Pamela King, E&E reporter PITTSBURGH – For companies looking to break into the natural gas business here, a Marcellus Shale Coalition membership is key. Four years ago, MSC was little more than an informal umbrella over a smattering of energy companies exploring the Marcellus Shale’s potential to yield natural gas. Today, the industry group is [...]
E&E News: ‘All of the Above’ Outreach Fuels Powerhouse Gas Coalition’s Rapid Growth
MSC’s Kathryn Klaber in the Beaver Co. Times: Natural Gas “Enhancing Air Quality”
A recent story (“Report says Beaver County can breathe a little easier,” April 24) underscored the important fact that our region’s air quality is improving sharply, according to a new American Lung Association report. This is great news for every Pennsylvanian. However, the story failed to inform your readers of the key and growing role [...]
MSC’s Kathryn Klaber Lays out Natural Gas Facts in Delaware Co. Times
It was disappointing to read a recent editorial (“Pa. slacking when it comes to fracking,” April 14), which relied deeply on hyperbole rather than facts about safe, job-creating natural gas development in Pennsylvania. To be sure, in just two years since the bipartisan natural gas impact fee was enacted into law, more than $400 million [...]
Phila. Inq.: West Chester Firm Launches a Giant Drill Rig for Marcellus Work
“Schramm, and their world-class drilling rigs, is just one of the many shining examples of how businesses across the entire commonwealth, especially in Southeastern Pennsylvania, are capitalizing on natural gas opportunities,” said the coalition’s CEO Kathryn Klaber. Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer Schramm Inc., the West Chester drill rig manufacturer that had a moment of [...]
CMU Tepper School of Business: Marcellus Shale Coalition Reaches Out To Community
Natural gas flowing from the Marcellus Shale formation is transforming the region’s economy, but it continues to draw questions – both from those who see opportunity as well as issues associated with hydraulic fracturing. Where can I get a job? Is it safe? Will it affect my drinking water? Recognizing the continued debate, the Marcellus [...]
Drilling Contractor Magazine – Environment and Drilling: It’s not one or the other
Industry building environmental stewardship into rigs, technologies, operations, enhancing emergency preparedness and public outreach By Joanne Liou, associate editor Recognizing industry’s relationship with and impact on the environment is cultivating a cultural shift as well as leading to more actions being taken, not only internally within the industry but externally in the public’s eye. Through [...]
Beaver Co. Times: MSC’s Kathryn Klaber and PIOGA’s Lou D’Amico Set the Record Straight
As local representatives of the region’s growing natural gas industry, we are deeply offended by the baseless and inflammatory comments made by an out-of-state drilling contractor in a March 7 article “Fast, yet comfortable: The life of a drilling project manager.” Your readers should know that this individual’s claims are in no way representative of [...]
Philadelphia Tribune: Marcellus Shale Coalition Chief Touts Potential, Prosperity
Written by Larry Miller Kathryn Klaber, CEO of the Marcellus Shale Coalition said the development of the resources will bring a new level of prosperity to Pennsylvania – a state which like so many others – has been hit hard by economic down turns. The Marcellus Shale formation is a vast reservoir of natural gas [...]
MSC’s Klaber in Delaware Co. Times: Pa. Benefiting Greatly From Natural Gas
“As more abundant supplies of homegrown natural gas continue to be safely produced, it’s becoming increasingly clear that every square inch of Pennsylvania is benefitting from development of the Marcellus Shale.” By KATHRYN Z. KLABER Times Guest Columnist Communities across the entire commonwealth, including in the Greater Philadelphia, continue to see a wave of benefits [...]
Beaver Co. Times: Marcellus Shale Coalition Releases Video on Methane
The Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group, released a new informational video this week called “Methane: An Element of Nature.” The video touches on the science and geology associated with methane, as well as regulations and practices taken by natural gas operators in relation to methane. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, methane is the [...]


