Marcellus / Utica Shale and Natural Gas Well Development

October 20, 2011 SRBC Testimony Before US Senate Water and Power Subcommittee

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SRBC's Marcellus / Utica Shale and Gas Well Drilling Presentations*

These presentations provide information on gas well drilling and development in the Marcellus / Utica shale formation. Among the main points, are descriptions of:

• The Marcellus / Utica shale formation and its occurence in the Susquehanna River Basin
• The technology being used to capture natural gas in the Marcellus / Utica shale formation
• SRBC's water-use and withdrawal regulations
• SRBC's next steps regarding site inspections and approval by rule provision and other regulatory actions
  
  
  
• Managing and Protecting Water Resources in the Susquehanna Basin
  August 19, 2010
  Marywood University, Pennsylvania
  
• BasinSRBC Natural Gas Development
  Science of the Marcellus Shale Symposium at Lycoming College
  January 29, 2010
  Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  
• Balancing Economic Decelopment & Environmental Impacts in the Susquehanna River Basin
  December 11, 2008
  State College, Pennsylvania
  
• Regulatory Program Actions
  December 4, 2008
  SRBC Commission Meeting
  Bel Air, Maryland
  
• Natural Gas Well Activity in the Basin
  November 12, 2008
  Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
  
• Environmental Review of SRBC Water Withdrawal Applications
  November 6, 2008
  Middletown, Pennsylvania
  
• Natural Gas Well Activity in the Basin
  October 29, 2008
  Platts Appalachian Gas
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  
• Gas Well Drilling in the Susquehanna River Basin
  October 22, 2008
  PADEP Citizens Advisory Council and PADCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council
  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  
• Regulatory Program Actions
  September 11, 2008
  SRBC Commission Meeting
  Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
  
• Gas Well Development and Regulatory Requirements of the Susquehanna River Basin
  August 12, 2008
  Binghamton, New York
  
• Gas Well Development and Regulatory Requirements of the Susquehanna River Basin
  August 6, 2008
  Oneonta, New York
  
• Gas Well Activity and Regulatory Requirements
  In the Susquehanna River Basin
  July 15, 2008
  Chenango, New York
  

• Gas Well Drilling and Development Marcellus Shale
  June 12, 2008 Commission Meeting
  Elmira, New York