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 [...]
With all the state game lands, roads and waterways in the northern tier being in the drilling area, where are the royalties going?
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has leased some state game and forest lands for natural gas development. While each lease is [...]
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 [...]
What is the long term plan for rehabilitation of well sites? What will be the state of “gas towns” after the wells are done producing?
After a well has been drilled and hydraulically fractured, production equipment is installed. Once the well is connected to the [...]
Where is the intersection between local and state government and how is the local population protected?
Here in Pennsylvania, we have some of the strongest regulations in place to ensure that hydraulic fracturing is done in [...]
