Mountain V Expands Focus to Appalachian Oil with Purchase of AXP
Mountain V Oil & Gas, headquartered in Buckhannon, WV, is a privately owned independent energy company with both conventional and shale assets in the Appalachian Basin. The company acquires and drills wells on over 300,000 leased acres, mainly focused on gas wells. Mountain V is now expanding its focus to include oil. Last fall, the company signed an agreement to buy the oil and gas assets of AXP Energy — assets located in Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and the Illinois Basins — for $4 million. The AXP purchase with its oil-heavy assets closed earlier today.
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New shale permits issued for Feb. 13-19 in the Marcellus/Utica remained elevated last week. There were 35 new permits issued in total last week (down slightly from 40 the week before), including 27 new permits for Pennsylvania, three new permits for Ohio, and five permits issued in West Virginia. Last week the top receiver of new permits was Coterra Energy, with 13 new permits for Susquehanna County, PA. The number two permittee was Apex Energy with five permits in Westmoreland County, PA.