In This Issue:

- Paradigm Shift: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Development and Energy Abundance:

As is commonly held by energy sector experts, the game-changing development of the shales and the resurgence of natural gas as a virtually new, huge, versatile, long-term fuel, with a shrinking environmental footprint, is based upon the synergistic deployment of several key technologies...

- West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania to Coordinate Efforts to Attract Shale Business:

Leaders from the three states agreed to join forces and attract more shale gas business to the Marcellus and Utica Shales area - which happens to be the most productive basin in the country...

- Another $1.1 Billion Gas Powered Power Plant Planned for the Utica Shale:

South Field Energy LLC has announced the $1.1 billion power plant will be located in Columbiana County. It will be the sixth new gas-fired power plant being built in Ohio - due to the abundance of the Utica Shale's natural gas...

- The Heart of Shale Country: Wheeling, W.Va. - The Nation's Fifth Fastest Growing Economy:

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Wheeling has profited from the natural gas boom. Wheeling's GDP grew by 9.5 percent from 2013 to 2014. The other top four fastest growing economies? All located in strong shale gas regions...