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The Marcellus natural gas trend is a large geographic area of prolific shale gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale or Marcellus Formation, of Devonian age, in the eastern United States. [2] The shale play encompasses 104,000 square miles and stretches across Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and into eastern Ohio and western New York. [ 3 ]
The term "Marcellus Shale" is the preferred name throughout most of the Appalachian region, although the term "Marcellus Formation" is also acceptable within the State of Pennsylvania. [7] The unit was first described and named as the "Marcellus shales" by J. Hall in 1839.
In 2005, the company built horizontal test wells in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania and began production in the Marcellus Shale and in 2007, the company spent $200 million to acquire additional land nearby. [6] In 2006, the company acquired Stroud Energy and its major position in the Barnett Shale for $450 million. [7]
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit, commented, "The Sherwood asset acquisition represents Summit's initial entry into the Marcellus Shale, one of the largest, most active ...
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The completed pipeline has a capacity of 2 million dekatherms (Dths) of natural gas per day (approximately 200 TWh per year), with gas produced from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. The pipeline was met with opposition in the form of legal challenges, regulatory hurdles, direct action and destruction of property.