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Gas drilling bets rise in Broadwater land dispute
Columbia Gas and Delta Drilling push two wells into Broadwater’s West Virginia shale amid a rising Eastern Overthrust Belt drilling boom. Strikes at Keyser and nearby sites fuel hopes of a methane rich layer, with gas prices deregulating and major firms leasing land from Frederick to Virginia counties.
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Columbia
Mineral County
W. Va
Broadwater
Virginia
Regers
Alabama
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
Gore
Timber Ridge
North Mountain
Exxon
Gulf
Amoco
Washington Gas Light
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Glass Company
Wildcat
Columbia Gas
John Foster
Pink Creek
Ashland
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Turkey
Keyser
United States
Delta
Richard Broadwater
Gulf of Mexico
Columbia Gas and Delta