The shale gas economy in the northeast Pennsylvania Counties

Kirsten Hardy; Timothy W. Kelsey

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11499-6_4

The shale gas economy in the northeast Pennsylvania Counties

Kirsten Hardy, Timothy W. Kelsey

Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

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More than half of the Marcellus Shale wells drilled in Pennsylvania through 2013 are within six counties of the Northern Tier, which account for four of Pennsylvania’s top five drilling counties. These counties overwhelmingly are rural, with low population densities and relatively small economies. Unlike the Marcellus Shale counties in southwest Pennsylvania, they lack past gas and coal development, so the activity is fundamentally different than what they have experienced. This chapter explores the economic impacts occurring within the Northern Tier counties. Due to their relatively small population size, such changes are relatively more visible than if the economies were larger.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Economics of Unconventional Shale Gas Development
Subtitle of host publication	Case Studies and Impacts
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	71-91
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319114996
ISBN (Print)	9783319114989
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11499-6_4
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Business, Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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