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Vertical/Shallow Gas Wells in PA Try Going Horizontal | Marcellus Drilling News
A fascinating story in Sunday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a developing trend in Pennsylvania's gas (and oil) fields--the trend of smaller drillers and even some larger drillers who are now targeting shallow rock layers with horizontal drilling. Vertical or conventional natural gas drilling produces a lot less gas than deeper unconventional/horizontal drilling. A LOT less. So