In December 2009, Samson Resources applied for the first permits to drill to the Marcellus Shale in Maryland. The company wants to drill three wells in Garrett County and a fourth well in Allegany County, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Samson Resources is a privately owned oil and gas company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. If the initial wells are successful, the company plans to drill several hundred wells on 70,000 acres in the area over the next ten years.
