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The Marcellus Shale is quickly becoming the biggest thing in the U.S. natural gas industry since the Barnett Shale. You can hardly watch CNBC without hearing Jim Cramer talk about the Marcellus Shale and his “wildcat drillers.” As investors, we know that if you want exposure to the Marcellus you cannot just buy any company with Marcellus acreage. You need to buy the company with the greatest exposure to the Marcellus if you want to maximize your investment gains.

Methane is a greenhouse gas with global warming potential; however, it is one of the cleanest burning fuels, as it is the purest form of natural gas and is much cleaner than burning coal. The sources of methane gas are natural gas fields, decaying organic wastes of solid waste landfills, such as manure, wastewater sludge, municipal solid waste and landfills, and coal deposits from coal bed methane extraction.

In my previous article on Quest Resources (QRCP), which can be found here, I talked about the significant growth that is possible from the acquisition of developed properties by Quest Energy Partners (QELP), a subsidiary of Quest Resources. 

Quest Resource Corp (QRCP) is a fast growing natural gas driller. Quest Resources recently revamped its corporate structure with the packaging of its upstream and midstream operations into two MLPs, Quest Midstream Partners (which is not publicly traded) and Quest Energy Partners (QELP).