Rex Energy says it's completed a Utica Shale natural gas well in Western Pennsylvania and is encouraged by the results.

The Utica Shale is a mineral formation that lies below the Marcellus Shale, thousands of feet underground. Some gas drilling companies believe the Utica formation may be productive in Pennsylvania.

Rex Energy, based in State College, says in a statement Tuesday that its first Utica well was drilled in Butler County. The horizontal well produced an average of 9.2 million cubic feet of dry gas per day during tests.

Rex says the well is currently shut and will go into production in January. The company says it plans more Utica Shale wells in Butler next year.

The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh plans to convert an adjacent building into an eight-story, climate-controlled space where it can store historical artifacts and also help local families restore heirlooms.The history center in the city's Strip District recently closed on the purchase of the former American Equipment Co. building for $1.35 million. Built in 1929, the building housed a kitchen supply business.The building will be connected to the History Center using an enclosed skywalk, and will be renovated for about $3 million to meet storage standards.Museum president and chief executive officer Andrew Masich says the long range plan calls for the museum to not only store and restore its own artifacts, but to offer similar services for family heirlooms as a retail service.