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Marcellus Shale Companies Contribute To Flood Relief, Recovery
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Marcellus Shale Coalition members have so far contributed approximately $1 million in financial and in-kind contributions to impacted communities in the days following the flood conditions, according to MSC President and Executive Director Kathryn Z. Klaber.
The flood relief and recovery efforts have been made possible in recent weeks by MSC member companies Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chesapeake Energy, Chief Oil & Gas, EXCO Resources, Pennsylvania General Energy, Penn Virginia Resource (PVR) Partners, Range Resources, Talisman Energy USA, Williams, and XTO Energy, among others.
Contributions were directed to: American Red Cross; Interfaith Friends; Lycoming County Chamber / First Community Foundation of Pennsylvania; Meshoppen Volunteer Fire Company; NTSWA - Environmental Steward Fund (Davidson Township); Salvation Army; Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce; United Way; Volunteer Sewer Authority; and Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce.
Many companies have donated excavating equipment, dump trucks, vacuum trucks, and tankers filled with drinking water to aid the cleanup and relief efforts as well as food, water, temporary housing and sleeping facilities, cleaning supplies, and volunteer support to emergency management offices. One MSC member company alone estimates that more than 2,000 work hours have been dedicated by employees of the company and its subsidiaries.
“While no amount of contributions will ever overcome the crisis of the last several weeks in northern Pennsylvania, the flood response once again has underscored the importance of close-knit communities during difficult times,” concluded Klaber. “The Pennsylvania families in the Marcellus Shale natural gas industry are proud members of those communities, in good times and in bad – once again demonstrating the MSC’s Guiding Principles are not mere words on paper, but a way of life for an industry that proudly calls the Commonwealth home.”
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9/26/2011 |
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