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POWER IN PINK: BAKER HUGHES IN FIGHTING BREAST CANCER

STUDY: SHALE SUPPLY CHAIN TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD ECONOMIC GROWTH

Andrew S. Dix

PHILADELPHIA SET TO BECOME STATE’S SECOND ENERGY HUB

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

NO LINK TO WATER CONTAMINATION FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

PAIN AT THE PUMP: 5 POLICIES THAT WOULD MAKE GAS CHEAPER

DENVER-BASED ANTERO RESOURCES EYEING THIS REGION

LEADING THE WAY ON ENERGY FREEDOM

Rhonda Geer

MARCELLUS SHALE: BY-THE NUMBERS

Christy Penland

HIGHLIGHTING THE SHALE INSIGHT CONFERENCE

MARCELLUS TO CONTINUE RECORD RUN

WHY I VOTED FOR DRILLING

FRACKING WILL IMPROVE, NOT HURT PUBLIC HEALTH

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Power in Pink: Dan Alfaro – Contributing Editor ctober was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign designed to raise awareness of a disease that is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. For the second consecutive year, Baker Hughes Inc. is doing its part to help the Susan G. Komen organization in its mission to end breast cancer forever. On Sunday, October 26 during the final Pittsburgh Steelers “pink-out game”, Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Martin Craighead will present a check to Nancy Brinker, the founder of Susan G. Komen, for the sum of $100,000 to aid in the effort. In addition to the donation, Baker Hughes will paint and distribute 1,000 pink drill bits worldwide as part of its “Doing Our Bit for the Cure” program. According to the company, the pink bits “serve as a reminder of the importance of supporting research, treatment, screening, and education to help find the cures for this disease, which claims a life every 60 seconds. “The research, education, and lifesaving community programs funded by Susan G. Komen over the past 30 years have made a significant impact in the fight against breast cancer, and we are privileged to sponsor such important efforts,” said Craighead. “As someone who has been impacted by this life-altering disease, I understand the importance of Komen’s ongoing research, education, support services and global programs, not only to those fighting the disease, but also to their loved ones, friends, and colleagues.” Last October, the company distributed 500 pink drill bits, and it continues to serve as a sponsor of the Susan B. Komen “Race for the Cure” 5K in Houston. For Bill Debo, Baker Hughes’ director of drill bits-North America, the fight to end breast cancer carries a personal weight. Debo lost his mother to breast cancer when he was just 17 years old. “If it helps someone’s girlfriend, wife, sister, daughter, it’s well worth the cause,” Debo said. “I’m very proud of Baker Hughes for stepping up and doing this and promoting awareness for Susan G. Komen,” Debo said. “This is something I’m very close to.” Headquartered in Dallas, Komen is a nonprofit organization

that works to end breast cancer through a nationwide network Affiliates and active partnerships in more than 30 countries around the world. Komen’s investments have helped reduce breast cancer mortality rates by 33 percent since 1991. The organization has invested more than USD 2.5 billion in research and lifesaving community programs since inception in 1982. To learn more about breast cancer, or to contribute to the Susan G. Komen’s effort to fight for the cure, please visit http://www.komen.org For more information on how Baker Hughes supports Komen’s mission to end breast cancer forever, visit: www.bakerhughes.com/doingourbit.

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ASHINGTON — The U.S. energy renaissance is expected to generate vast growth in the supply chain of manufacturers, suppliers, and servicers that support America’s oil and natural gas sector, according to a new study by IHS Global. “America’s rise as an energy superpower is creating an economic ripple effect of fast-paced growth, higher wages, and new jobs,” said API Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower. “Earlier this month, API released its own survey of 30,000 vendors and supporting businesses in every single state that that help deliver affordable energy to U.S. consumers. The new analysis by IHS shows how quickly these opportunities are growing and how important domestic energy production is for other sectors of the U.S. economy, from manufacturing to construction.” The study, commissioned by the Energy Equipment & Infrastructure Alliance (EEIA), calculates the expected growth in employment, GDP, government revenue, and wages in the supply chain that supports unconventional oil and natural gas development. It estimates that employment growth in the supply chain will outpace the U.S. average over the 2012 to 2025 period by more than two to one. The total number of jobs supported by unconventional energy will grow from 1.1 million in 2012 to more than 1.8 million in 2025 – with more than 40

percent of the total representing manufacturing, construction, and other jobs in the supply chain. “Thanks to innovations in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, America’s energy revolution is revitalizing growth far beyond oil- and natural gas-producing states, especially in areas that make capital goods like steel and machinery,” said Isakower. “We’re seeing a supply chain that extends into every region, creating opportunities for well-paying jobs and demonstrating the importance of federal policies that open access to federal lands and avoid duplicative regulations.” The report also shows that the unconventional supply chain will create jobs that pay about $11,000 more than the national average. Supply chain industries also will contribute increasing revenues to the government, growing from $13 billion in 2012 to about $23 billion in 2025. API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API’s more than 600 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans.

