PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: The Marcellus shale drilling boom is living up to its supporters’ optimistic assessments and is rearranging the national landscape, putting Pennsylvania in competition with Alaska and Louisiana to be the country’s second-biggest gas producer in 2013.
Pennsylvania has shot from seventh in 2011, according to state and federal data, and clearly trails only Texas.
“Forget about natural gas being a bridge fuel,” said Kent Moors, scholar in residence at Duquesne University’s Institute for Energy and the Environment. “Natural gas is a major component of the national energy balance going forward — no end in sight.” … (more)
