations-for-epa-study-of-hydraulic-fracturing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bradford County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marcellusdrilling.com/?p=1465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A critical component in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to study hydraulic fracturing is where they will conduct case studies. Starting on page 42 of the draft proposal, we find out. There were 48 proposed locations suggested to the EPA, from which they will select between five and eight locations. We know five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Now Employs 10K People in Marcellus Shale Gas Industry, Wetzel &amp; Marshall Counties Most Active in Gas Drilling</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/02/west-virginia-now-employs-10k-people-in-marcellus-shale-gas-industry-wetzel-marshall-counties-most-active-in-gas-drilling/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2011/02/west-virginia-now-employs-10k-people-in-marcellus-shale-gas-industry-wetzel-marshall-counties-most-active-in-gas-drilling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooke County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in today’s West Virginia paper The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register attempts to denigrate Marcellus gas drilling in the state by focusing on some of the problems. One of those problems, according to the article, is that 13 illegal aliens (undocumented workers) that have been caught working for drilling contractors in the state “in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominion Expands Marcellus Shale Gas Processing Capacity, Plans to Convert &amp; Expand Ohio-WV Pipeline</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/04/dominion-expands-marcellus-shale-gas-processing-capacity-plans-to-convert-expand-ohio-wv-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/04/dominion-expands-marcellus-shale-gas-processing-capacity-plans-to-convert-expand-ohio-wv-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dominion Exploration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/04/dominion-expands-marcellus-shale-gas-processing-capacity-plans-to-convert-expand-ohio-wv-pipeline/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not to be outdone by MarkWest’s recent announcement about expanding their processing and fractionation facilities in the Marcellus Shale, Dominion has announced they too have big plans for expansion in the Marcellus Shale, including converting transmission pipeline TL-404—running through Ohio and West Virginia—into a “wet gas service” line. Dominion’s plans also include building new processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcellus Leasing &amp; Drilling in the West Virginia Panhandle Heats Up</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/03/marcellus-leasing-drilling-in-the-west-virginia-panhandle-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/03/marcellus-leasing-drilling-in-the-west-virginia-panhandle-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AB Resources]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marcellusdrilling.com/2010/03/marcellus-leasing-drilling-in-the-west-virginia-panhandle-heats-up/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[West Virginia Marcellus Shale is getting hot. From an article* in the Steubenville (OH) Herald-Star, we get a mountain of good intelligence on what energy companies have and are paying in the West Virginia panhandle: AB Resources is paying the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna Community in Marshall County $2,500 per acre for approximately 4,000 acres, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trans Energy Begins Drilling Third Horizontal Marcellus Well in Marshall County, WV</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2009/11/trans-energy-begins-drilling-third-horizontal-marcellus-well-in-marshall-county-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2009/11/trans-energy-begins-drilling-third-horizontal-marcellus-well-in-marshall-county-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trans Energy (Nov 18): Press Release: Trans Energy Begins Drilling Third Horizontal Marcellus Well in Marshall County, WV From the press release: Trans Energy, Inc. announced today that it has begun drilling the Whipkey #1H well in Marshall County, West Virginia. The Whipkey #1H will be drilled and completed horizontally in the Marcellus shale. The [...]]]></description>
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