Marcellus Shale Exceeding Expectations
Marcellus Shale gas wells in Northeast and Northcentral Pennsylvania led the state in natural gas production last year, exceeding even industry predictions about the promise of the gas-rich shale, according to an article printed in The Times-Tribune.
n the 12 months between July 1, 2009. and June 30, 2010, the state’s 632 producing Marcellus wells released 180 billion cubic feet of gas – an amount that more than doubles Pennsylvania’s annual natural gas production from the years before the shale exploration began.
These numbers not only mean that Marcellus is on track for producing large amounts of shale gas, they also mean that Marcellus is producing more gas than ever imagined.
“Everybody is going to be happy with these numbers,” said Terry Engelder, a geosciences professor at Penn State University who studies the Marcellus Shale. “These numbers are huge.”
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on September 9th, 2010. Filed under Marcellus Shale, Shale Basins, Shale Gas.
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