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Permalink Reply by Melanie Smith on March 9, 2012 at 9:53am

Hi Bruce- My family has been approched by CNX to drill a deep well on our farm in Calhoun County(next to Ritchie. I too live in Atlanta Ga.. (Marietta) so I am also trying learn what I can on-line. I have spoken to a smaller driller in Calhoun and he indicates that the Calhoun region has wet gas (not sure if that is limited to just Utica?).

Permalink Reply by bruce barton on March 26, 2012 at 3:11am

Melanie, The latest maps seen to indicate gas, maybe wet, in the northern part of Ritchie- the farther northwest  the better. I am more in the middle, so I don't know what it means for me, but I am watching and learning all I can.  ANY drilling activity seems positive right now.  Four years ago, Chesapeake had made a verbal offer that I was ready to accept- and then their funding crashed, and nobody has come knocking since.  Timing is everything.  

Permalink Reply by Nancy Mosley on November 13, 2013 at 4:06pm

Thanks a lot for that update. It is good to know that things are happening in that part of the county and not all in the east near Doddridge. 

Permalink Reply by Isopatch on August 24, 2012 at 3:04pm

Day before yesterday, friend told me Enterra just completed a vertical Utica well in NE areaa of the county near county line with Tyler Cty. to the north and Doddridge to the east.  Surprise, at least to me, is it's said to be producing quite a bit of oil along with the gas.  Nobody knows, for sure, how much OR how much may be water.  My friend's local contact, up there, has seen a lot of tank trucks running in empty and coming out full, every day.  Don't think they'd be spending the money for that if it was just water.<g>  Doubt I'll hear anything else for awhile.  We live in southern Ritchie County and my guy doesn't go up there often. 

Anyone from that area hear anything?  TIA.

 

Permalink Reply by Isopatch on August 25, 2012 at 4:27am

Correction:  Operator is apparently Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation, not Enterra. 

Permalink Reply by bruce barton on December 8, 2013 at 5:43am

Is anyone in our group aware of any other forum/blogs/info for Ritchie Co and WV besides this forum? I don't feel like we are getting all the information available since there seems to be drilling in Ritchie and Wood Co., and not much is appearing here. 

Bruce

Permalink Reply by Nancy Mosley on December 8, 2013 at 3:19pm

I can't help with that, but here is a discussion on another part of this forum with maps showing the northeast part of Ritchie (as well as the panhandle and SW Pennsylvania): http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/stacked-pays-gas-in-place-... Maybe the Ritchie owners aren't well represented here. Don't know how to improve that.

Permalink Reply by Nancy Mosley on December 8, 2013 at 3:29pm

There are several parts of the WV Office of Oil and Gas website that can help with current drilling and permit info:

For new and revised permits, by county and date (or API number if you have it)

https://apps.dep.wv.gov/oog/permitsearch_new.cfm

For map information of permits or by county and date

http://tagis.dep.wv.gov/oog/

For new permits, arranged by county (since May); also cancelled and modified 

http://www.dep.wv.gov/oil-and-gas/GI/Pages/WeeklyReports.aspx

To sign up for email notification of permits (where you can choose the counties you want to follow)

http://www.dep.wv.gov/insidedep/Pages/DEPMailingLists.aspx