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Parts 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 virginiaAbout three billion cubic feet of natural gas is being produced every day from the Marcellus Shale , an amount that is expected to grow significantly as more wells are drilled. Moving that gas to market will require thousands of miles of new pipelines , ranging from small-diameter gathering lines that serve individual wells to main lines that can be three-feet or more in diameter.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, climate-change, geology-news, Jobs, marcellus, marcellus-shale, middle-east, natural gas, pipelines, shale, west virginiaIn October 2010 researchers from Southern Methodist University discovered an enormous geothermal resource beneath eastern West Virginia . Now government agencies in the state are exploring how it might be developed.
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, california, climate-change, earthquakes, energy, Geology.com, geothermal, marcellus-shale, pennsylvania, west virginiaRandy Huffman, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not support a Marcellus Shale drilling moratorium for the state because… “If I ever felt the industry was so far out in front of our ability to properly regulate it, then I would consider such a thing.”
Tags: energy, Geology.com, geophysics, hawaii, marcellus-shale, water, west virginiaThe West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey has published a stratigraphic nomenclature chart for the Marcellus Shale and associated rocks in West Virginia.
Chief Oil & Gas announced that they will voluntarily disclose the additives that are used in their hydraulic fracturing fluid at every Marcellus Shale well site in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Tags: canada, energy, geology-news, Geology.com, hydraulic, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, mexico, oil and gas, pennsylvania, philippines, virginia, washington, water, west virginiaA New York Times article looks at some of the recent large investments in the Marcellus Shale Gas Field and quotes an industry estimate of 30,000 new wells drilled in the next ten years.
Tags: africa, australia, canada, europe, Geology.com, geophysics, marcellus, marcellus-shale, natural gas, new york, range-resources, virginia, west virginiaIn this video CONSOL Energy CEO, Brett Harvey, talks about the company’s purchase of natural gas assets from Dominion Resources. He seems to think highly of the potential for natural gas. A quote: “Natural Gas will be the chosen fuel.” (Consol already owns a lot of coal mines between the surface
Tags: australia, coal, energy, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, oil and gas, shale, west virginiaA private landowner leased drilling rights to a natural gas drilling company and then transferred the property to a state park system. Now the state wants to deny drilling rights.
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Drilling for Natural Gas in a State Park