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What vertical job opportunities are there for this region to service the industry or to train and relocate?
Every step in the process of finding, producing, and bringing oil and gas to market involves many people working to …
How can I get a job within this industry?
This is by far one of the more popular questions we received from our Ask About Shale initiative. While the …
Why is this specific to the Pennsylvania area?
Not sure what your question refers to, but we’ll attempt to answer it in two ways. Learn About Shale is …
What are we waiting for?
What’s great about safe, job-creating natural gas development is that it’s already underway in Pennsylvania. In fact, according to the …
Are the companies willing to attend sportsmen’s/conservation groups’ fund raising events and invite the supporting companies to attend?
Absolutely. Our industry works very closely with a host of stakeholders, including conservation and sportsmen groups and organizations. And as …
How can you people sleep at night?
Our industry is absolutely committed to getting this historic opportunity right for the Commonwealth and for our nation. And as …
Am I correct in assuming that the reason all of this is so vague is that in the end somehow you are going to screw the general public and hope they don’t notice?
Quite to the contrary. The chief objective of this site is to advance and promote a fact-based dialogue about responsible, …
Shale Gas Goes Global, While Benefitting Local Economies
The safe development of clean-burning American natural gas, especially in Pennsylvania, is having a substantial and positive impact on our …
MSC Reinforces Support of Innovation, Research and Technology
Pittsburgh, Pa. – In partnership with leading energy companies, technology investors and Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Shale Gas Innovation & …
MSC’s Kathryn Klaber in the Beaver Co. Times: Natural Gas “Enhancing Air Quality”
A recent story (“Report says Beaver County can breathe a little easier,” April 24) underscored the important fact that our …
New Studies Reinforce Positive Impact of Safe Natural Gas Development
Straightforward, fact-based evidence continues to mount in support of clean-burning American natural gas, which is Powering an American Renaissance. As …
How do we educate within the local schools: public schools as well as at the collegiate level?
The Marcellus Shale Coalition is works directly with trade and technical school, community colleges and some four years universities to …
What is more cost effective, build new refineries or repurpose existing oil refineries?
For a period of time, several Philadelphia-area refineries – a tremendous source jobs and economic activity – were in jeopardy …
Once the questions have been answered to the satisfaction of most sane people, will the radical environmentalists still be able to stop the project like they did with the Keystone?
Since the MSC’s focus is shale development across the Appalachia region – and not energy development in other regions of …
Do the residents in the area of the drilling really approve?
According to public opinion polls, support for natural gas production in and around communities where these activities are taking place …
Why did we give the leases away? Why do we have to use fracking?
Land- and mineral-owners make individual decisions as it relates to contracts that permit energy companies to explore for and develop …
Natural Gas Industry Collaborates for Successful Northeast Pa. “Energy Day” Event
Scranton, Pa. – Yesterday, in partnership with nearly two dozen local chambers of commerce and economic development organizations, America’s Natural …
Why not clean the tank trucks?
While this question is quite vague, it is common practice across the natural gas industry to wash our trucks and …