An explanation of terms and policies surrounding the Marcellus Shale gas drilling industry. 2005 Energy Policy: The G.W. Bush administration policy that has been criticized for stripping the teeth ...

Although considerable uncertainty surrounds just how much natural gas can and will be recovered from shale formations, it's possible the boom has legs. The EIA expects shale gas production to more ...

Shale gas production is growing fastest in the Marcellus as that shale is rich in natural gas and it can be extracted at a low cost. According to Pennsylvania state regulators, production topped 3 ...

Mitchell learned of shale’s potential from the Eastern Gas Shales Project, a partnership begun in 1976 between the Energy Department’s Morgantown Energy Research Center and dozens of companies ...

Second, while the 2011 report focused exclusively on natural gas, recent developments in the United States highlight the role of shale formations and other tight plays as sources of crude oil ...

Putin reacted so vehemently because shale gas was also becoming a matter of geopolitics. For shale was a challenge for Russia, at the time the world’s largest producer of natural gas, as well as ...

Alongside its Marcellus assets, WhiteHawk also holds natural gas mineral and royalty interests in the Haynesville Shale, spanning approximately 375,000 gross acres and comprising 1,371 producing ...

Marketing is heating up for gassy assets in the Haynesville, Appalachia and Midcontinent, a sign that natural gas remains one ...

Gas Country The rush to drill the Marcellus shale for gas is already under way in Pennsylvania. According to a report released this summer by Penn State, drilling in the Marcellus will generate $3 ...

For many years, natural gas companies have been producing the fuel from "conventional" gas reservoirs, relatively close to the surface and easily accessible. New shale gas production techniques ...

SEE ALSO: Investing in the Natural Gas Shale Boom Royalties have been coming in for nearly a year, allowing the family to pay off bills, purchase machinery and invest $50,000 in a portfolio of ...

Shale gas reserves have increased to about 60.6 trillion cubic feet by year-end 2009, when they comprised about 21 percent of overall U.S. natural gas reserves, now at the highest level since 1971.