Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas Well Development

SRBC's Marcellus Shale and Gas Well Drilling Presentations* (power points in PDF format)

These presentations provide information on gas well drilling and development in the Marcellus Shale formation. Among the main points, are descriptions of:

• the Marcellus Shale formation and its occurence in the Susquehanna River Basin
• the technology being used to capture natural gas in this shale formation
• SRBC's water-use and withdrawal regulations, and
• SRBC's next steps regarding site inspections and approval by rule provision and other regulatory actions
  
  
  
• Balancing Economic Decelopment & Environmental Impacts in the Susquehanna River Basin
  December 11, 2008
  State College, Pennsylvania
  
• Regulatory Program Actions
  December 4, 2008
  SRBC Commission Meeting
  Bel Air, Maryland
  
• Natural Gas Well Activity in the Basin
  November 12, 2008
  Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
  
• Environmental Review of SRBC Water Withdrawal Applications
  November 6, 2008
  Middletown, Pennsylvania
  
• Natural Gas Well Activity in the Basin
  October 29, 2008
  Platts Appalachian Gas
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  
• Gas Well Drilling in the Susquehanna River Basin
  October 22, 2008
  PADEP Citizens Advisory Council and PADCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council
  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  
• Regulatory Program Actions
  September 11, 2008
  SRBC Commission Meeting
  Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
  
• Gas Well Development and Regulatory Requirements of the Susquehanna River Basin
  August 12, 2008
  Binghamton, New York
  
• Gas Well Development and Regulatory Requirements of the Susquehanna River Basin
  August 6, 2008
  Oneonta, New York
  
• Gas Well Activity and Regulatory Requirements
  In the Susquehanna River Basin
  July 15, 2008
  Chenango, New York
  

• Gas Well Drilling and Development Marcellus Shale
  June 12, 2008 Commission Meeting
  Elmira, New York