East Resources Responds to Unflattering WSJ Article on Violations

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published a story titled "As Big Drillers Move In, Safety Goes Up." The premise and tone of the article is that in the early days of Marcellus Shale drilling, there were many smaller, less-experienced companies drilling in the Marcellus--companies not as safety conscious and careful as the big boys. Now that the big boys have arrived, safey and accidents are down--way down. The opening few paragraphs are none too flattering to one company in particular--East Resources. East is still around, although they sold their Marcellus operation to Shell in 2010. The WSJ article opens this way:

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