Marzcorp Oil & Gas Inc. has signed West Virginia Oil & Gas Operator Ryan Cunningham as its chief operating officer.

Cunningham Energy LLC has been chosen as the contract drilling partner for Marzcorp’s 935,090 acre Quebec Prospect. Cunningham, who heads Cunningham Energy, will oversee the drilling and production activities of Marzcorp. The company has drilled over 60,000 feet of new Appalachian well footage in the past calendar year. A Speedstar 185 Top Drive Drilling rig has been procured by Cunningham Energy for use in Marzcorp’s drilling program. Operations in the Gaspe region will include Cunningham Energy’s West Virginia contract drilling personnel.

Ryan Cunningham began his petroleum production and exploration career in Clay County, W.V., working for D&A Oil and Gas Corp. at an early age in 1990. Since that time, he has had an array of working experience ranging from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (Oil & Gas Division), to various positions with Wall Street investment firms. In 2008, he formed Appalachian E&P firm Cunningham Energy LLC, based in Charleston, W.V. He holds a bachelor of arts in environmental policy from Rollins College.