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Reports note that a tanker truck/water truck has crashed on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  There is at least one fatality and the road is closed to holiday travelers.  the twelve lawyers at Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS, continue to follow this story..

Dougherty Leventhal & Price,  DLP,  notes that partner John Finnerty is investigating a death which occured at the Veteran’s Medical Center.  Attorney Finnerty has retained experts to assist his clients.  Attorney Finnerty is one of twelve lawyers at DLP–Pennsylvania Truck Accident Lawyers—handling serious injury cases throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.  Attorney Finnerty along with Attorneys Cal Leventhal and Tom Cummings handle Pennsylvania Workers Compensation cases in the Marcellus Shale Gas Counties including Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming, Susquehanna, Potter, Tioga and Lycoming.  DLP–PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS.

A report out of Penn State downgrades the amount of economic impact generated by the gas drilling , Marcellus Shale industry.  Never the less, economic impact is still in excess of three (3) billion dollars.  The report notes that local municipalities are still struggling to handle the burgeoning industry without increased tax revenues.  The twelve lawyers at Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP; Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale truck accident lawyers, continue to follow this and other gas drilling issues while representing gas company employees and others injured in truck accidents, car accidents, drilling rig accidents and other major accidents throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania including Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga, Potter, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. DLP–  Pennsylvania TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP, is proud to announce that partner Cal Leventhal is the only named Super Lawyer* residing in and with principle office located in Wayne County Pennsylvania.  Attorney Leventhal heads the DLP workers compensation department.  He also was the first plaintiff lawyer to obtain a verdict in excess of one (1) million dollars in Wayne County history.  Attorney Leventhat can be contacted at his office in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

*As selected by Philadelphia Magazine

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP,  DLP, are Pennsylvania gas drilling rig workers compensation lawyers.  Attorneys Cal Leventhal, Tom Cummings and John Finnerty head the DLP Northeastern Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania workers compensation department.  DLP handles injured workers cases in Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga, Potter, Wyoming, Sullivan and Wayne Counties Pennsylvania.

Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP, DLP, Pennsylvania Truck Accident Lawyers in Bradford County, through its partners, Joe Price and Paul Oven, are scheduling a site visit to inspect the scene of another gas drilling related truck accident in Bradford County Pennsylvania.  Both Attorneys Price and Oven are handling several truck accident cases in Bradford County Pennsylvania.  Attorneys Price and Oven along with six (6) other members of DLP have been named Super Lawyers by Philadelphia Magazine.

“Local business owners taking advantage of Marcellus Shale”

Canonsburg, Pa. – As responsible Marcellus Shale natural gas development continues to expand across the commonwealth, so too are the opportunities for Pennsylvania-based businesses and workers. That was the topic of discussion at two events held yesterday in Johnstown and La Plume, Pa., where more than 275 small business owners and representatives attended seminars to learn more about the Marcellus-related supply chain opportunities. Partnering with Johnstown Area Regional Industries, Catalyst Connection (Regional Industrial Resources Center), members of the Marcellus Shale Coalition spoke directly to the needs of the industry and the host of business opportunities associated with this fast-growing industry. The La Plume (Lackawanna County) event was hosted by the Scranton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s MetroAction and Keystone College. Following are highlights from the forums:

• Mighty Marcellus “Outproducing Expectations”: “The Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania appears to be outproducing expectations, area business owners were told at a meeting Tuesday in Johnstown. More than 150 people packed the Holiday Inn along Market Street to learn how they can cash in on the lucrative and expanding natural gas industry. The event was organized by Johnstown Area Regional Industries and Catalyst Connection, a Pittsburgh-based manufacturing consulting group.” (Daily American, 8/23/11)
• “Businesses Learn To Tap Economic Potential Of Marcellus Shale Drilling”: “With Marcellus Shale drilling becoming a major player in Pennsylvania’s economy, the industry is now impacting other smaller businesses that can supply its needs. … Representatives of 155 small businesses attended to the forum…made up of Marcellus shale business experts, gave an insider’s perspective on what it takes to do business with the natural gas industry. “What’s so important it that the businesses, the employers, throughout the commonwealth understand what this industry can do for them for growing their businesses,” said Kathryn Klaber of the Marcellus Shale Coalition.” (WJAC-TV, 8/23/11)

