The great Pennsylvania natural gas rush is perhaps the most unpredicted significant energy development in the past 100 years. It’s built on the Marcellus shale play, our largest gas field and now producing over 19.3 Bcf/d, compared to just 1.6 Bcf/d in 2008.
Built on coal, Pennsylvania has increasingly become a natural gas state. I’ve already shown how more gas has helped reduced CO2 emissions in the state by 30% (here), so the positives go far beyond just the obvious economics of more jobs (here): the benefits of more gas are environmental.
