Oil & Natural Gas

Links

General Information

United States/Federal

U.S. Energy Information Administration-Natural Gas

Maryland

Maryland Geological Survey: Marcellus Shale

New York

Cornell University Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Resource Center

Ohio

OSU Extension Service Marcellus Shale Gas and Oil Information

Ohio Department of Environmental Protection: Drilling for Natural Gas in Marcellus and Utica Shales

ODNR Division of Geological Survey: Marcellus and Utica Formations

Pennsylvania

Penn State Public Broadcasting Explore Shale Interactive Website

Penn State Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Program

Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center

Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research

West Virginia

W.V. Marcellus Shale Bill

W.V. Department of Environmental Protection Office of Oil and Gas

W.V. Geological Survey Marcellus Shale Map

Natural Gas Industry

U.S. EPA Profile of the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry

U.S. Department of Energy, Fossil Energy

U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Data on Natural Gas

Drilling Process

Drilling Animation #1 of the Drilling Process

Drilling Animation #2 of the Drilling Process

Regulation and the Environment

U.S.

EPA’s Natural Gas Extraction, Hydraulic Fracturing Website

EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Study

EPA Oil and Gas Extraction Sector

Maryland

Maryland Department of the Environment: Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Study

New York

Cornell University Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Resource Center, Environmental Issues

Ohio

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency – Drilling for Natural Gas in Marcellus and Utica Shales: Environmental Regulatory Basics

Pennsylvania

Penn State Cooperative Extension Natural Gas, Environmental Issues

West Virginia

EPA Marcellus Shale in WV

W.V. Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Oil and Gas

W.V. Water Research Institute

Health Impacts of Natural Gas Exploration

University of Pittsburgh Center for Healthy Environments and Communities,Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction

Leasing and Legal Assistance

National Association of Royalty Owners – Appalachia

Legal Aid of West Virginia

W.V. Bar Association

Policy

National Environmental Policy Act

Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Safe Drinking Water Act

Natural Gas Act of 1938

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978

Energy Policy Act of 2005