Fracking the Delaware River Basin: It’s About Time!

John J. Interval explains how fracking the Delaware River Basin would provide long term economic benefits, growth and jobs.

There is no overstating the importance of allowing fracking for natural gas in the Delaware River Basin. It could produce as much as $435 million worth of natural gas annually, bringing huge economic benefits and creating manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to a study done by Gerald Kauffman, director of the University of Delaware’s Delaware Water Resources Center.

About 9 percent of the Marcellus Shale lies within the basin, which encompasses all or parts of 31 Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties along the states’ shared border. The production of natural gas in the Marcellus shale, one of the largest formations of its kind in the U.S., has bolstered the region’s economy, especially in Pennsylvania, without any adverse effects on groundwater.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/fracking-the-delaware-river-basin/

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