In preparation for the official launch of ShaleBiz, I wanted to give you a heads up on the lease offer database the site will be utilizing. We want to get the site's database populated with some lease offers. So, add your lease offer by…

looking for info on drilling in allegheny co forward township. have property would like to get in with other landowners. thanks, russell

As a young geologist working at Wilkes University, I got a call from a private well owner about a problem with salty water. The site was located in the northern part of Susquehanna County. I did not collect the sample, but sent them a sampling kit to collect the sample and the homeowner mailed the sample back to me at Wilkes University. This program has know grown into to the Homeowner Outreach Program at Wilkes University -…

Looking for information from others in southern part of Belmont Co. Ohio about there experience with drilling gas wells.

One of the companies that approched me was OHTEX energy, They have a satilite office in St. Clairville Oh. and is base out of Texas. I fell they are trying to take advanage of me by low balling my contract offer. They offered me $50.00 a acre on a lease and 12% of the net per year. My attorney said that it is to low that they can and will pay alot more.

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A Proclamation.

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Minute 6:06 is where it all went south. Minute 10:45 is where I laughed out loud. Like an aged rollercoaster that you were foolish enough to hop on. I, however, continued to watch, hoping that it would right itself. But it wasn’t to be. Ms. Stahl, what did we do to you to deserve such “royal treatment?”



You can watch the segment here.



What I won’t do is be overly critical of the landowners who…

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Development of the natural gas-rich Marcellus shale can create thousands of jobs and result in other economic benefits but must be done carefully, the American Petroleum Institute's chief economist said.

"We've admittedly been slow in terms of our outreach," said John Felmy,…

i have 600 acre of minerial rights in northeastern wirt co. wv. with one shollow well drilled in 1954 with very little production is there any way to lease the deep rights of the marcellus from the current lease holder.

mike jackson

The Wilkes University Center for Environmental Quality, through its Homeowner Outreach Program, has been conducting water quality analysis and education for the past 20 years. Even though our groundwater resources are one of our most important assets, there is limited data on the quality and quantity of regional groundwater. Wilkes University is establishing a regional water quality database and we are requesting your participation by allowing us to add the data from your certified…