MDN Editor Jim Willis once again was privileged to attend Shale Insight–THE industry event for the shale industry in the northeast. This year was the first time Shale Insight was held in Pittsburgh. For the first three years of its existence Shale Insight has been held in Philadelphia. Starting this year the event will rotate between Pittsburgh and Philly every other year. This year’s event saw such luminary speakers as Stephen Moore, chief economist from the Heritage Foundation, Dana Perino, former White House press secretary and current host of Fox’s The Five, Randy Cleveland, president of XTO Energy, David Porges, CEO of EQT, Frank Semple, CEO of MarkWest Energy, Bill Richardson, former energy secretary at the DOE and former governor of New Mexico, Tom Ridge, former governor of PA and former secretary of Homeland Security, and a rousing “fire ’em up” address by Sean Hannity, national radio talk show host and Fox News host. The conference ended on a high note with an address by PA Gov. Tom Corbett–in the re-election fight of his life. Corbett is strongly pro-gas, unlike his opponent Tom Wolf. The conference also ran lots of panels on interesting topics like the environment, Act 13 and its implications, drilling and completions–the list goes on. Jim will share his notes in the coming days. For now, below is a roundup of excellent coverage from others who were there…
MDN Editor Jim Willis once again was privileged to attend Shale Insight–THE industry event for the shale industry in the northeast. This year was the first time Shale Insight was held in Pittsburgh. For the first three years of its existence Shale Insight has been held in Philadelphia. Starting this year the event will rotate between Pittsburgh and Philly every other year. This year’s event saw such luminary speakers as Stephen Moore, chief economist from the Heritage Foundation, Dana Perino, former White House press secretary and current host of Fox’s The Five, Randy Cleveland, president of XTO Energy, David Porges, CEO of EQT, Frank Semple, CEO of MarkWest Energy, Bill Richardson, former energy secretary at the DOE and former governor of New Mexico, Tom Ridge, former governor of PA and former secretary of Homeland Security, and a rousing “fire ’em up” address by Sean Hannity, national radio talk show host and Fox News host. The conference ended on a high note with an address by PA Gov. Tom Corbett–in the re-election fight of his life. Corbett is strongly pro-gas, unlike his opponent Tom Wolf. The conference also ran lots of panels on interesting topics like the environment, Act 13 and its implications, drilling and completions–the list goes on. Jim will share his notes in the coming days. For now, below is a roundup of excellent coverage from others who were there…