Tag: Shale
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SHALE GAS PRIMER
The Bent of Tau Beta Pi did a nice piece titled “There’s Gas in Them Thar Shales! Shale Gas Recovery 101” Revolutionary engineering developments that have made shale gas economically feasible in the last decade are horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing. To learn more about shale, read on here: http://www.tbp.org/pubs/Features/Su13Bell.pdf
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So What’s the Matter with Shale Gas Anyway?
Excerpts from the July 19th Wall Street Journal So What’s the Matter with Shale Gas Anyway? Environmental Groups Want It to Replace Coal, but Not at the Expense of Wind and Solar “Shale gas and oil are widely viewed as one of the biggest forces to hit the US economy in modern history … The…
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Title Wash – a Brief Overview
Business Workshop: ‘Title washing’ causes disputes over subsurface rights July 15, 2013 12:03 am When some property owners in the Marcellus Shale region want to contract with drilling companies to explore for natural gas on their land, they may find that others have laid claim to their sub-surface rights. Disputed ownership results from Pennsylvania laws…
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US Approves Expanded Gas Exports
US Approves Expanded Gas Exports Obama administration approves $10 billion natural gas export facility in Texas. Just a few years ago we were building import terminals. What a difference shale gas has made to the strength of the US economy. Dow Chemical has been in opposition to exporting gas from the US because they say…
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Gas Wells in PA Up; Revenue to Towns Down
Gas Wells in PA Up; Revenue to Towns Down While the number of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania increased by 26% to 5,500 this year, revenues from fees to municipalities are down. The culprit? The low price of natural gas. But in rosier news, gas prices have increased 50% to almost $4.00 from about $2.00…
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