Online Program - EarthTalks Spring Colloquium Series: Marcellus Shale Plays In PA, April 27

You are invited to “The Marcellus and Other Shale Plays in Pennsylvania: Are they Really Worth All The Fuss?” on April 27, with John Harper, chief, geological division, Pennsylvania Geological Survey.

 

The talk is scheduled for 4 p.m. in 112 Walker Building and is the last presentation in the 2009 EarthTalks Spring Colloquium Series. For those unable to attend, you may watch the Mediasite presentation online by going to the Colloquium webpage.

 

The actual value of the Marcellus as a gas reservoir has yet to be firmly established, says John Harper, chief, geological division of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey.

 

“The Marcellus was not considered promising until gas prices increased and [drilling] technology advanced,” Harper says. “But only time will tell just how lucrative the Marcellus play truly will be.”

 

The 2009 EarthTalks Spring Colloquium Series—“The Marcellus Shale Play: Boon or Burden?”—is sponsored by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Agricultural Sciences, the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, the EMS Energy Institute, the Environment and Natural Resources Institute and the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute.

 

This presentation is a live, online event, and those participating online are encouraged to send in questions at any time during the presentation, using the "Ask" feature in the presentation browser.

 

For more information, visit the Marcellus Shale Plays In PA webpage.