How can small businesses get to the areas where there is development?
We encourage small business owners to visit and join MarcellusOnMainStreet.org, an online portal that connects local businesses with the growing [...]
Where is Shale Gas Found?
Shale gas is found in shale "plays," which are shale formations containing significant accumulations of natural gas and which share [...]
Just how rich will the people in rural PA get from PA’s Marcellus gas?
Mineral- and landowners across rural Pennsylvania play a unique and important role in the safe development of clean-burning natural gas. [...]
Why don’t you explain what chemicals you use to extract natural gas?
This is a common misconception. Marcellus Shale Coalition member companies are in fact disclosing the additives used in the fracturing [...]
How do outside companies partner up with the Marcellus Shale industry?
The natural gas industry’s robust supply chain is creating countless opportunities for small- and medium-sized businesses across our region. For [...]
What is being done to prevent it?
We are eager to answer any and all questions. However, given the vagueness of this question, it’s difficult for us [...]
Are regulations in place?
Yes. Natural gas development is primarily governed by state law and operators have to abide by a host of federal [...]
If it is so safe then why don’t you REVERSE THE HALLIBURTON LOOPHOLE voluntarily?
We suppose that this question is in regard to hydraulic fracturing, the tightly-regulated, more than 60-year old well completions technology. [...]
I and most of the people I know have seen “Gasland”. Please explain why – point by point – that movie is inaccurate?
While we’re not movie critics and we’d be happy to provide you with a point-by-point rebuttal of the film, we [...]
Is there explosion potential?
Natural gas development is a tightly regulated industrial process. And like all industrial activities, there is some risk. But natural [...]
