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
May 16, 2013 | Filed Under: In the News
Shale Gas Goes Global, While Benefitting Local Economies
May 8, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
The safe development of clean-burning American natural gas, especially in Pennsylvania, is having a substantial and positive impact on our region’s economy, helping to create tens of thousands of good jobs at a time when they’re needed most. As the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports this week, “The growth of the energy sector throughout the [western Pa.] [...]
Natural Gas Facts, Science Continue to Prevail
April 30, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
As more science-based natural gas research is brought forth – ranging from air and water quality to public health – it’s becoming increasingly clear that safe, tightly-regulated shale development is enhancing our environment as well as our economy. This week, in fact, new Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) research once again determines that natural [...]
MSC Earth Day Statement: “Natural Gas Providing Tremendous Environmental Benefits”
April 19, 2013 | Filed Under: Press Releases
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) CEO Kathryn Klaber issued the following statement regarding the 43rd annual Earth Day: “Earth Day not only serves as an important reminder that we must all make collective efforts to protect the environment in our daily lives, but also and perhaps most importantly that we have a societal [...]
Natural Gas: Powering Pennsylvania’s Transportation Sector
April 16, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s abundant, clean-burning Marcellus Shale natural gas resources are laying the foundation for a manufacturing rebirth in the Commonwealth, creating tens of thousands of well-paying local jobs, enhancing air quality and lowering energy costs for consumers, all while generating much-needed tax and fee revenue for important investments, especially for our environment. At [...]
Phila. Inq.: West Chester Firm Launches a Giant Drill Rig for Marcellus Work
April 12, 2013 | Filed Under: Newsroom, In the News
“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 [...]
By The Numbers: Natural Gas Powering America’s Economic Engine
April 11, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Earlier this week, President Obama’s nominee to be the next U.S. secretary of energy, Ernest Moniz, told Congress that “‘a stunning increase’ in production of domestic natural gas in recent years was nothing less than a ‘revolution’ that has led to reduced emissions of carbon dioxide,” as the Associated Press reports under [...]
MSC Statement on Potential Gas Committee’s Updated Assessment
April 9, 2013 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Appalachian basin up a staggering 147% Pittsburgh, Pa. – Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) CEO Kathryn Klaber issued the following statement regarding the Potential Gas Committee’s (PGC) latest biennial assessment of the nation’s natural gas resources, which was released today: “The safe development of America’s abundant natural gas resources is paving the way for long-term, sustained [...]
Impact Fee Revenues Reaching Every Square Inch of Pa.
April 9, 2013 | Filed Under: Blog
Pittsburgh, Pa. – On the heels of last week’s announcement by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that a historic influx of revenue is flowing to counties and municipalities across the Commonwealth thanks to a new impact fee paid by natural gas producers, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) and its member companies are continuing a [...]
MSC Statement on 2012 Pa. Natural Gas Impact Fee Revenue
April 4, 2013 | Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases
Fee Has Generated More Than $400 Million in Revenue Pittsburgh, Pa. – Marcellus Shale Coalition CEO Kathryn Klaber issued the following statement regarding the release of 2012 impact fee revenue data by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission: “This is more exciting news for the Commonwealth, with literally every Pennsylvanian benefiting from responsible Marcellus development, even [...]
