What happens to the water that gets polluted during the fracking process?
Natural gas development from the Marcellus Shale is water-intensive, yet there are a host of regulations, safeguards and practices in [...]
What is the Halliburton Exemption?
The short answer is that it is a myth. The bipartisan 2005 energy bill does not contain an exemption or [...]
What can the gas industry do to connect low prices of gas with what is happening in development?
Thanks to new technologies, natural gas companies are able to bring cheap, clean-burning American natural gas to consumers. Horizontal drilling coupled [...]
Is the industry monitoring the level of methane reaching the surface in areas where fracking has occurred?
The natural gas industry follows – and often exceeds – strict regulations to safeguard our environment, especially our water resources. [...]
Why aren’t land agents held to the same standard as real estate agents?
The natural gas industry is committed to being good neighbors and positively impacting our communities by best practices. The American Association [...]
How does the MSC support the secondary businesses in this?
Our Marcellus on Main Street initiative connects the industry with local vendors, suppliers and services throughout the Marcellus Shale play. [...]
New Jersey recently prohibited treatment and disposal of fracking wastes: Are similar restrictions likely in NY, DEL, MD? What are current regulations in PA and how are they likely to change?
While New Jersey has passed restrictions related to treating flowback and produced water associated with shale development, we cannot speculate [...]
Why is hydraulic fracturing for gas in the Marcellus Shale exempt from the Clean Water Act? Is it because it pollutes water?
This is one of the most common misconceptions out there. It is not exempt; in fact, the regulatory framework under [...]
How do they do it? Is it a pressurized thing? How do they extract gas or convert it?
Prior to drilling a well, an operator must first lease land from landowners, obtain the required permits from state and [...]
What is the administration doing to ensure the interests of the state are met in the long term?
The state government continues to effectively and tightly-regulated the safe development of natural gas in the Commonwealth. From a purely [...]
