Cabot’s top priority is safety on our sites: the safety of our employees, our contractors, our landowners and the environment. We are held to the highest standards by various agencies including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as well as our…
The PA Department of Environmental Protection has just released the Marcellus production data from July to December 2013, and it continues to highlight Cabot’s record-setting production. Since this is a Cabot blog, let’s start with the excellent information about the company. In terms of production per day for the entire…
For the past three years, the Shale Gas Innovation Contest has served as way to recognize cutting-edge ideas and technology in the world of shale gas. This year will be no different with the top four ideas being awarded $25,000 each. The Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) was…
Drilling into the Marcellus Shale has become one of the biggest economic and environmental events in the 21st century. The U.S uses about 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas each year, and 100 to 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is yet to be explored. Cabot is doing…
To frac or not to frac; that is the question, and in a recent study by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute, the often controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing appears to be gaining acceptance. The new RMU survey polled 1,003 adults and it revealed that 56 percent of the people…
As I’m learning about natural gas, I’ve come to the understanding that it has the ability to power many different things. In fact, natural gas serves as an industrial energy source in manufacturing products ranging from steel, and paper to glass and clothing. Not to mention, it is the raw material…