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 rock ...

Marcellus shale gas production continues to surpass that of any shale gas play worldwide, according to Wood Mackenzie. Marcellus shale gas production continues to surpass that of any shale gas play ...

Its name derives from small Marcellus, N.Y., where the shale crops out nearby. The Marcellus shares several commonalities with the Bakken. First, it is a tight, shale formation that - in the days of ...

Equinor ASA has signed an agreement with EQT Corp. to acquire an additional non-operating interest in the Northern Marcellus formation in the United States for $1.25 billion, the companies said. The ...

Drilling for natural gas in the energy-rich Marcellus Shale Formation has received support under a plan unveiled by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell (D). Pennsylvania’s Department of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A geologist says the Marcellus shale region of the Appalachians could yield seven times as much natural gas as he earlier estimated, meaning it could meet the entire nation's natural ...

The US Marcellus shale is the site of merger and acquisition activity at the start of a new year, with deals already struck in the upstream and midstream segments. Spain’s Repsol is expanding its ...

The government will slash its estimate of undiscovered Marcellus Shale natural gas by as much as 80 percent after an updated assessment by geologists. The formation, which stretches from New York to ...