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ince the first Marcellus Shale well finished, will pump 70,000 barrels per day of natural- gas was developed by Range Resources liquids like propane and ethane from the southwestern part in Washington County, we’ve seen of the Marcellus Shale. These natural gas liquids will help townships and cities across Pennsylvania change. manufacture industrial chemicals, fertilizer and plastic resins. This change is fueled by the cheap, abundant energy resources Other pipelines still in the planning stage will bring dry from shale formations a mile beneath out feet. natural gas from the Northeast into the city which will help fire Again this year the Marcellus Shale broke production domestic water heaters and, more importantly, co-generation records, which is allowing cities like Philadelphia to take facilities that can power enormous data centers and steel advantage of new opportunities. factories. In the 1800’s coal made Philadelphia an energy hub, but These manufacturing and refining facilities are boosting local as time went on that faded. Now, with the prolific Marcellus economies and employing thousands of people, something Shale right in the city’s’ back yard, Philadelphia is on the cusp we’re already seeing across the state. to once again be a major energy hub for the Commonwealth. Take the U.S. steel industry for example. The need for The city’s strategic location will allow it to create more pipeline infrastructure to move natural gas to places like manufactured goods (glass, ceramics, Philadelphia has created a steel and electronic components), petro manufacturing boom here in the United chemicals (industrial chemicals, States. Foreign companies have even fertilizer, and plastic resins) and refined begun to bring their operations back products (gasoline, diesel, and heating into the States because of our cheap, oil). Currently, crude from the Bakken abundant energy supply. shale in North Dakota is transported via This re-shoring going on in America rail into Philadelphia, where it is refined right now is something our parents into gasoline etc. While this is a step in and grandparents never thought they the right direction for Philadelphia, the would see again. It’s providing economic area is still lacking the key infrastructure opportunity for hard working Americans, to transport more valuable resources and creating a renewed manufacturing into the region. base for cities like Philadelphia. With Joe Massaro, In order to boost manufacturing and infrastructure being built out across the Energy in Depth refining, the city needs pipelines. Commonwealth it’s only a matter of According to an article by Patrick Kerkstra in PhillyMag, time before cities like Philadelphia begin to transform into pipeline projects are being worked on as we speak. Under energy and manufacturing hubs. construction is a project called Mariner East. Sunoco Logistics Joseph Massaro is a Spokesman for Energy In Depth and is repurposing an 83-year old petroleum pipeline that, when Publisher of ShaleGasNOW.com

In order to boost manufacturing and refining, the city (Philadelphia) needs pipelines.

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wo recently released studies have found the hydraulic fracturing process, commonly referred to as “fracking”, is not linked to potential groundwater contamination. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) released its study, An Evaluation of Fracture Growth and Gas/Fluid Migration as Horizontal Marcellus Shale Gas Wells are Hydraulically Fractured in Greene County, Pennsylvania, on September 15 following twelve months of investigation. The monitoring program closely analyzed data from six “unconventional” Marcellus Shale wells developed using both horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques. For the study, NETL researchers used four perfluorocarbon tracers detect possible migration of fluid and gas from the underlying hydraulically fractured Marcellus Shale wells. Testing was done throughout the year–long study, and included analysis of data collected two-months prior to development activity, and up to eight months after fracturing occurred. NETL has not found a link between the hydraulic fracturing process and migration. According to the study: Current findings are: 1) no evidence of gas migration from the Marcellus Shale; and 2) no evidence of brine migration from the Marcellus Shale. The DOE findings echo those of other studies, experts and regulators across the country in demonstrating a lack of connection between groundwater contamination and fracking, including the recently released Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking. Just as the DOE report concluded, the study, authored by seven environmental scientists and led by Stanford’s Robert Jackson (formerly of Duke University), also found no link between groundwater contamination or methane migration and hydraulic fracturing. The data collected for the study included samples of over 130 drinking wells in areas of two producing states - Texas and Pennsylvania - where groundwater contamination had been suspected. The findings, gathered over a two year period, appear to “rule out gas contamination by upward migration from depth through overlaying geological strata triggered by horizontal drilling or hydraulic fracturing,” according to the researchers. Avner Vengosh, one of the study’s authors and a professor of geochemistry and water quality at Duke University, suggested the conclusions of the study could allay commonly mis

placed fears regarding the fracturing process, and potential water contamination as a result of methane migration. “These results appear to rule out the possibility that methane has migrated up into drinking water aquifers because of horizontal drilling or hydraulic fracturing, as some people feared,” Mr. Vengosh stated. These findings contradict prior theories suggesting methane migration has been caused by fracturing and oil and gas development activities, including those previously offered by Jackson and Vengosh in a widely criticized Duke study released in 2011. The study appears in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 39, was coauthored by J. William Carey of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Gabrielle Pétron of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Francis O’Sullivan of MIT, Richard Davies of Newcastle University and Thomas Darrah of Ohio State University.

