Company Hopes to Drill New Gas Wells

Pad located above Marion County line north of Fairview

Morgantown Dominion Post
26 March 2014
By David Beard

Northeast Natural Energy, which operates two Marcellus shale wells at the Morgantown Industrial Park, has applied to drill four more horizontal gas wells in Monongalia County.

Two proposed wells, called Yost Heritage 5H and 9H, would be located on a pad above the Marion County line north of Fairview along W.Va. 218, Daybrook Road, according to information from the Department of Environmental Protection.

The other two, called Beach 6H and 10H, lie just east of Pentress and south of W.Va. 7. If approved, this would make four total wells permitted for the Beach pad. Beach 2H and 4H were permitted earlier this month.

Daybrook Road connects Fairview to Blacksville. The land surface is owned by Yost Heritage Inc, whose president and vice president are David and Dennis Yost, according to information from the secretary of state’s office.

Yost Heritage Inc. also has applications in to DEP for two horizontal wells, neither Marcellus, on a nearby pad: Yost Heritage 1, targeted for the Fifty-Foot formation; and one Yost Heritage H1, targeted for the Benson formation.

Northeast’s two wells at the Morgantown Industrial Park are prodcuing gas, as are two on its Statler pad east of Blacksville on the north side of W.Va. 7.

Northeast has permits for three more wells on the Statler pad.

Northeast President Michael John could not be reached in time for this report. DEP was unable to supply copies of the new applications in time for this report.