Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Oreos Deal Anything But Black and White The manufacturer of Oreos says it’s cut a deal to buy
Read More...A growing trend of oil and gas industry visitors is sparking increased tourism offerings in Belmont County, Ohio, according to local officials. The Herald-Star recently reported that an energy industry expo at the Ohio Valley Mall in April was a “chance to popularize tourism sites in the county,” and that the area expects even more
Read More...President Trump is pushing members of his administration to work with state regulators in Appalachia–Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania–to “build the country’s first natural gas and petrochemical hub” outside of the Gulf Coast. According to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, such a plan is in the the country’s national security interests. Members of the Trump team
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Shale Magazine just ran a story from yours truly about how shale is reviving Rural America; how the shale revolution is yielding real change for real people. Have you checked out the Shale Magazine? If you haven’t yet, do so. It’s an excellent online journal chronicling the continuously
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Cabot Oil & Gas has been producing gas in Susquehanna County for a decade, bringing much progress and many rewards in the way of education, jobs and incomes. Cabot Oil & Gas is one many fantastic companies in the business of extracting natural gas in Pennsylvania. It is
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Several members of the Marcellus Shale industry spoke at a meeting of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce yesterday, including MDN friend George Stark from Cabot Oil & Gas. George is director of
Read More...Gina SuydamPresidentWyoming County Chamber of Commerce … … Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says he wants to “Restore PA” with a severance tax that will only destroy what the Commonwealth has gained from natural gas. Natural gas is revitalizing Wyoming County. As a lifelong resident of Tunkhannock and now in my role representing the county’s business
Read More...Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate” A new report by the Cleveland State University shows natural gas production is surging in the Appalachian Shale region, with no end in sight. Offshore oil and natural gas drilling has taken place in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico for over 75 years. But drilling for oil in
Read More...Thanks to America’s energy renaissance, the energy and utility sector has the highest median salary of any industry in the S&P 500, with the typical worker at one energy company earning almost $200,000 annually, according to the Wall Street Journal. An analysis of annual pay disclosures by the Journal found that Phillips 66, Anadarko Petroleum
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. A high school student reporter recently turned in an excellent segment for PBS’ News Hour Weekend program about the job opportunities for young people working on pipelines in West Virginia. Among the
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. There are plenty of jobs in the shale industry in northeastern Pennsylvania–IF you have certain skills. What kind of skills? The kind that are taught at programs like at the Lackawanna College
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Washington County, PA Washington County, PA (southwestern part of the state) brought in $560 million in new investment, along with 725 new jobs, in 2018. The vast majority of that new investment
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. The “great crew change” is taking place in the oil and gas industry in general, and in the Marcellus/Utica in particular. Older workers are nearing retirement and exiting the industry in increasing
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