The vast natural gas formations in both the Marcellus and Utica Shales are a source of unparalleled economic opportunity and a better quality of life for every Pennsylvanian for generations.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. will reduce its gas drilling rig count in the Marcellus shale to three from five by the middle of this year as the energy company copes with low oil and gas prices.
In the last three months, Shell has spent more than $12 million to buy properties, as the company prepares the site of the former Horsehead Corp. zinc plant to make way for a possible multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant.
Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration says it is reevaluating its leasing efforts in Southwestern Pennsylvania because of Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed severance tax on natural gas extraction.
On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Gov. Tom Wolf released additional details about his plan to enact a natural gas severance tax in Pennsylvania.
Gov. Tom Wolf last week fulfilled one of his campaign promises by unveiling the details of his proposal to increase taxes on the state's natural gas industry.
UGI Energy Services subsidiary UGI Sunbury has announced plans to construct a 35-mile natural gas pipeline to connect to a planned 1,000-megawatt natural gas-fired power plan near Shamokin Dam in central Pennsylvania's Snyder County.
John and Lois Miller are breathing a little easier after getting some relief from the state Department of Revenue, which originally questioned more than $17,000 in deductions they took in relation to natural gas royalties they earned over the past few years.
When Gov. Tom Wolf issued an executive order prohibiting the state from signing new leases for gas drilling beneath state parks and forests in January, he left a third category open for business: public lands managed by the state's conservation agency.
The United States, Canada, China, and Argentina are currently the only four countries in the world that are producing commercial volumes of either natural gas from shale formations (shale gas) or crude oil from tight formations (tight oil).
