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While still in its infancy, the environmentally responsible development of clean-burning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s portion of the Marcellus Shale formation continues to create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and drive economic activity and growth during some of the most challenging economic conditions in decades.

The overwhelming benefits of the production from the Marcellus, which is considered by experts to have the potential to be the second largest natural gas field in the world (second only to one in Qatar), are benefiting all Pennsylvanians.

And while the first Marcellus well was developed in 2004, here’s a snapshot of how far we’ve come in just a few short years and how we intend to achieve even more.