Nicholas Loris – Economist ick of paying too much at the pump? If you are, there’s good news: There are policies Congress and the Obama administration could implement that likely would lead to lower prices. If you’re looking to lower gas prices, first look at crude oil prices. Crude oil contributes the largest component to the price of gasoline. As of June 2014, crude prices made up 67 percent of the price of gas, with refining (14 percent), taxes (12 percent), and retailing and transportation (8 percent) accounting for the rest, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel fuel. States levy their own taxes, ranging from a low of 12.4 cents per gallon in Alaska to more than 52.6 cents per gallon in California. Because oil is a globally traded commodity, different factors around the world affect supply and demand, which in turn affects the price Americans pay at the gas pump. Growing demand for oil in other parts of the world, especially in rapidly developing regions such as India and China, put upward pressure on prices. Bad weather or geopolitical risks can disrupt supply, increasing prices. For instance, severe weather can shut down a pipeline or refinery, choking supply and driving prices higher. Additional U.S. oil production can significantly increase global spare capacity. The most effective response to variations in energy prices is simply to allow markets to work. Government restrictions, regulations and attempts to force technologies into the market impede the free market’s efficacy. To help American fuel consumers, Congress and the administration should: 1. Lift the ban on crude oil exports. Removing government restrictions on crude oil exports would decrease gas prices and grow the American economy by creating more opportunities to produce and sell oil and a more efficient system for refining it. A recent IHS study found that removing the ban would lower gasoline prices by 8 cents per gallon, saving motorists $265 billion over 15 years and adding nearly 1 million jobs by 2018. 2. Lift the drilling bans and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Congress should lift the ban on exploration in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and should conduct more lease sales off Alaska’s coasts. Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is another abundant source of oil, with an estimated 10.4 billion barrels of oil beneath a few thousand acres. Furthermore, if President Barack Obama had approved the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline when the State Department first concluded the pipeline was environmentally safe, the U.S. would have begun importing up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the Gulf Coast refineries as early as 2013. While predicting the exact impact of increased imports of Canadian oil on gasoline prices is difficult, increased domestic production would clearly have substantially benefited the U.S. economy. According to Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions, aggressive domestic production would yield significant economic benefits and put downward pressure on prices. 3. Repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). More commonly known as the ethanol mandate, the RFS mandates that refineries

blend increasing amounts of ethanol into gasoline each year, reaching 36 billion gallons in 2022. The Congressional Budget Office recently published a report showing the RFS will increase gas prices by 13 cents to 26 cents per gallon as soon as 2017. Multiple federal agency and government-backed studies demonstrate the RFS has harmed Americans, driving up fuel and food prices. 4. Prohibit greenhouse gas and Tier 3 regulations. The Department of the Interior has already suspended oil and gas leases because of their alleged impact on climate change, and refineries are a coming target of the Environmental Protection Agency. Its greenhouse gas regulations will block and increase the cost of energy production, and producers will pass those costs on to consumers. Yet the regulations will have no meaningful impact on the climate. The EPA also has finalized Tier 3 gas regulations to lower the amount of sulfur in gasoline, beginning in 2017. More stringent sulfur regulations could add 6 cents to 9 cents per gallon to the cost of manufacturing gasoline, and the EPA has acknowledged the more stringent regulation will produce no measurable improvement in air quality. 5. Repeal the Jones Act. Signed into law almost a century ago, the Jones Act mandates that any goods shipped by water between two points in the United States must be transported on a U.S.-built, U.S.flagged vessel with a crew that is at least 75 percent American. By preventing foreign competition, the Jones Act significantly increases domestic maritime shipping prices, driving up costs for American businesses and consumers. A February 2014 International Energy Agency report estimates that repealing the Jones Act would reduce gasoline prices by 15 cents per gallon. The Jones Act creates an unnecessary and expensive hurdle for shipping crude oil from coast to coast, and Congress should repeal it. High gas prices hurt consumers not only at the pump but also by raising the cost of all goods and services that depend on transportation. Higher prices mean families buy fewer goods and services, slowing economic growth and job creation. Congress should allow the market to determine prices by implementing free-market reforms to improve the market’s ability to respond. Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

