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This video and article feature some of the positive impacts that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has brought to the economy of Washington County, Pennsylvania and neighboring areas.
Tags: current-events, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, middle-east, ohio, shale, south-carolina, utica shaleAs environmental regulations hasten the closure of coal -fired power plants American Electric Power plans to build a 1bcf/day pipeline to deliver gas from wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shales .
Tags: ads-by-google, energy, geology, Geology.com, marcellus, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, meteorites, ohio, shale, utica, utica shale, virginiaSome industry experts believe that onshore natural gas leasing is winding down and major plays like the Marcellus and Utica are unlikely to be found in the future.
Tags: Geology.com, geophysics, Jobs, natural gas, north-carolina, oil and gas, shale, south-carolina, utica shale, virginiaChesapeake Energy , Exxon Mobil and Hess are all working to acquire acreage in the Utica Shale of eastern Ohio .
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, energy, geology, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, philippines, shale, south-carolina, utica shale, virginiaChesapeake Energy reports that natural gas liquids contributed 17% of their total production but 40% of their natural gas and liquids revenue. This is part of what is fueling interest in plays such as the Utica Shale and Eagle Ford Shale .
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, earthquakes, geology, mexico, natural gas, pennsylvania, satellite images, shale, utica, utica shaleParts of the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale contain worthy amounts of ethane which is a valuable feedstock for the plastics industry. Will it be shipped by pipeline to distant manufacturers or will local manufacturing industries develop?
Tags: california, earthquakes, geophysics, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, ohio, satellite images, united-states, utica shale, virginia, west virginiaThe Ohio Geological Survey has an online presentation that summarizes the Marcellus Shale resource in Ohio. It also contains lots of information about the Utica Shale in Ohio.
Tags: astronomy, earthquakes, energy, geology-news, middle-east, natural gas, ohio, satellite images, united-states, utica shale“Chesapeake Energy Corporation disclosed initial horizontal well drilling results in the wet gas and dry gas phases of the Utica Shale play in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The Buell 10-11-5 8H in Harrison County, Ohio was drilled to a lateral length of 6,418 feet and achieved a peak rate of 9.5 million cubic feet (mmcf) per day of natural gas and 1,425 barrels (bbls) per day of natural gas liquids and oil (liquids), or 3,010 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day.” Quoted from the Chesapeake Energy press release.
Tags: astronomy, california, canada, energy, geophysics, Jobs, marcellus, marcellus-shale, middle-east, natural gas, pennsylvania, shale, utica shaleAlthough data is only available for 16 wells drilled into a Utica Shale resource that has a geographic extent of 170,000 square miles, that is not stopping oil and gas companies from spending billions of dollars on acreage.
Tags: astronomy, california, energy, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, marcellus, marcellus-shale, pennsylvania, utica, utica shale, virginiaIs natural gas part of the shale or is it a fugitive commodity that is not an integral part of any specific rock unit?
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