How One Man’s Decision Cracked Open an Energy Revolution: the Marcellus Shale Turns Ten
The Marcellus shale represents almost 20% of U.S. natural gas production. Ten years ago it was zero. Jeff Ventura is well aware of the oil and gas history associated with the state of Pennsylvania. Titusville, 1859—Edwin Drake drilled the first commercially successful oil well to a depth of 69 feet. That well gave birth to the global petroleum industry. A