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he independent exploration and production com- shale wells in the Barnett, Woodford, Marcellus and Utica pany Antero Resources based in Denver sees value shales. and opportunity in the region. The company’s Au“Our strategy is to continue to consolidate and block up our gust update shows promising numbers for possible drilling areas of operations,” Chairman and CEO Paul Rady said in a sites within the Utica Shale region of Ohio, West Virginia and press release from the company. “We added 35,000 net acres Pennsylvania. in the core of the liquids-rich Marcellus and Utica Shale plays Antero predicts there are up to 835 Utica shale drill sites during the first half of 2014. This added approximately 151 on its land, and after combining possible drilling locations in new drilling locations and increased the working interest perOhio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, there are a possible centage and planned lateral lengths associated with numerous 5,011 locations. existing locations resulting in the addiAt 22 rigs operating rigs, Antero is the tion of 2.0 Tcfe of 3P reserves with a $1.5 most active driller in Appalachia and has billion PV-10 value assuming mid-year a 94 percent organic production growth 2014 SEC prices.” for 2Q 2014 over 2Q 2013. The company “We believe the leasing opportuniis the most active Marcellus Shale driller ties we capture due to our concentrated with 15 rigs and the second most active acreage position and our sizable land orUtica Shale driller with seven rigs. ganization are a distinct competitive adThe company prides itself in being vantage that continually adds significant “Shale Pioneers” and has had outstandvalue to our company,” Rady said. ing success as an independent exploraTwenty-seven percent of the comtion and production company, owning pany’s capital budget of $3.7 billion will Chairman and CEO 493,000 in the region. It had a hand in cover Utica shale while the rest will covPaul Rady moving and drilling over 600 horizontal er Marcellus shale.

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Cong. Tim Murphy – 18th Congressional District nergy freedom is our destiny because of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s natural gas. It is not just that we sit atop one of the largest energy deposits in the world, but it’s also because when we access and develop those resources — we use the highest levels of worker and environmental safety on the planet. Our region is the gold standard by which the rest of the world is judged. China, Russia, North Africa, and the Middle East cannot compete with us because we have the most highly-trained and efficient workers. This is on top of the fact that natural gas is more plentiful and affordable here than anywhere else in the world. Between 2008 and 2014, gas production in Southwestern Pennsylvania grew from 180 billion to four trillion cubic feet. The number of direct jobs in the field now exceeds 50,000. More than 200,000 Pennsylvania jobs are supported by the Marcellus Shale. We know the vast opportunities that natural gas brings to our region. Since 2008, the price of natural gas has been cut in half. That’s good news for families who use gas to heat their homes and cook their meals. But natural gas is also a feed stock for chemical manufacturing, a thermal source in making steel, a cleaner transportation fuel, and it generates electricity.

It’s abundant, it’s clean, and it’s ours.

For too long, the United States has been at the mercy of getting our energy from OPEC nations. Over the last decade, our trade deficit with OPEC is well over a trillion dollars. These foreign nations call themselves our “friends,” but that’s mostly because they need us as customers. Our U.S. dollars have gone towards building up their nations with vast riches, while our jobs and economy have suffered. To make things worse, OPEC money has been directly linked to funding terrorist groups like the Taliban, al-Qaeda and now ISIS. Our nation has responded to these terrorist organizations’ aggression and threats by sending our soldiers to fight back. We spend our blood and treasure on their soil as we, Ameri-

cans, fund both sides of the war on terror. Altogether, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost us up to $6 trillion dollars by some estimates. We are not alone on the world stage when it comes to being threatened by other energy-rich countries. Russia’s military threat to Ukraine, its economic manipulation of the EU, and cutting off natural gas supplies to Poland, are all done to maintain and strengthen the Gazprom monopoly and their chokehold on our NATO allies. And while Russian and OPEC money is channeled to environmental groups to protest hydraulic fracturing in Europe, it is clear that the motive is not to protect the environment, but to prevent other countries from developing their own economies and energy freedom. It is only when we explore our own energy resources where we can set and control the environmental standards for drilling. When our country is dependent on others, we have no say, we have no control. This is where the Marcellus Shale will have its greatest impact on our economy and defending freedom around the world. By using our supplies of natural gas to sell to our friends and allies, they will no longer have to live in fear and dependency. We can erase our trade deficit with OPEC. We can save hundreds of billions in military costs. We can reverse the losses of our manufacturing strength. We can use this economic boom to rebuild our aging infrastructure, to fund research on new energy technologies, conservation and efficiency.

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So while Russia rightly does not fear an attack from our and seize this opportunity to protect our world, strengthen our aircraft carriers, they will definitely respect a fleet of US- communities, help our families, and do it all while we hold fast flagged ships selling our liquified natural gas to American to the highest standards of protecting the environment and the allies around the globe as we become the leader in the in- safety of our workers. ternational energy market. This will Representing Pennsylvania’s 18th Conliterally fuel economic growth for gressional District, Congressman Tim MurBy using our supplies the United States that could last for phy holds a senior position on the House a century and more. It is a new peace Energy and Commerce Committee as of natural gas to through strength that comes from Chairman of Oversight and Investigations. sell to our friends controlling our own destiny. Rep. Murphy also sits on two additional and allies, they will We have two options: we can send subcommittees: Health and Environment our young men and women in hel& Economy. no longer have mets and body armor around the In an effort to educate the public and forto live in fear world to defend our oil interests, or mulate policies to help meet the country’s we can give them a hard hat and put energy needs through environmentallyand dependency. them to work right here. We can crefriendly, responsible production of natural ate a new dawn in American manugas, Rep. Murphy founded the CongresCongressman facturing and economic growth, or sional Natural Gas Caucus. Murphy also we can continue to fund the growth formed a bipartisan energy working group Tim Murphy of other nations while our economy tasked with creating a plan to free the Unitand jobs decline. ed States from dependence on foreign oil. We can, we must, and we will drive our own job creation, He and his wife Nan now reside in Upper St. Clair and attend economic growth, global energy markets, and international St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Bethel Park. They have one peace from right here in Southwestern Pennsylvania and daughter, Bevin. throughout the Marcellus shale region. It is not something Congressman Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree from we even dared to dream of just a few years ago. But now, Wheeling Jesuit University, a master’s degree from Cleveland from these hills and valleys, it is an opportunity that we can- State University, and his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. not leave on the table of lost dreams. Let us move forward

