WHEELING – In 2014, 65 rigs were extracting natural gas and oil from the Marcellus and Utica shales in Ohio and West Virginia, with a majority of those located in the Upper Ohio Valley.

Baker Hughes said oil rigs rose by one to 481 this week, while gas rigs gained one to 98. In the Utica shale basin, which covers parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, drillers added two ...

Mike Daley, West Virginia Division of Highways District 3 Manager, with Paul Hoblitzell, Museums of the Mid-Ohio Valley board president ... also was used to power oil rigs for servicing and ...

US drilling activity increased across the board this week ... up by 8 rigs to 184 drilling. North Dakota added 4 rigs for a total of 126 working. West Virginia had 27 rigs making hole, 3 more ...

Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas added 13 rigs, West Virginia increased by four, and New Mexico increased by three. Oklahoma lost four rigs, Louisiana lost three rigs, and Ohio and ...