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The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC), [4] the local water utility, leased the watershed in 1999 for gas drilling, and about 100 shallow gas wells have been drilled since then. [3] And in 2008, deeper drilling and fracking for gas in the Marcellus shale began near the reservoir. [3] As of 2013, 41 deep wells have been drilled on ...
An industry-sponsored study by Pennsylvania State University estimates there will be 200,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania by 2020 if shale is developed to its full potential. On the other hand, figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry show that only about 30,000 jobs were created during the 2008-2009 gas boom. [ 63 ]
Environmental Protection Agency illustration of the water cycle of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking in the United States began in 1949. [1] According to the Department of Energy (DOE), by 2013 at least two million oil and gas wells in the US had been hydraulically fractured, and that of new wells being drilled, up to 95% are hydraulically fractured.
Pennsylvania, with a long history in oil and coal extraction, welcomed the jobs it brought. But political opposition stopped a gas bonanza from taking off in New York, Maryland, Vermont and some ...
Last week, in his first appearance in Pennsylvania since Harris became the Democrats' presumptive nominee, Trump repeatedly warned that Harris would ban fracking — a position she held as a preside
The word “fracking”, slang for hydraulic fracturing, has entered the English language. [92] The Great Shale Gas Rush [93] refers to the growth in unconventional shale gas extraction in the early 21st-century. Pennsylvania was featured in the Academy Award-nominated, [94] environmental documentary Gasland by Josh Fox in 2010. [95]
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia engaged in a tax competition for the plant. In 2012, Pennsylvania structured a deal requiring Shell to invest at least $1 billion in Pennsylvania and create at least 2,500 construction jobs in exchange for a 25-year tax incentive of $66 million per year and tied to production, reducing Shell's tax by up to 20 per cent.
Fracking has been on the national stage this election season and swing state Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes in play, is at the center of the issue with one the largest natural gas ...