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By-The Numbers Tom Shepstone everal organizations, including the Marcellus Shale Coalition, have periodically documented the Pennsylvania shale revolution. The numbers are powerful. Lest we forget how much the Marcellus Shale has done for Pennsylvania, let’s examine the case once again, by the numbers.

Pennsylvania Shale Jobs

Energy Security

• Pennsylvania is #1 fastest growing natural gas producer in the nation • The Marcellus Shale now produces one-fifth of the nation’s natural gas. • Daily Marcellus production has reached 12 billion cubic feet (= 2 million barrels of oil). • Marcellus Shale natural gas production would rank 8th in the world as a country. And, here are a few of the best numbers in a convenient fact sheet – the facts about Marcellus Shale:

• Marcellus Shale industry related employment was 237,741 persons in 2013. • Average salary was $90,003 for core shale industry jobs ($40,933 above average). • Almost 90% of new PA jobs between 2005 and 2012 Tom Shepstone is owner of Shepstone Management Comwere oil and gas jobs. pany and the publisher of Natural Gas Now (www.natural• Some 96% of new hires in the Marcellus Shale region are gasnow.org). Follow on Twitter at @NaturalGasNow and visit from the region. NaturalGasNow.org for more information! • PA employment in the oil and gas industry grew by 259.3% from 2005-2012. • Laborers’ International Union members did 5.7 million hours of oil/gas work in 2012.

Pennsylvania Shale Revenue

• The Pennsylvania gas industry has paid $2.1 billion in taxes already. • Over $1 billion has been invested in Pennsylvania roads by the industry. • Gas companies paid $2.07 billion in lease and royalty payments in 2010 alone. • Gas companies have paid $630 million in impact fees to Pennsylvania communities. • Pennsylvania taxpayers have received $582 million from drilling on state property.

Consumer Savings

• Consumers saved an average of $1,200 per household in 2012 using gas. • Average household getting an additional 10% income boost by 2020 from gas.

Cleaner Air

• Carbon emissions are down 12.0% from switching to natural gas. • Sulfur dioxide emissions from electric generation down 73%. • Nitrogen oxides and particulate matter reduced by 23% and 46%, respectively. • Emissions reductions represent up to $37 billion of annual public health benefit.

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ITTSBURGH, PA -- By all accounts, the fourth annual SHALE INSIGHT™ conference was a tremendous success. Hosted in Pittsburgh, Pa. for the first time, the event – which drew nearly 2,000 attendees – featured key energy experts, leading executives and other thought-leaders, who focused on a broad range of issues associated with responsible, job-creating shale development. The conference offered technical breakout sessions and educational workshops (which all sold out) as well as a dedicated innovation showcase center. In addition, SHALE INSIGHT™ hosted a lineup of keynote speakers who highlighted the “transformational” benefits of shale development, which is “carrying the rest of the economy on its shoulders.” Speakers included nationallysyndicated talk show host, Sean Hannity; Fox’s The Five co-host and former White House press secretary, Dana Perino; former New Mexico governor, Bill Richardson; former and current Pa. governors Tom Ridge and Tom Corbett; as well as top industry executives from Chevron, XTO Energy, EQT and MarkWest. Here’s what they’re saying about SHALE INSIGHT™: • Our Regional, National “Economy Needs Energy Development”: If there was a single theme threading the final speeches during the MSC’s conference, it was that economy needs energy development. The idea was central to talks given by Fox News pundit Sean Hannity, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and current Gov. Tom Corbett. … [Gov.] Corbett … also touted the natural gas industry’s growth in Pennsylvania. … Mr. Corbett stressed that he opposes a severance tax on the industry, and pointed to the state’s impact fee, which hasgenerated $630 million for the state. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/26/14) • Conference Highlights “Transformational Shale Development”: The MSC on Wednesday kicked off the two-day Shale Insight 2014 conference, which is a forum for industry leaders to share knowledge to improve the development of shale. … “It’s important to take a step back and recognize how transformational shale gas development has been for this region over the past 10 years and the scale and scope of shale’s potential forgenerations to come,” [MSC president Dave Spigelmyer] said. According to EIA, Spigelmyer said operators are producing more than 16 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Marcellus Shale … This year, based on mid-year data from DEP, Spigelmyer said operators will produce more than 4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Pennsylvania alone, which will amount to about 20 percent of the annual U.S. supply. … “We’re all laser focused on ensuring government policies encourage, rather than discourage, investment into the commonwealth, which is crucial to maximizing local job creation, tax and fee revenues, along with expanded natural gas production and use.” … Randy

