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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:59 PM Feb 2015

Companies bid millions to drill under WV state lands, water

Companies bid millions to drill under WV state lands, water

From an Article by Jonathan Mattise, Charleston Gazette (Associated Press),
January 26, 2015

Charleston, WV — West Virginia officials have opened millions of dollars in bids to drill for oil and natural gas beneath state-owned lands, including waterways and a wildlife management area.

In one of the biggest offers the state Department of Commerce opened Friday, Jay-Bee Production Company bid amounts ranging from $5,000 to about $16,300 to drill underneath 303 acres of Jug Wildlife Management Area in Tyler County, or about $4.5 million total.

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So far, only one lease agreement has been finalized — a $6.2 million deal letting Antero drill below 518 acres at the Conaway Run Wildlife Management Area in Tyler County, said Department of Commerce spokeswoman Chelsea Ruby.

On Friday, several other bids were submitted:

>> Antero Resources Inc. bid $2.3 million for 283 acres of the Jug wildlife area.

>> Noble Energy offered about $685,000 total to drill beneath 134 acres of Fish Creek and adjacent land in Marshall County.

>> StatOil USA Onshore Properties Inc. bid $9,000 per acre to drill under a two-mile section of the Ohio River in Wetzel County.

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The state is negotiating with high bidders on three other sections of the Ohio River, and one will go back out to bid.

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Several environmental groups have opposed the Ohio River drilling, since millions of people depend on the river for drinking water.

State officials have stressed that the drilling will be done a mile underneath the river.

Horizontal drilling under rivers is generating revenues in other states. In March 2014 and in 2010, Chesapeake Appalachia paid Pennsylvania $10.5 million for five-year leases to drill beneath two sections of the Susquehanna River, not counting royalties.

More:

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/frackcheckwv/~3/du021TG0gm8/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email


See also: http://www.FrackCheckWV.net

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The “prospectus” for drilling & fracking under the Conway Lake in Tyler County is public information.

http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/assets/doc/natural_resources/mineral-development/properties/prospectous.conwayrunlakewma.2014.pdf

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Companies bid millions to drill under WV state lands, water (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP
Guess you can 2naSalit Feb 2015 #1
Plunder & pollution continue. Anyone know where HANDPUPPET, DUer is? Founder of the Appalch appalachiablue Feb 2015 #2
, blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #3

2naSalit

(92,727 posts)
1. Guess you can
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 10:08 PM
Feb 2015

kiss potable water good-bye. Not just for the state but everyone downriver on the Ohio R. geeze, talk about selling everyone out or "down the river".

Are these wilderness management areas designated by the state or fed?

appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)
2. Plunder & pollution continue. Anyone know where HANDPUPPET, DUer is? Founder of the Appalch
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 11:13 PM
Feb 2015

Group, haven't seen in more than a month-

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