Shale Gas - Links

Marcellus Citizens Guide produced by the National Sea Grant Law Center and PA Sea Grant.

Methane Migration

Abandoned Oil Wells Spouting Significant Levels of Methane

Mary Kang's Research Paper

Derelict Oil Wells May Be Major Methane Emitters

Some organizations working on Shale Gas Issues

Physicians, Scientists and Engineers (PSE) for Healthy Energy

PA Action on Climate

Save Our Streams PA A Facebook page

Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, Luzern County PA (GDAC) A very well organized web site with lots of good information.

PennFutures They produce a good newsletter

Earth Works A national organization working on a variety of environmental problems.

Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

The following article is an extensive review of the Marcellus Shale formation but it also includes information about leasing, pipelines, and the Utica Shale.
Marcellus Shale - Appalachian Basin Natural Gas Play from Geology.com

Drilling and Fracking Fluids

Since each gas company makes its own combination of fracking fluid (a proprietary "secret" formula), it is difficult to provide an actual list. The following is a generalized list