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Marcellus Shale Companies in Pennsylvania Looking to Fill Jobs and Contract with Local Businesses

Companies involved in drilling, processing and transporting Marcellus Shale gas in Pennsylvania are looking to contract with local businesses and hire local people to work for them. On the list are…

  • Contractors for:
    • clearing land
    • constructing well pads
    • setting up rigs
    • running wirelines
    • hauling waste
    • hauling dirt
    • mechanical work
    • civil work
    • electrical work
    • environmental surveyors
    • installers
  • Real estate/office space
  • Drilling crews
  • Frac crews
  • Right-of-way agents
  • Suppliers for:
    • drilling mud
    • frac fluid
    • steel pipes
    • valves and fittings
    • natural gas compressors
  • Engineering firms
  • Environmental firms
  • Professionals:
    • geologists
    • geophysicists
    • environmental engineers

The companies looking to hire include:

  • East Resources
  • Chief Oil & Gas
  • Laurel Mountain Midstream
  • MarkWest Energy
  • Talisman Energy

For more details, along with contact names and inside tips for submitting a bid or applying for a job, see the article linked below.

*Pittsburgh Business Times (Apr 29) – The Marcellus Shale: How your company could get in on the action

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National Fuel Does Pipeline Deal with Statoil and East Resources to Move Marcellus Shale Gas to Canadian & Northeast US Markets

National Fuel has struck a deal with Statoil and East Resources and is expanding two pipelines to handle Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale gas, sending it to markets in Canada and the Northeastern U.S. The announcement says National Fuel will build 16 miles of new pipeline from Corning, NY to Tioga County, PA, and construct a new interconnection with the Tennessee Gas Pipeline in Ontario County, NY, among other improvements.

From the National Fuel press release:

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (“Supply”) and Empire Pipeline, Inc. (“Empire”), the companies that comprise the Pipeline and Storage segment of National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) (“National Fuel”), have reached major milestones on two pipeline expansion projects that are the first in the industry designed to receive natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale and transport it to key markets of Canada and the Northeast U.S. Supply has entered into a binding precedent agreement with Statoil Natural Gas LLC (“Statoil”) for 100 percent of the capacity on Supply’s “Northern Access” expansion project. Empire also has a binding precedent agreement in place with anchor shipper East Resources, Inc. (“East”) for Empire’s “Tioga County Extension” project, and is concluding negotiations for additional capacity with a second shipper. The precedent agreements provide for Statoil and East to sign, after satisfaction of conditions, firm transportation service agreements under which Supply and Empire will transport natural gas for Statoil and East.

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Marcellus Driller Funds Water Monitoring Program in Susquehanna River Basin

As Marcellus Drilling News previously noted, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission is in the process of placing 30 monitoring devices to track the effects of Marcellus drilling wastewater that enters area waterways. We now learn the program is being funded by the drilling industry itself:

The commission used a $750,000 grant from natural gas company East Resources Inc. to start the monitoring system. The monitoring stations provide data on factors such as temperature, pH level, depth and clarity. That information is available immediately on the commission’s Web site, and the state Department of Environmental Protection is notified if any problems are found.*

Kudos to East Resources for contributing a significant sum of money to help alleviate concerns that drilling is harming our waterways.

*State College Centre Daily Times, via WaterWorld (Mar 19) – System monitors water quality

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East Resources Donates $50K to Tioga County, PA 4-H in Goodwill Gesture

East Resources, an independent oil and gas drilling company with a big stake in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, has just donated $50,000 to the Tioga County 4-H.

East Resources, Inc. today signed an agreement with Penn State’s Cooperative Extension Service to create a new 4-H endowment fund for Tioga County. East created the endowment with an initial principal investment of $50,000. The fund will be used to supplement financial support for the Tioga County 4-H program and may include educational awards for 4-H members.

“East Resources has a major stake in Tioga County’s future through its oil and gas interests, and our contribution to this endowment reflects East’s commitment to help sustain that future,” says Bob Long, the company’s executive vice president. “Tioga County’s young men and women are the key to the long-term health of our communities, and we appreciate the significant role that the county 4-H program plays in helping them grow into productive, self-directed citizens.”*

Non-profits are always looking for new funding sources. Given that East Resources plans to drill upward of 6,000-7,000 gas wells in Tioga in the next few years (see this story), it’s nice to see them “giving back” to the community in this gesture of goodwill.

*The Wellsboro Gazette (Mar 3) – East gives $50,000 to 4-H

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East Resources Predicts 6,000-7,000 New Wells for Tioga County, PA in Next Few Years

Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Feb 18)
New ventures in natural gas may take Tioga County from ‘rags to riches’

An influx of people and jobs will lead to a boon in economic growth for Tioga County, Pennsylvania, according to an article in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Local resident Ed Trask is setting up a Community Education Team to “help manage the economic and social impacts of Marcellus Shale gas play in Tioga County.”

Trask was quoted as saying:

“I think the fastest growing areas of the county are going to be Mansfield, Wellsboro and Lawrenceville,” he said, adding that he thinks the valley between Mansfield and Covington will “fill in” in the next few years, mainly because of the discovery of gas within the Marcellus Shale.

In the same article, Jack Showers, community relations liaison with drilling company East Resources Inc., said:

[T]here already are 255,000 acres leased for natural gas wells, with up to between 6,000 and 7,000 wells drilled by East in the next several years.

Trask added that before the drilling activity Tioga County was “slowly dying.” But now? Trask says: “I think we are going to become ‘enriched rural.’”

One thing’s for sure: Drilling in Tioga County, PA is about to pick up rapidly.