The Penn State Marcellus Education Team will be holding two webinars this month looking at a recently published paper on economic activity and drilling and pipeline cuttings reuse--

-- December 10 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.  “Marcellus Shale and Local Economic Activity:  What the 2012 Pennsylvania State Tax Data Say” will be held from  Dec. 10.

-- December 19 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. “Drilling and Pipeline Cuttings Reclamation.”

Penn State Center for Economic and Community Development recently released a paper exploring changes in types of income at the local level associated with Marcellus Shale activity.  Timothy W. Kelsey, Penn State Co-director of the CECD and one of the authors of the paper, will discuss these findings.

Kelsey states, “Major findings include much large increases in total taxable income in many of the high drilling activity counties than in counties without shale gas activity.  Importantly, the increases in local income are largely due to lease and royalty dollars, which outpaced increases in gross compensation and profits. The data demonstrate that major economic benefits from Marcellus shale development are going to local residents, regardless of the presence of ‘non-local’ workers.”

On December 19 join Averil Rance, vice president of Environmental, Health and Safety, and Daniel F. Mueller, general manager of drilling services with Clean Earth Inc., as they discuss their company’s unique operations in recycling drill and pipeline cuttings from shale development. 

The company is permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection as a research and development facility.

Rance states, “As we enter Phase II of our Research & Development permit, we have made great progress in building data that supports the environmental benefits of this type of waste being recycled, to become not only a reusable product, but a reusable, sustainable product that benefits the environment.”

2014 Webinars

Penn State Extension’s Marcellus Education Team provides monthly webinars on a variety of topics. Upcoming planned topics include:

-- January 16: “PA Wilds Design Guide Supplement for Oil & Gas Best Practices,” Jim Weaver, director, Tioga County Planning

-- February 20: “A Look at Recent Well Waste and Production,” Dave Yoxtheimer, Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach associate, and Matt Henderson, Shale Gas asset manager, Penn State MCOR

-- March 20: “A Look at Land and Property Valuations with Shale Development,” Jeffrey R. Kern, senior appraiser, Resource Technologies Corp.

Registration for the webinars is not necessary at this time, and all are welcome to participate.  Click Here to log in to view the webinars. For more information, contact Carol Loveland at 570-320-4429 or send email to: cal24@psu.edu.

For more information, visit the Penn State Extension Natural Gas webpage.

12/9/2013