Wood furnaces and propane or oil tanks are common sights in rural Pennsylvania. For the most part, it's how residents have heated their homes for generations, but that's starting to change thanks to the Marcellus Shale.
Walmart, Costco and other 'big box stores' or facilities like hospitals could use a fuel cell that runs off the natural gas that already flows in pipelines below city streets and eliminate the electricity 'middle man', which is good for the environment.
Gov. Tom Wolf proposes to lift the sales tax exemption on more than 40 items.
In the shale oil and gas industry, the mentality of American producers has been backed with: drill, drill, drill - get as much hydrocarbon product out of the ground as possible.
Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale impact fee has channeled millions of dollars to areas affected by drilling, money local officials fear might be lost if Gov. Wolf's proposed severance tax on natural-gas production is adopted in Harrisburg.
When asked to name an energy company, many Americans would first suggest one of the giant corporations whose names adorn local gas stations.
A class-action lawsuit over natural gas royalties hinges on the question of when the company sold the gas, an industry expert said Friday.
John Mollenauer has viewed the prosperity raining on western Washington County from the Marcellus shale boom with all the longing of a kid staring through a candy store window.
A 5 percent severance tax on shale gas drilling that Gov. Tom Wolf plans to announce would be punitive and would hurt a burgeoning industry in the long run, House Speaker Mike Turzai warned Monday.
As it enters its fourth year, FracFocus, the nationwide system for disclosing chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process, continues to improve its performance and versatility.
