Marcellus Shale Discovery Creates Thousands of Jobs

Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, & Beyond

Marcellus Gas photoIf you're looking to land a job in the oil and gas industry, then get familiar with the Marcellus Shale Formation! Exploration and production activity in this vast 'gas play' is picking up dramatically. When natural gas prices spike so do the number of land leases - and drilling activity goes up too. What does it mean? Simple: hundreds if not thousands of jobs in the Marcellus Shale are being created.

What is the Marcellus Shale?

The Marcellus shale play, named after a visible outcropping of bedrock near Marcellus, New York, lies a mile or so beneath the surface of the earth in the Appalachian Basin of the United States, extending throughout sections of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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The Appalachian Basin is one of the most prominent coal-producing regions in the world; bituminous coal has been mined there for the last 300 years. The area also has a long history of oil and gas production.

Employment Outlook

The employment potential is very positive in the Marcellus shale area, and many workers are needed to fill jobs necessary for production and development of this immense natural gas field. The career options in the region include a variety of jobs related to exploration and production activities, including:

  • Environmental hydro-geologists
  • Jobber assistants
  • Ecologists
  • Tanker drivers
  • Drill site managers
  • Petroleum landsmen,
  • and pipeline engineers.

That's just the short list!

Other types of employees that are needed at the Marcellus shale include clerical and administrative workers, finance and information technology experts, sales managers, and legal and human resources personnel.

There are also a growing number of employment opportunities with companies that provide myriad products and services to the natural gas industry. As the economies in the communities of the Marcellus shale expand, there will be job growth in hospitality, retail, real estate, manufacturing and fabrication, and other related industries as well.

Although the Marcellus shale has long been identified as being rich in fossil fuels, it was not until recently that companies have invested money into exploration of the area. Industry exploration has found that a huge amount of natural gas, possibly up to 500 trillion cubic feet, may be held in the Marcellus shale. Leading oil and gas exploration and production companies are leasing vast stretches of land - and the hiring has begun.

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Which companies are leading the Marcellus shale charge? The list includes:

  • Chesapeake Energy
  • EOG Resources
  • Chevron
  • Anadarko Petroleum
  • and dozens upon dozens of other companies.

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New pipelines are planned and will be used to transport natural gas extracted from the Marcellus Shale. Once approved, these pipeline manufacturing and building projects will create even more jobs. Many of these operations are in their infancy, and development in the Marcellus shale region is expected to continue for at least the next few decades.

Technology such as fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques allow companies to drill faster and more efficiently, making the natural gas field present at Marcellus shale even more valuable, and dramatically increasing the employment opportunities in the Marcellus shale natural gas field formation.

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