How long will current well pads be used before being reclaimed?
Natural gas producers aim to leave behind a small footprint for each well pad through the restoration process. Restoration involves [...]
What is the sacrifice to the environment?
Environmental stewardship is a top priority for our industry. Best practices are in place to ensure land is restored to its [...]
What prevents the water from becoming combustible?
Pennsylvania has an aggressive, modernized regulatory framework aimed at ensuring that natural gas production occurs in way that protects our [...]
What is the impact on water and wells in Commonwealth?
Natural gas development from shale formations is an effective, well-regulated and proven process. As you may know, each Marcellus Shale [...]
If your drinking water came from a well, would you want chemicals injected into the same area (or upstream)?
Protecting and enhancing our environment is paramount to our industry. There are a host of regulations in place to ensure [...]
Why should profits from fracking take precedence over the environment?
That’s really a false premise and is certainly not the case in Pennsylvania. We can, and must, balance the safe [...]
How will you manage the risks from climate change? Nat gas still contributes to CO2&CH4. Will you support Carbon Capture and sequestration?
Natural gas is a clean-burning fuel with real environmental benefits. With record volumes of natural gas now being produced here [...]
What is the long-term beneficial impact on air quality in PA by using natural gas to produce electricity in the states to the West?
Through leveraging more homegrown natural gas to meet our nation’s growing energy demands, both in power generation as well as [...]
Will the equipment needed change the landscape?
It all depends on where the well is located. For example: if an operator decides that an open pasture on [...]
I have priceless sculptures on my lawn in front of my trailer. Will natural gas fracturing cause earthquakes and harm my treasures?
Not to worry, your priceless sculptures will indeed remain safe. The process of hydraulic fracturing does not pose a high [...]
