Drill Bits: The Marcellus Shale Coalition Wants More Pre-Drilling Water Tests
- The Marcellus Shale Coalition wants energy extractors to expand pre-drilling surveys of water sources near well pads. (MSC)
- Expanded testing would help clarify whether or not drilling plays a role in methane migration incidents — like the problem in Bradford County that StateImpact Pennsylvania provided an update on yesterday. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
- Lehigh Valley businesses cash in on Pennsylvania’s drilling boom (LVB.com)
- Some national energy news: the oil industry waits out Hurricane Isaac; investigators try to figure out what caused and escalated a fire at a California refinery. (FuelFix)