Cleveland, president of XTO Energy, spoke about the responsibilities, policies and people needed to keep the industry successful. “We must continue to focus on our responsibility and highest commitment to operate in a safe and secure manner while being good environmental stewards,” he said. (Butler Eagle, 9/25/14) • Economist Steven Moore: Shale is Carrying the Economy on its Shoulders: Stephen Moore believes the U.S. economy would still be in the midst of the Great Recession of 2008-09 if natural gas companies did not advance horizontal drilling and fracking techniques. “How in the world can you be against fracking,” Moore, chief economist for the Heritage Foundation think tank, said Wednesday during the during the Shale Insight 2014 conference. “This is the industry that is, quite literally, carrying the rest of the economy on its shoulders,” he said. “Without these incredible innovations in the energy industry, there would be no economic recovery.” (Wheeling News-Register, 9/25/14) • “An Incredible Energy Economy Right Now”: “Without the energy boom in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, there would not be an economic boom,” said Stephen Moore, chief economist of the Heritage Foundation. “This is an incredible energy economy right now.” The MSC-backed conference, now in its fourth year, brings together nearly 2,000 national — and international — industry executives, policymakers and technical experts under one roof to discuss the latest developments and opportunities brought about by shale. … Moore, who previously wrote on the economy and public policy for the Wall Street Journal, said he is bullish on the economy, saying that utility rates are half what they were in 2008, during the economic recession and prior to Barack Obama being elected to his first term. (Beaver County Times, 9/25/14) • Economist Credits U.S. Shale with Economic Recovery: The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist Stephen Moore kicked off this year’s Shale Insight conference in Pittsburgh by telling an audience that without advances in the onshore oil and gas industry there would be no economic recovery in the U.S. … “You can’t get a feel for the kind of recovery we’ve had in this country without understanding what’s happening in the industry you all are involved in … Without these incredible innovations that have happened in the energy industry — there would be no economic recovery. This is an incredibly energy-dependent economy right now.” The U.S. Census Bureau said in March the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector was among the fastest-growing sectorsbetween 2007 and 2012 … Employment across the sector increased by 23% to 903,841 jobs during the five-year period, while revenues jumped by 34% to $555 billion in the same period. The oil and gas industry alone employed about 192,000 people nationwide, according to the report

… The report also said payrolls grew 60% to hit $15.4 billion. (Natural Gas Intelligence, 9/24/14) • Allegheny Co. Exec. Rich Fitzgerald: “Shale Key to Pittsburgh’s Renaissance, Resurgence”: This is the fourth annual Insight, and first conducted outside Philadelphia. It is organized by North Fayette Township-based MSC, which supports oil and gas exploration companies and their supply chain partners in Marcellus Shale, the world’s largest natural gas deposit. … Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who helped bring natural gas drilling to Pittsburgh International Airport and Deer Lakes Park, got a charge from the audience when he compared the region’s energy environment to a topic that is electric: the Pirates’ clinching of a playoff berth 10 hours earlier. “The Pirates struggled for 20 years, kind of like Pittsburgh. Well, the Pirates are doing well and so is Pittsburgh. We’re seeing a Pittsburgh renaissance, a Pittsburgh resurgence, and shale gas is a key to that.” (Washington Observer-Reporter, 9/24/14) • Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge: “Look to Energy Security for a Safer Future”: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge challenged attendees at the MSC’s Shale Insight conference to consider the security of the country’s energy infrastructure. … Real energy security, he said, is being both unreliant on others for this country’s energy needs and keeping the energy infrastructure safe. (Pittsburgh Business Times, 9/25/14) • MSC Board Members: This is an Opportunity We Need to Get Right: EQT President and CEO David Porges told the group earlier Thursday that the industry must continue to go above and beyond compliance with state and federal regulations if it hopes to make communities comfortable with the drilling process. … The need to “get it right” was also a theme of Frank Semple, chairman, president and CEO of midstream operator MarkWest Energy Partners. Semple … said the Marcellus region is a game-changer in terms of its production potential. “If the Marcellus were a country, it would be among the top 10 gas producers in the world,” he said, noting that the U.S. Energy Information Administration has estimated that the shale strata has 370 trillion cubic feet in remaining resources. With the neighboring Utica Shale strata still in the early stages of development, Semple said theAppalachian Basin is poised for more growth. … “This is an opportunity we simply have to get right,” he said. “We must be good stewards of our environment and be responsive to communities.” (Washington Observer-Reporter, 9/25/14) • XTO Energy President Underscores Importance of Operational Transparency: Randy J. Cleveland, president of XTO Energy, the ExxonMobil subsidiary that is the nation’s largest gas producer, encouraged the industry to step up outreach with local communities. “If you look across the country, in areas where we are welcomed vs. areas where we see resistance, local engagement is the common thread,” he said. “Where it’s strong, we thrive. And where it’s weaker, we have difficulty.” (Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/24/14) • “Panel supports exporting liquefied natural gas”: As to the question of whether exporting liquefied natural gas is a good

