| Ritchie lawmaker pushing 'forced pooling' no stranger to gas industry
By Andrew Brown, Staff Writer for the Gazette-Mail
As the West Virginia Legislature prepares to take up the issue of forced pooling once again, the lawmaker at the center of that gas leasing legislation is expected to have at least six new gas wells drilled on his property.
Delegate Woody Ireland, R-Ritchie, has never been shy about sharing his experience as a land and mineral owner. In public meetings and interviews, the chairman of the House Energy Committee has often described himself as a cattle farmer who knows first hand what it's like to negotiate with gas companies.
Now, as Ireland hopes to wrangle the controversial gas leasing law through the Legislature, public records show that Antero Resources, one of the state's largest gas companies, intends to drill at least six new Marcellus gas wells on the edge of Ireland's farm, adding to one existing horizontal well that was drilled through part of his minerals and completed in 2014 ...
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By Andrew Brown, Staff Writer for the Gazette-Mail
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