Buffalo Bills Owner Terry Pegula Lives a (Fracking) Double Life
Terry Pegula is an interesting guy. He's a billionaire who owns both the Buffalo Sabres (NHL hockey team) and the Buffalo Bills (NFL football team). Pegula is the owner of East Resources, once a big driller (and holder of acreage) in the Marcellus Shale. Pegula sold off East's Marcellus assets and used the money, in part, to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014, which gave rise to MDN calling the team "the Marcellus Bills"--since it was Marcellus money that kept the team in Buffalo, instead of moving to another market (see Buffalo Bills Stay in Buffalo, Thanks to $1.4B of Marcellus Money and Buffalo “Marcellus” Bills – Team Sold to Fracker for $1.4B). Yes, "dirty" fracking money saved the Bills! That's a real conundrum for the lefties in Buffalo, including the Buffalo News. The lefties love the fact the Bills stayed in town, but it was "blood money" that bought the team. That's the attitude. Recently the Buffalo News woke up to the fact that Pegula is still fracking. He started up a new company, JKLM, in order to keep his finger in the Marcellus/Utica pie. JKLM is, as we reported in July, fracking 12 Utica wells in Potter County, PA this year (see JKLM Drilling 12 Utica Wells in Potter County, PA This Year). The News has finally figured it out, and written an expose on Pegulas "other world," like he's hiding another wife and family somewhere secret, living a secret double life. Kind of funny! In a "rare interview," Pegula is unapologetic for his fracking roots, and for his continued fracking practices. The article shares insights into Pegula's fascination with the oil and gas industry, and his interest in Potter County, PA...
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