idea, the answer is yes, it is, according to participants in a panel discussion at the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s Shale Insight conference. There is a market for LNG in Japan, said Kazuyuki Onose, senior vice president at Sumitomo Corp. of Americas. He said the Fukushima nuclear disaster has forced the country to rely more heavily on natural gas, which it already is exporting at high prices. And also, it would end a gas pricing system linked to crude oil prices. Exporting would create jobs domestically and boost tax revenues, said Bruce McKay, managing director for federal affairs at Dominion. … Exporting would have a marginal impact on domestic prices, said James Balaschak, a principal with Deloitte LLP’s energy and resource practice. … And overall it’s simply a great opportunity, and one that could help alter the course of other international issues, said Michael Krancer, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and now chair of the energy industry team at Blank Rome. (Pittsburgh Business Times, 9/24/14) • Fluid Recovery Services Leads Session On Water Sourcing At Shale Insight: Fluid Recovery Services (FRS) will have a prominent role in the Shale Insight 2014 conference program. The company will sponsor a session on Water Sourcing: An Update on Water Resources Acquisition within the Basin … A Marcellus Shale Coalition conference, Shale Insight 2014 offers participants the opportunity to connect and interact with industry-leading CEOs, elected officials and thought leaders, all of whom play a critical role in crafting the public policy and technical landscape that define shale gas development around the world. (Release, 9/24/14) • Chevron Drives, Invests in Continuous Innovation: There are at least three major avenues of innovation at Chevron. There are the traditional research and development centers — the energy giant has four — that still play a large role in moving technology forward. … The California-based company’s venture capital arm has five active funds, and has invested in more than 75 companies to date. Another 35 or so are in its portfolio. From hundreds of annual pitches, Chevron usually picks about five each year. Mr. Anbarci spoke Tuesday at the Marcellus Shale Coaltion’s Shale Insight conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. … He spoke at a technology showcase sponsored by Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center on the first day of the conference held by the MSC. … If there’s one theme for companies looking for the Chevron’s backing today, it’s ideas focused on improving operational performance. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/23/14) • XTO Energy President Reinforces Importance of Sound Policy: Sound government policy, a commitment to operating responsibility and an investment in people are key to keeping the momentum of the shale gas boom, said XTO Energy President Randy Cleveland Wednesday at the MSC’s Shale Insight conference. Cleveland said that in terms of policy, Pa. needs to have a tax structure that provides adequate resources to the communities in which it operates. He also said the industry must collaborate with educational institutions to create more opportunities for young people to receive technical training, given a shortage of people who have expertise in areas such as welding and pipe fitting. … “We need to make sure energy development is regu-

lated effectively,” he said. (Pittsburgh Business Times, 9/24/14) • SHALE INSIGHT™ 2014 “Showcases Pittsburgh’s Role in Energy Economy”: The MSC’s annual Shale Insight conference formally got underway Wednesday morning at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center. In opening remarks, coalition president David Spigelmyer said the coalition is glad to bring the conference to Pittsburgh — in years past, it has been held in Philadelphia. “We’re thrilled to showcase the city of Pittsburgh,” he said. Conference attendees also were welcomed by Allegheny Co. Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who said the energy industry has helped to drive Pittsburgh’s renaissance. He said the challenge now will be to use the area’s energy resources to attract more manufacturers and to find more ways to use natural gas as a feedstock. Also speaking Wednesday morning was Stephen Moore, chief economist for the Heritage Foundation. Moore said the energy boom is a tribute to American ingenuity and its entrepreneurial spirit. … “This is an incredibly energydependent economy right now,” he said. (Pittsburgh Business Times, 9/24/14) • MSC Highlights Benefits of the Impact Fee Tax: Shale drillers must overcome image problems and attempts to raise taxes if they want to seize an opportunity to make Pennsylvania a longterm energy hub, executives and analysts said during a gathering in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. … Maintaining success in the nation’s fastest-growing natural gas play requires good tax policies, corporate responsibility and workforce development, Cleveland, the head of the nation’s largest natural gas producer, said earlier in a speech at the annual Shale Insight conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. … “The disinformation and propaganda machine against what you do is frightening,” said Stephen Moore. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/24/14)

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arcellus Shale production is expected to continue its record-setting levels this month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) monthly drilling report. The formation produced 15.8 billion cubic feet per day in October, only three months after first breaking the 15 bcf/d production mark in July. With a projected increase of 217 million cubic feet per day, the EIA estimates the Marcellus Shale formation will produce another record-setting 16 bcf/d in October. According to the report, new wells coming online in the Marcellus Shale are estimated to produce 7,946 thousand cu-

bic feet/day, an increase of 39 thousand cubic feet/day, monthover-month. The Marcellus is highest-producing region among the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Permian, Haynesville, Niobrara and Utica plays tracked by the EIA. The agency previously citied and “increasing precision and efficiency of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing” as the primary driver in new growth in production. The increase in production rates is an encouraging trend in the Marcellus, the nation’s largest producing shale gas basin that produces nearly 40% of domestic shale gas production.

