TheMarcellusShale.com & TheUticaShale.com

What are the Marcellus & UticaShale?

The Marcellus and Utica Shale Regions extend through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio and portions of Kentucky and Tennessee. They are important geologic formations because they hold large reserves of oil and natural gas. Researchers estimate the Marcellus Shale alone could contain as much as 363 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough to satisfy U.S. energy demands for about 14 years.

Benefits:

Indirect businesses will be impacted from the movement. Steel suppliers, safety equipment companies, training facilities and other local merchants and industries all play a part. We haven’t even mentioned the landowners and previously struggling farmers that have mineral rights on their properties. Some individuals consider this shale formation “a gift from mother nature”. TheMarcellusShale.com & TheUticaShale.com support the economic development in our tri-state area along with the on going exploration of other domestic energy plays!

Controversy:

The Marcellus & Utica Shale drilling activities affects the short and long term environmental impact in multiple states. Numerous organizations conduct research concerning these "affects", and this information is continually released when finding are discovered. Neglect of company best practices and safety concerns for those employed in the field clearly need to be addressed. Our website encourages the public to support strict regulations for this industry.

TheUticaShale.com

TheMarcellusShale.com & TheUticaShale.com is an objective news and informational website intended to keep the public updated with the latest up-to-date news on the Marcellus & Utica natural gas plays, happenings, forum discussions, and events primarily in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, & West Virginia. We encourage interested parties to participate on our site by way of contacting us, submitting comments, submitting photos, promoting our page on Facebook, or re-tweeting our tweets, etc. We purposefully developed the website to reflect a “blog” format to be used as a tool for the public space.

Benefits of the Play:

Natural gas from the Marcellus & Utica Shale produces a clean burning energy source possibly making the United States less dependent on foreign energy. The future economic impact this industry may have on the communities in the region could be profound. Support for safe and environmentally friendly extraction methods, are important for the economic growth in the area. More than 200,000 jobs may be added as a result of exploration, drilling and extraction of natural gas in the Marcellus & Utica Shale play.