SHALE RESOURCES/NEWS
SHALE GAS REVOLUTION
The United States is a country that has received many blessings, and once upon a time you could assume that Americans would come together to take advantage of them. But you can no longer make that assumption. The country is more divided and more clogged by special interests. Now we groan to absorb even the most wondrous gifts.
A few years ago, a business genius named George P. Mitchell helped offer such a gift. As Daniel Yergin writes in “The Quest,” his gripping history of energy innovation, Mitchell fought through waves of skepticism and opposition to extract natural gas from shale. The method he and his team used to release the trapped gas, called fracking, has paid off in the most immense way. In 2000, shale gas represented just 1 percent of American natural gas supplies. Today, it is 30 percent and rising.
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A few years ago, a business genius named George P. Mitchell helped offer such a gift. As Daniel Yergin writes in “The Quest,” his gripping history of energy innovation, Mitchell fought through waves of skepticism and opposition to extract natural gas from shale. The method he and his team used to release the trapped gas, called fracking, has paid off in the most immense way. In 2000, shale gas represented just 1 percent of American natural gas supplies. Today, it is 30 percent and rising.
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From Mary Taylor ( Lt. Gov. )
The economic impact "does extend beyond the jobs that are only
specific to the shale industry."
"New restaurants will pop up," she said. "More people will be buying
new cars. More people will be buying new houses. All of these
opportunities exist today because of what we see today with shale."
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The economic impact "does extend beyond the jobs that are only
specific to the shale industry."
"New restaurants will pop up," she said. "More people will be buying
new cars. More people will be buying new houses. All of these
opportunities exist today because of what we see today with shale."
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Iraq War veteran Greg Starkey says he hopes the classes he's been taking will help him get a foot in the door. The Sistersville, Ohio, resident says the rush to tap the Marcellus shale reserves has created a lot of opportunities for people who need
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W.Va. Northern draws drilling-industry job seekers
It's difficult to read a newspaper or watch the news without hearing something about horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. That's because oil and gas drilling is big money for oil companies and property owners who lease their land for drilling.
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Shale boom headed here