Is it controlled enough and constructed enough to know where it is headed?
We’re going to guess that your question refers to the movement of gas. If not, please resubmit and we’d be [...]
What kind of financial security (e.g., escrow fund) will the natural gas industry provide to remedy ecological accidents/ensuring taxpayers will not carry the burden for environmental hazards?
We’ll take this question in a few parts. Natural gas operators are required to have a bond prior to development [...]
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 [...]
Does fracking occur once in each well or is it a continuous process that is repeated constantly?
In the vast majority of cases, a well is fractured once. However, in some cases, operators may choose to re-frac [...]
Given that the US already provides most of its energy needs from North American and western hemisphere sources, and given that there is an excess of supply, why is it so important to continue development at this time?
The safe development of clean-burning American natural gas has been, and continues to be, a catalyst for economic growth across [...]
How do you know with certainty that our drinking water will not be affected?
History, strong regulatory oversight and modernized well casing standards, is the short answer. Specific well integrity and cement regulations have [...]
Has enough research been done to know for certain there are no health issues caused by disposal water from fracking?
Oil and gas development has a long and storied history in Pennsylvania. More than 350,000 oil and gas wells have [...]
How do you respond to complaints about tap water ‘catching fire’, houses exploding, water contaminated?
Shallow natural gas – or methane – has historically been, and continues to be, present in communities across Pennsylvania. This [...]
How much money did the natural gas/shale industry give to the Corbett campaign? What did you receive in return? Did any industry give more?
The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) does not make political contributions and does not have a political action committee (PAC). That [...]
Where will we hunt and fish once you have turned the rest of our state into a congested dust bowl with truck-stops, man-camps, bad roads, and high levels of toxic smog and polluted streams?
Like you, a great deal of the men and women in Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry enjoy the outdoors. We also [...]
