Frac or Fiction: The natural gas industry leases mineral rights from landowners

It is true; people do indeed still own their land while oil and gas companies are drilling a well. In most countries the government owns rights to minerals that are found within the Earth. But in the United States mineral rights are given to the owner of the surface in…

Real-Time Frac App

Many people are still under the false impression that hydraulic fracturing is a big explosion underground and that we really have no idea what’s going on down there. In reality, the process is very well monitored and controlled based on real-time observations. And now the real-time frac app is making…

The Countryside Conservancy Throws a Great Party

Given Cabot’s dedication to protecting the environment, fostering an ongoing relationship with land conservancy groups is a natural way to protect the rural nature of Susquehanna County. That is why Cabot sponsored the 14th Annual Countryside Conservancy dinner auction, an event to raise funding to protect lands and waters in…

Frac or Fiction: Does natural gas development lead to industrialization of the landscape?

  Then Cabot must acquire the necessary permits before construction can begin – sometimes upwards of 45 different state and federal permits are required to move forward. When construction officially begins, an access road is built first followed by the well pad site. Depending on the terrain of the location…