WVMetroNews has an article by Sunshine Wiles which points out a few things about the Marcellus Shale.  It points out that the Utica is much deeper than the Marcellus, and that we in West Virginia have “some of the lowest energy costs in the country”.

One of the reasons that energy cost is so low is that West Virginia mineral owners tend to sell cheap.  Hold on to your minerals, don’t lease for a couple thousand bucks an acre and a royalty of 12.5% (which is 1/8), and write your legislator about forced pooling to make sure they vote against forced pooling.