Marcellus Shale Committee

The Marcellus Shale Committee is not a committee of citizens concerned about the negative consequences of massively expanded efforts to drill for natural gas across the northeastern U.S.; it is an industry front group for oil and gas industry companies created in 2008. The Marcellus Shale Committee asserts that its goal is to promote "the responsible development of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale geological formation in Pennsylvania and the enhancement of the Commonwealth's economy that can be realized by this clean-burning energy source."

Domain name registration
The domain name for the committee's website was registered in October 2008 by Shawn Boylan from William J. Green & Associates.

Committee Members
On its website the Marcellus Shale Committee lists members as being :
 * Alta Resources, LLC
 * Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
 * Atlas Energy Resources, LLC
 * Burnett Oil Company
 * Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.
 * Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
 * Chesapeake Energy Corporation
 * Chief Oil and Gas LLC
 * CNX Gas Corporation
 * Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.
 * East Resources, Inc.
 * Energy Corporation of America
 * EOG Resources, Inc.
 * EQT Production Company
 * EXCO- North Coast Energy, Inc.
 * Fortuna Energy Inc.
 * J-W Operating Company
 * Marathon Oil
 * MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.
 * General Energy Company, LLC
 * Petroleum Development Corporation
 * Phillips Production Company
 * Quest Resource Corporation
 * Range Resources
 * Rex Energy Corporation
 * Samson Resources Company
 * Seneca Resources Corp.
 * Southwestern Energy Company
 * StatoilHydro
 * Turm Oil, Inc.
 * Williams Production Company
 * XTO Energy, Inc.

Trade association members
Trade association members are:
 * Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association

Associate Committee Members
Associate Committee members are
 * Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc.
 * AOP Clearwater
 * ARM Group Inc.
 * Complete Production Services/AWS/Titan
 * Crescent Directional Drilling, LP
 * Epic Energy Resources
 * Energy Solutions, L.P.
 * Frac Tech Services, LLC.
 * Halliburton Energy Services
 * Hart Resource Technologies, Inc. & PA Brine Treatment, Inc.
 * Energy Services, Inc.
 * MI Swaco
 * RETTEW
 * Schlumberger Oilfield Services
 * Select Energy Services, LLC
 * Superior Well Services, Ltd.
 * Tetra Technologies, Inc.
 * TeraAqua Resource Management
 * UGI Energy Services, Inc.
 * Universal Well Services, Inc.
 * Weatherford International Ltd.
 * Weston Solutions, Inc.

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