Pennsylvania Statewide Marcellus Shale Workforce Needs Assessment
The Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Workforce Needs Assessment is intended to supply baseline data to provide individuals, job seekers, communities, businesses, [...]
The Pennsylvania Marcellus Natural Gas Industry: Status Economic Impacts and Future Potential
This study is the third in a series of reports (Considine, et al., 2009 and 2010) documenting the development of [...]
Shale Gas and U.S. National Security
This study assesses the impact of U.S domestic shale gas development on energy security and U.S. national security. Prepared in [...]
Drilling for Jobs – What the Marcellus Shale could mean for New York
There are very few opportunities available to New York State with the same jobcreating potential as exploring and developing the [...]
The Economic Opportunities of Shale Energy Development (Manhattan Institute)
Directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing have unlocked vast new reserves of natural gas in the United States. Development of these [...]
MSC Presentation before the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission
by Kathryn Z. Klaber President and Executive Director Marcellus Shale Coalition May 20, 2011
NGV Road Map For Pennsylvania Jobs, Energy Security and Clean Air
The natural gas in the Marcellus Shale represents one of the largest energy reserves in the world. This clean-burning resource [...]
Shale Gas and New Petrochemicals Investment: Benefits for the Economy, Jobs, and US Manufacturing (ACC)
Chemistry transforms raw materials into the products and processes that make modern life possible. America’s chemical industry relies on energy [...]
The Economic Impacts of the Marcellus Shale: Implications for NY, PA, and WV (API)
Deep beneath the rolling hills and mountains of Appalachia from West Virginia in the south to upstate New York in the north lies a natural gas deposit known as the Marcellus Shale.
The Economic Impacts of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play: An Update
Fully developed, the Marcellus Shale has the potential to be the second largest natural gas field in the world, behind only the South Pars/Asalouyeh field shared between the nations of Iran and Qatar. Converted to British Thermal Units (BTUs), the natural gas found in the Marcellus could be equivalent to the energy content of 87 billion barrels of oil, enough to meet the demand of the entire world for nearly three years.
