The Marcellus Shale
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Marcellus Shale Videos
The following is a collection of video clips collected from across the internet relating to the Marcellus shale formation, directional drilling, hydraulic fracturing and related issues. If you are the producer of any of the following clips and wish them to be credited or removed from this site please contact the webmaster at the link at the bottom of this page.
The following is an illustration of how a natural gas well is drilled horizontally, as is done in the Marcellus shale formation. While each horizontal drilling situation is unique this video gives a simple example of how directional drilling is done.
Fracking The Marcellus Shale. Below is an Marcellus shale frac job in progress. In this process 800,000 gallons of water and sand were pumped down into the Marcellus shale. This is a one time process, done after the well is drilled. The subject of fracking or a frac job is causing a lot of controversy in the region. If the government mandated safety measures are followed, including properly cementing and testing the well prior to fracturing, no harm to any water bearing formations above the Marcellus shale will occur. The gas bearing portion of the Marcellus shale is far below water bearing aquifers. With proper regulation of the industry will hopefully gain the trust of the community. In a region where mining has left untold scars on the land there is an element of mistrust. Natural gas production and exploration can occur with minimal impact to the environment, as has been demonstrated in the heavily populated Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex where Barnett shale drilling has been occurring since the 1990's.
Penn State University's Larry Michael discusses the need for job training for future Marcellus shale jobs. There will be thousands of direct and indirect jobs created as a result of gas production in the Marcellus shale.
API chief economist John Felmy discusses the importance of the Marcellus shale formation.
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