Councilman Tom Baker – Allegheny County PA onths of boisterous public testimony filled the halls of Allegheny County Council in southwestern Pennsylvania. All over one question, to drill or not to drill, in the county owned Deer Lakes Park. More specifically whether to extend non-surface natural gas extraction from private well pads into Marcellus deposits deep beneath the park. The final night of debate culminated in over seven hours of public comment. On this one night alone, over 80 environmental activists, industry experts, government leaders, and private citizens crammed into council chambers to have their voices be heard. After months of sincere consideration, constantly reminded of the 100,000 people I represent, I cast my vote with a calm mind and a clear conscience. Ultimately, I cast one of two deciding votes, leading to the passage of the ordinance. In the end, I believe that it is critical for both the industry and the public to understand the issues that led to this vote and others like it. The biggest issues - once addressed - made my vote easy; local support for the project, benefits to public entities, addressing safety issues and the real economic impact of drilling. My district contains a lease on public land operated by CONSOL Energy containing at least $2 billion dollars worth of gas and liquids

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to be extracted over the next 20 years. This project will add at least $500 million in new revenue to the county. The Deer Lakes lease provides over $7 milTom Baker, lion upfront for park Allegheny County, PA improvements and is projected to generate at least $50 million in public revenue over the life of the well. In the current economy, local budgets are being chokes and funds are scarce. Funds to repave roads, fund education, and provide vital social services. Allowing the responsible development of county lands by private industry provides the breathing room in the budget to govern effectively. Breathing room that allows us to hold the line on taxes or reduce tax burdens to business and families. In the sometimes-rancorous debate that surrounded the Deer Lakes vote, it really matters where the support and opposition were coming from. Those who live in the Deer Lakes area were overwhelmingly for the project. We held public meetings with local officials and families and they spoke to the benefits it would bring to their neighborhoods. How safety reports and industry experts had calmed their fears. These are not people tricked by empty rhetoric or presentations. They are the people who will live with the impacts of this vote every single day, and they want it to happen. Range Resources and Huntley & Huntley, the operators of the Deer Lakes lease, shared regularly with Council and the public regarding safety concerns. County Executive Fitzgerald was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as saying this was the “most comprehensive non-surface” lease in the state. His legal team and the legal counsel that Council worked with helped us feel comfort that safety was at the forefront of this lease. Safety issues were considered equally as much as the positive financial ramifications when making my decision. Again, the support of local leaders played a role. If residents who live in and represent Deer Lakes felt comfortable with the safety of their neighborhood, why shouldn’t we? However, you cannot solely consider the specific impacts of each well pad in a vacuum. The eyes of the world are on Pennsylvania and Ohio. How we invest in pipeline and refinement networks define whether in a generation we export energy through the southeast to the world, or we flame out. How we structure lease royalties and rules for public land defines whether companies invest in our region before they look towards Colorado or the west. How well the private and public sectors forge long-term investments will define our region for generations. Every vote and investment we make, we must consider what is going to lead to long-term prosperity in our region.

Pennsylvania. Given this huge body of countervailing evidence, the University of Maryland’s findings are highly questionable. They also miss the bigger picture. The natural gas produced through fracking is helping America transition away from a dirtier fossil fuel: coal. Smog, soot, and greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power and manufacturing plants here in the United States, China, and around the world remain among the biggest environmental threats of our age. Thanks to fracking, we now have a cost-competitive and cleaner energy alternative. Natural gas produces significantly less smog and soot than burning coal. Indeed, the emergence of gas and decline of coal has reduced the American power sector’s annual sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by an estimated 40 percent. In Pennsylvania, over the half decade since fracking achieved widespread use, annual sulfur dioxide emissions from single, identifiable pollution sources have fallen 60 percent. Nitrogen oxides volumes have dropped 18 percent and volatile organic compounds by 17 percent. The fracking-enabled switch to natural gas reduced national greenhouse gas emissions, as well. Between 2005 and 2012, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have fallen 12 percent. Researchers have every right to investigate the health impact of fracking. But sounding a false alarm could do serious damage. Fracking is helping to wean our country off environmentally-unfriendly energy like coal. This practice is improving, not hurting, public health. Chris Faulkner is chief executive officer of Breitling Energy Corporation and author of the recent book, “The Fracking Truth.” He is also the producer of the documentary, “Breaking Free: The Shale Rock Revolution.”

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