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Permalink Reply by martin on September 14, 2014 at 7:00am

We are wondering the same thing in Southern Jefferson. I guess only time will tell.

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Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on September 14, 2014 at 4:26pm

Higher gas prices would help.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Malcolm Pendergast on September 15, 2014 at 7:06am

You should contact Rice Energy at 100 Main St., St. Clairsville.  Excellent company.  Main focus is Utica shale and Green/Washington counties PA Marcellus/Utica.  They also work closely with Gulfport Energy in Belmont.  Rice is operated by a father and his three sons; all geologists.  Best well is their Bigfoot 9-H in Belmont - - best in the Utica ! !

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Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on September 15, 2014 at 7:48am

None of them are geologists. 

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on September 16, 2014 at 1:54pm

I see Hess has  drill pad completed east of cadiz in harrisville area. I see where Hess has marked off property on grays ridge road top of hill between maynard and crescent road off of Rt 250 . They have a well permitted in colerain township also. I think they are trying to define Wet/ Dry gas line. I have 15 months left with chk and have seen no activity near from them. Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Malcolm Pendergast on September 17, 2014 at 6:20am

Rice Energy Board of Directors

I stand corrected that the four Rice family members were all geologists. I apologize for the (mis-) information I posted the day before yesterday. You may like to use their local contact information as follows:

John Mandich, (740) 296-5724
Rice Energy
252 West Main Street, Suite D
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
(740) 296-5682

Here are the CVs for current directors:

Board of Directors

Daniel J. Rice IV
Chief Executive Officer, Director

Daniel J. Rice IV has served as a member of our board of directors and our Chief Executive Officer since October 2013. Mr. Rice joined Rice Partners in October 2008 and served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rice Energy from October 2008 through October 2012. From October 2012 through September 2013, Mr. Rice served as the Chief Operating Officer of Rice Energy. Prior to joining Rice Energy, he served as an investment banker for Tudor Pickering Holt & Co., LLC, an integrated energy investment bank in Houston, Texas, from February 2008 to October 2008. Prior to his employment at Tudor Pickering Holt, he served as a senior analyst of corporate planning for Transocean Inc., responsible for mergers and acquisitions and business development, from March 2005 to February 2008. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2013. Daniel J. Rice IV holds a BS in Finance from Bryant University. He is the son of Daniel J. Rice III and the brother of Toby Rice and Derek Rice.

Toby Z. Rice
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

Toby Z. Rice has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2013. Mr. Rice joined Rice Partners in February 2007 and later joined Rice Energy as its President and Chief Executive Officer when it was formed in February 2008 through September 2013. He has also served as a Manager of Rice Energy since its formation. From September 2005 until March 2008, he also served as founder and president of ZFT LLC, a consulting company specializing in the application of new hydraulic fracturing technologies for unconventional shale and tight sandstone reservoirs. Toby Rice was appointed to his current role in October 2013. He holds a BS in Chemistry from Rollins College and is the son of Daniel J. Rice III and the brother of Daniel J. Rice IV and Derek Rice

Daniel J. Rice III
Director

Daniel J. Rice III has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013. He has also served as Managing General Partner of Rice Partners. Since January 2013, Mr. Rice has served as Lead Portfolio Manager for GRT Capital’s energy division. From 2005 to December 2012, Mr. Rice served as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for BlackRock, Inc. and was a member of BlackRock, Inc.’s Global Resources team, responsible for Small Cap and All Cap Energy funds. Prior to joining BlackRock, Inc. in 2005, he was a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at State Street Research & Management, responsible for the Small Cap Energy and All Cap Energy Global Resources Funds. Prior to joining State Street Research in 1984, he was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Fred Alger Management. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rice was a Vice President and Analyst with EF Hutton and an Analyst with Loomis Sayles and Co. He began his career in 1975 as an auditor with Price Waterhouse & Co. He earned a BS degree from Bates College in 1973 and an MBA degree from New York University in 1975. Mr. Rice has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He is the father of Toby Rice, Daniel J. Rice IV and Derek Rice.

Senior Management

Derek A. Rice
Vice President of Exploration & Geology

Derek A. Rice has served as Rice Energy’s Vice President of Exploration & Geology since 2009 and is responsible for geologic and geophysical interpretations. Prior to joining Rice Partners and Rice Energy in August 2009, from June 2007 to September 2007 and from June 2008 until September 2008, he worked as a wellbore geologist for a large oilfield service company, where he analyzed the Marcellus, Haynesville, and Barnett shales. Derek Rice holds a BS in geological sciences from Tufts University and a MS in geology from the University of Houston. He is the son of Daniel J. Rice III and the brother of Daniel J. Rice IV and Toby Rice.

John P. LaVelle has served as Rice Energy’s Vice President of Drilling since February 2010 and manages its drilling and operations facets. From February 1994 until February 2010, Mr. LaVelle was president of Geological Engineering Services, Inc., a drilling and completion engineering consulting company specializing in unconventional reservoirs like the Marcellus Shale. He also has two years of practical engineering experience with Western Company of North America, a major oilfield services company and from March 1984 until February 1994 served as petroleum engineer and senior engineer with Snyder Brothers, Inc., an Appalachian-based E&P company. He has almost 30 years of Appalachian Basin experience. Mr. LaVelle received a BS degree in geological engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1980.

Jide Famuagun
Vice President of Production

Jide Famuagun has served as our Vice President of Production since January 2014 after serving as a Production Systems Manager since joining Rice Energy in 2012. Prior to joining Rice Energy, Mr. Famuagun served as Chief Metallurgist and founder of OST Inc., an international oilfield recycling service company, was a Senior Engineer with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and worked in the drilling group of Halliburton (ESG). Mr. Famuagun holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in Engineering Management from Oklahoma Christian University.

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