Compressor stations, gas treatment plants, ethane crackers, expanded and cheaper local natural gas supply...
There is far more to becoming an area of production than just the drilling. The drilling drives an initial boom, but more jobs will remain than existed before. And some drilling “booms” will last for many years.
I hope you are right. But, I seen a bad sign up the road from me. Shell Appalachia reclaimed a frack water retention pond. If it was not for a road sign, you’d never know it was there.
Yes, I have a vested interest as a land owner in all this. And it is not about ground water. The safety measures they have now should be shutting up the envirowackos, but nothing does.
I have only seen two new flares since the beginning of this year. I don’t know if the price is no longer profitable, Wolfie has them scared in Harrisburg, or Ohio and West Virginia is better quality gas.