GASTAR EXPLORATION, INC. v. CONTRAGUERRO

No. 16-0429.

800 S.E.2d 891 (2017)

GASTAR EXPLORATION, INC., Defendant Below Petitioner v. Joyce CONTRAGUERRO, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Herlihy, Esq. , Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Matthew P. Heiskell, Esq. , Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, Counsel for Gastar Exploration, Inc.

Jeremy M. McGraw, Esq. , James G. Bordas, Jr., Esq. , James G. Bordas, III, Esq. , James B. Stoneking, Esq. , Bordas & Bordas, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, Counsel for Joyce Contraguerro, et al.

Mychal S. Schulz, Esq. , Matthew Casto, Esq. , Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, P.C., Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for PPG Industries, Inc.

Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, W. Henry Lawrence, Esq. , Allison J. Farrell, Esq. , Lauren A. Williams, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association.

George A. Patterson, III, Esq. , John W. Woods, III, Esq. , Bowles Rice LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, Inc.


This appeal concerns a voluntary pooling and unitization lease provision regarding horizontal drilling and production of oil and gas from the Marcellus Shale Formation. The lessor is PPG Industries, Inc., ("PPG") and the lessee is Gastar Exploration USA, Inc., aka Gastar Exploration, Inc., ("Gastar"). The lease covered 3,285.6874...

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