We thought you might be interested in the following articles on local production here in the Basin:
- PA Infrastructure Incentives. "Gov. Tom Corbett says Pennsylvania's natural gas infrastructure needs a boost if the demand for the fuel is going to grow."
- PA Marcellus Gas Case Heads to High Court: "A case raising doubts about whether Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry has the right to extract the methane from the thick shale more than a mile beneath countless properties is being appealed to the state's high court." (From Forbes.)
- Steel Industry Benefits from Local Drilling. "A natural gas drilling boom in Pennsylvania is helping the economies of Rust Belt cities long accustomed to bad news. Drilling requires steel — lots of it — and that has manufacturers expanding and hiring new workers." (From NPR.)
- Land Rush a Boon for Eastern Ohio. "While drilling in the Utica is in its infancy, the land rush has been an economic boon. Mary Catherine Nixon is the recorder in Ohio's Belmont County, just 10 miles from Wheeling, W.Va. On a given day, Nixon says she's collecting $1,400 in copying fees alone from the two to three dozen mineral rights researchers who have camped out in her offices for months." (From NPR.)