April 2011 Blog Posts (1,117)

Experts address benefits, hazards of shale drilling

By Carol Ann Gregg/Staff Writer Allied News

SLIPPERY ROCK — What has been on many people’s minds not only for months but for the last several years--the drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale--attracted more than 100 people on Friday.

Slippery…

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Moon Supervisors Hire Special Counsel for Marcellus Shale Ordinance

The Moon Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night hired the Pittsburgh-based Tucker Arensberg law firm to revise the township's oil and gas drilling ordinances.

In an effort to prepare Moon for future Marcellus Shale drilling, attorneys from the firm will expand the township's drilling ordinances to include specific guidelines on how drilling may impact road maintenance and noise level, among other factors.

No companies have begun to drill for Marcellus Shale gas in… Continue

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A message to all members of naturalgasPA.com

Congratulations to Duane Wassum! He has won a FREE T-Shirt from NaturalgasPA.com. Each month we will be giving away something to our valued members. To be included in the monthly drawings, please join this group. If you are a business owner and are interested in sponsoring a give-away, please send an email to info@naturalgaspa.com. Thank you to everyone who participated in April's contest!

-NaturalgasPA.com

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...consider drilling for natural gas to help make up for their financial problems....

It's been quite a week -- full of protests, some key votes in the House and the Senate and the long-awaited unveiling of a proposed impact fee for natural gas drillers. We were up early this morning watching the festivities from London and dealing with a hyper Little Miss Capitol Ideas, who's still riding a high from her debut in the kindergarten play.

Thus, we find ourselves at loose ends this morning putting together the usual mix of gossip, half-truths and outright…

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Pa. Marcellus Shale Commission Criticized

Harrisburg, Pa. - The Bradford County Commissioners Chairman took Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale commission to task Thursday. Mark Smith spoke to the commission in Harrisburg. He has long complained about Bradford County's lack of representation on the commission.

Smith told them both are taking place in Bradford County and the commission would know that if the county was represented on…

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PennDOT Posted Roads GIS Data Available

My company, Development Faction, LLC maintains & updates shapefiles of PA roadways that are considered 10 ton posted by PennDOT. These shapefiles are continually updated as new information is released by our contacts at the various PennDOT districts.

They provide a nice GIS overlay for mapping and are extremely useful for truck routing, roadway bonding, etc.

The shapefiles are projected in:…

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A letter to shareholders from CEO Aubrey McClendon -CHK energy

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

2010 was a very important year of transition and achievement for Chesapeake, a year in which we initiated three very important strategic shifts: from asset gathering to asset harvesting, from focusing exclusively on natural gas to a balanced focus on natural gas and liquids and from having a leveraged balance sheet to one worthy of an investment grade rating.

2010 also marked a truly transformative year for our industry. We and a…

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Marcellus Shale symposium held at SRU

Pennsylvania is sitting on the second largest natural gas field in the world, according to Dan Billman, a petroleum geologist and owner of Billman Geologic Consultants.

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania hosted a symposium on mining this field on Friday, April 22.

The natural gas field covers southern New York, eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia-with the bulk of it under Pa. The natural gas is held in the Marcellus Shale, a black shale rock between 350 million… Continue

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PA Gov Suggests Universities Tap Into Shale Deposits Under Campuses

Ah, college. All-nighters. Ultimate frisbee. Fraternities. Fracking.

According to The Erie Times-News, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is telling state universities that an answer to their financial troubles lies literally under their feet. Speaking at Edinboro University in Northwestern Pennsylvania on Thursday, Corbett…

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CONSOL Energy's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

ONSOL Energy (CNX) Q1 2011 Earnings Call April 28, 2011 10:00 am ET

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to CONSOL Energy's First Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the conference call over to the Vice President of Investor Relations, Dan Zajdel.

Brandon…

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