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This 6-page paper discusses environmental concerns over the Marcellus Shale. Comparisons to the Barnett Shale are made. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Marcellus Shale is a member of what is known as the Devonian black shales, and energy companies became excited because of the huge size (Durham, 2008). Energy
companies began drilling in the mid-2000s and these days, there is very high concentration for acreage in this particular play (Durham, 2008). There are other issues, in that the size
of the shale is so vast, trying to pinpoint likely areas could take awhile (Durham, 2008). Researchers determined in 2008 that there could
be more than 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas within the black shale (Bertola, 2008). The shale, of course, is valuable because of its energy potential - Gary
Lash, a geology professor at Fredonia State College noted that "you can take a hammer to it and smell the natural gas coming out of it" (Bertola, 2008).
What has the reaction been to the news that there is natural gas in this huge area of land? A lot of activity -
Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania was "inundated with drilling, fracking, water trucks, residual waste trucks and more companies coming in," remarked a county commissioner recently (Turner, 2009). During 2009, Pennsylvanias State
Department of Environmental Protection showed that Marcellus Shale gas drilling permits issued state wide had tripped from the year before (Turner, 2009). Adding more interest to the scenario is
that Stephen Rhoads, president of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association, remarked that the Marcellus "play" in Pennsylvania and the northeast was still in its infancy (Turner, 2009). This means,
of course, that more and more companies are going to wander in to drill for natural gas, or auxiliary businesses will be launched that serve the drilling business.
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