Liquids rich natural gas is almost heaven on those legendary West Virginian country roads. Drilling for high BTU gas remains resilient in the state even as the number of wells targeting dry gas Marcellus Shale declines. Drilling patterns during the last six months have seen activity contract into a core region in north central West Virginia centered on Harrison, Taylor, Wetzell and Marion counties followed by activity in the Panhandle counties of Brooke and Marshall. Both areas are in a narrow wet gas window of the Marcellus, which extends south ...