How does shale gas extraction in Pennsylvania affect ecosystem services?

Kshama Harpankar

NABET, NABET 2014 FACULTY

Kshama Harpankar

Last modified: 2014-10-24

Abstract

Advances in horizontal drilling technology made tapping into the Marcellus Shale formation possible and put the state of Pennsylvania at the forefront of natural gas production in the USA. Production in PA nearly tripled from 2008-2010. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, over 9,500 active and permitted Marcellus Shale gas wells existed in 2012[1]. It is important to understand where this development in taking place and how it may affect ecosystem services. This presentation will synthesize relevant finding from available literature on this topic and identity research gaps

[1]PADEP (2013 http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-96943/Final%20PA%20Comprehensive%20Energy%20Analysis.pdf

Keywords

Ecosystem services