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New Poll Shows Plurality Supports Hydraulic Fracturing
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PITTSBURGH -- A new poll by Robert Morris University shows a plurality of adults support using hydraulic fracturing to explore shale rock reservouces, although a quarter of those responding to the survey were unsure.
Shale Puts US on Cusp of Energy Independence
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WASHINGTON -- Robust drilling activity in rich shale plays has enabled the United States to overtake Russia as the world's leading producer of natural gas and increase its oil output for the first time in decades. The United States could surpass Russia as the world's second-leading producer of liquid hydrocarbons, just behind Saudi Arabia, says a new report by the editors of Energy & Income Advisor.
OEPA Consults States on Midstream Operations
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The oil and gas industry has been active in Ohio better than a century, but the emergence of the Utica and Marcellus plays in recent years required the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to consult with “sister agencies” in neighboring states and elsewhere, says Scott Nally, agency director.
“It was new for a lot of my teammates to see,” Nally remarked.
Longest Lateral: Consol Innovates Efficiencies
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MARMONT, Pa. -- In the quiet countryside of Westmoreland County, Pa., pumps a record-breaker.
There, just outside the hamlet of Mamont about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, CNX Gas Co. LLC has drilled the longest lateral leg of a horizontal well to date in the Marcellus shale. The company has also earned that same distinction in eastern Ohio’s Utica shale.
“They’re starting to stretch that envelope,” says Jeffery Boggs, vice president of drilling for Consol Energy Corp., parent of CNX. “The longer the lateral, the more pay zone you have.”