Allegheny
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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is the home of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is bordered on the north by Beaver, Butler and Armstrong counties and in the south by Washington and Westmoreland counties.
Roughly 7% of the counties land had been leased since 2003. By May, 2010 over 2,000 parcels had been leased for exploration. Most of these had taken place since 2008 indicating a very rapid, recent build-up in activity.
These leases were held by: Company Leases Acres DPS Penn 1,654 7,646 Huntley & Huntley 798 10,990 Sylvan 270 unknown Everest Exploration 184 3,175 Kriebel Resources 135 2,997 Principal Energy Res. 105 675 Patriot Explor. unknown 917 Range Resources 88 2,527 Penneco 83 unknown Great Lakes En. Part. 80 3,175* BLX Inc. 63 1,723 Dorso unknown 661 ------- ------- TOTAL 3,748 35,393 *wholly-owned by Range Resources