COMPANIES BIDDING MILLIONS FOR GAS RIGHTS UNDER WV WILDLIFE LANDS AND RIVERS

(01/30/2015)

By Jonathan Mattise Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — 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. One of the biggest offers the state Department of Commerce opened Friday would let Antero Resources Inc. drill underneath 283 acres of Jug Wildlife Management Area in Tyler County for $2.3 million, plus royalties. The leases for Marcellus and Utica shale mineral rights, which allow for hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, are a new undertaking for the state. 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. READ STORY Companies bid millions to drill under state lands in W.Va."> By Jonathan Mattise for the Associated Press

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