The Marcellus Shale reserve is one of the most significant domestic energy discoveries in decades, with conservative estimates indicating a 40-50 year supply of natural gas for Pennsylvania. It is widely considered that the Marculle Shale play offers an abundant fuel to help bridge the gap between today's energy portfolio and a future supply that reflects both a reduced carbon footprint and reduce dependence on foregin sources of energy.

At the same time, it's important to understand that the horizontal drilling and extraction methods needed to develop shale are inherently more complex than conventional methods.

Pennsylvania has the opportunity to learn from other states and countries who have recently developed shale reserves, as well as our own past history with natural resource development.

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