The Marcellus Formation is a black shale that may contain limestone beds and concentrations of iron pyrite (FeS2) and siderite (FeCO3). Its sedimentary structure, or bedding, is moderately well ...

Despite a slow down in the number of new natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region of Northeast Pennsylvania, new research led by Drexel University finds that atmospheric methane levels in the ...

Welty is president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a leading trade association for the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania. Based in Robinson Township, MSC has about 150 members across the ...

Mackey’s research, published recently in Nature Scientific Reports, says the brine water that lies deep within the Marcellus Shale — and comes to the surface during gas production — could provide ...

Westmoreland, announced that more than $1.3 million in impact fee revenue from Marcellus shale gas drilling will be ...

The Marcellus Shale controversy may feel worlds away, ... when gas companies started tapping into a deep and massive pocket of fossil fuel previously thought to be inaccessible.

Despite all the excitement and fear surrounding the development of the Marcellus shale, few seem to understand what the Marcellus shale is or how it got there. Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary ...

The discovery of the potential for thousands of tons of lithium to be extracted annually from wastewater generated by fracking in the Marcellus Shale leaves proponents of a green energy future at ...

This is the Marcellus shale, a family of rocks rich in fossil fuels. For Mr Wyman, owner of a local crane company, ... In economic terms, a fossil-fuel trap would pose two risks for America.

Despite a slow down in the number of new natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region of Northeast Pennsylvania, new research finds that atmospheric methane levels in the area are still increasing.