Welcome to our first #AskCabot recap. If you aren’t aware, each week @CabotOG hosts #AskCabot Thursday, a day when our Twitter followers can tweet any question tagged with #AskCabot to us and we’ll answer as best as possible – all in 140 characters or less. Starting today and every Thursday hereafter, we’ll recap the questions asked the previous week and go into a little more detail about our 140-character answers.Last Thursday, @cppumps, or Checkpoint Pumps, asked us, “What challenges do you find in the Marcellus Shale versus the Permian Basin.”We answered their question with “@cppumps #AskCabot The biggest challenge is the maturation of state regulations. The Permian Basin proves that with time comes experience.” Today, we’ll detail the highlights of Marcellus Shale and the Permian Basin for our readers.