Marcellus production focuses on five states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and Maryland. The Marcellus Shale formation is thought to be the second largest natural gas field in the world. View the 10 Fast Facts
Fact Sheets
Protecting Pennsylvania’s Environment: A Regulatory Overview
Well Site Planning/Development, Natural Gas Processing Plants, Compressor Station Construction, Well Drilling, Pipeline Construction, Water Supply Storage, Residual Waste/Wastewater Management, and Site Restoration activities are all regulated, and this fact sheet provides an overview.
Letters
Studies, Reports, Presentations
University at Buffalo: Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies
The University at Buffalo’s Shale Resources and Society Institute today issued a report, “Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies,” which offers the first quantitative data review of Pennsylvania’s regulation of hydraulic fracturing of natural gas.
PSU: Local Collection of State Taxes Rises in Marcellus Shale Counties
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Natural-gas development appears to be having a positive effect on the local collection of state taxes in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region, according to an analysis by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
Recommended Practices
Site Planning, Development and Restoration
Through months of research, stakeholder outreach, and collaboration amongst MSC member companies, the coalition recently released its first Recommended Practice, which offers guidance on site planning, development and restoration.


