The door has been closed on “Dimock” (in Susquehanna County, PA) for years. Dimock, you may recall, was made famous by Josh Fox’s so-called documentaries Gasland and Gasland 2, aired endlessly on HBO. His allegations about fracking malfeasance by Cabot Oil & Gas were completely debunked in a real documentary called FrackNation. After a long
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Congressman Fred Keller participated in an exposition, the other day, of how Marcellus Shale development has completely changed the career culture. Congressman Fred Keller (PA 12th District) and other elected officials got a first-hand look on Jan. 31 at the nearly completed CDL training facility at Susquehanna County
Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Energize PA is a proposal to move the Commonwealth to still higher ground in the competition for life-fulfilling jobs and truly sustainable communities. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, the Northeast PA Manufacturers & Employers Association and the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Lackawanna College is creating sky-high opportunity in the shale region by training professionals for the industry and it has responded through a clay shoot. Students and administrators from the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas completed their second full round as coordinators and managers of the
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Welding is a special talent that can and is being taught at the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. Students there are welding together futures. Ray Ingaglio, the chief welding instructor at Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), had left teaching and started his own welding business.
This Friday Thursday the justices sitting on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear what we believe is the most important shale gas court case in the history of the state: Briggs v Southwestern Energy. We consider this case to be an existential threat to the future of shale gas drilling in PA should the decision
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … GasSearch Drilling Services (GDS) is employing Susquehanna County residents to support the gas drilling that has been economically sustaining the county. GasSearch Drilling Services (GDS) operations manager Chad Gorman has seen substantial growth in the Marcellus shale region of northern Pennsylvania and especially in Susquehanna County, where he
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Susquehanna County landowners Edwin and Helen Mead have witnessed a renaissance as natural gas has helped them save their homestead and others prosper. Landowners Edwin and Helen Mead credit the natural gas industry for helping them keep their Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County homestead and providing them enhanced opportunities.
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Dimock pigs to rigs lawsuit continues to move backward for the attorneys who brought it. Ray Kemble, their supposed client, claims ignorance. Whoa! “Curiouser and curiouser.” Ray Kemble, rough-cut hero, it often seems, of the fractivist movement everywhere but Susquehanna County, is now “basically placing all the
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Marcellus Shale Impact Fees (Act 13 funds) are being used to train emergency service providers to save lives in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna County is using its Marcellus Shale Impact Fees to save lives. It’s investing some of the Act 13 money its received from gas drilling in
Cabot Oil & Gas is the only Marcellus/Utica driller that is profitable quarter after quarter and year after year. So the market pays attention to what Cabot does, because they’ve figured out how to make money in a low commodity price environment. Last Friday Cabot released second quarter numbers. CEO Dan Dinges talked about the
PA Rep. Jonathan Fritz (photo by Rick Hiduk) Two weeks ago today MDN editor Jim Willis experienced the rare treat of venturing out from behind the keyboard to a press conference held in the great outdoors in nearby Susquehanna County, PA. The topic? Energize PA, a series of bills being promoted by Republicans in both
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
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Susquehanna students from all the county climbed onto and into big rigs, buses and emergency vehicles on Vehicular Career Day to learn what it’s all about. More than 400 fifth graders from school districts across Susquehanna County climbed into big rigs, buses, and emergency vehicles on May 8
Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Local officials from across Susquehanna County discussed water trucks, traffic, safety and even a Museum of Natural Gas at a Cabot sponsored get-together. Township supervisors and borough council representatives from across Susquehanna County were largely positive about the professionalism and good manners of drivers working for both Cabot