• Seminar Informs Small Businesses on Marcellus Opportunities: “Keystone College and MetroAction, a division of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, recently hosted ‘Marcellus Shale and Your Business,’ a seminar designed to help local businesses learn more about opportunities in the Marcellus Shale region. Approximately 125 local business professionals attended the event, held in Keystone’s Hibbard Campus Center.” (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 8/24/11)
• Johnstown Small Business Benefiting from the Marcellus Multiplier: “RNDT Inc. President Fred Raco said his Johnstown-based commercial testing company has found work running industrial X-rays on pipelines and castings for natural gas drillers. “We were a perfect fit,” Raco said. “We were a local company. They didn’t have to bring companies in from out of state, or even Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.” Raco encouraged local businesses to attend industry trade shows to network. U.S. Rep. Mark Critz gave the opening remarks. Interviewed after his speech, Critz said Tuesday’s event was about networking not only with corporations, but also connecting small businesses along the ‘supply chain’ of the Marcellus Shale.” (Daily American, 8/23/11)

Additional information:

• Fact Sheet: Marcellus Multiplier, Powering Pennsylvania’s Supply Chain

Posted at MarcellusCoalition.org

Dougherty Leventhal & Price, LLP,  DLP,  Pennsylvania truck accident lawyers is pleased to acknowledge partner Jim Wetter, chief attorney in the firm handling complex truck accident and product liability cases.  Attorney Wetter is handling many complex cases involving complicated science, physics, engineeering and legal theories.  Attorney Wetter has successfully resolved many seven figure cases involving serious injuries.  Attorney Wetter can be contacted at the firm’s Kingston Office.

Pennsylvania gas drilling remains in a constant state of change and updates.  Reports today indicate that the Marcellus Shale gas field in Pennsylvania holds significantly more natural gas deposits than even recent estimates.  Good news.  However, other reports today note another reported methane gas problem in water wells and possibly a pond in Lenox, Susquehanna County.  The gas drilling company is investigating and no conclusions have been reached.  Bad news for an industry trying to avoid environmental problems, especially water pollution.  Pennsylvania truck accident and drilling rig injury lawyers Dougherty Leventhal & Price  LLP, DLP, continue to monitor these and other Marcellus Shale gas drilling issues in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania.

By KEVIN BEGOS

PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday that the Marcellus Shale region contains some 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas, far more than thought nearly a decade ago.

Tuesday’s figure is much higher than the last government assessment in 2002, which suggested about 2 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas.

The USGS said the estimate came from new information about the gas-rich formation underlying New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and from technical improvements in how wells are drilled.

Environmental groups have expressed concerns that the process of extracting the gas from deep underground could contaminate the water supply. But gas industry groups welcomed the independent government estimate.

“While some critics continue to question the viability of responsible domestic shale gas development, it is abundantly clear — as laid out by this new data — that the Marcellus Shale will continue to lead the way in meeting American’s energy needs for years to come,” said Kathryn Z. Klaber, president and executive director of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an organization of energy companies that says it’s committed to the responsible development of natural gas from the shale formation and the enhancement of the region’s economy.

The agency also estimated there are around 3.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas liquids. That product attracts a premium price over the natural gas.

The USGS figures represent an average of several possibilities about the gas reserves, located thousands of feet beneath the surface and coaxed out of the ground through high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The new survey suggested that the gas reserves are 43 trillion cubic feet to 144 trillion cubic feet, and the gas liquids are 1.6 to 6.2 barrels, with a 95 percent probability of the low range and 5 percent of the high range.

More than 3,300 wells have been drilled across Pennsylvania in just the last few years. The boom has raised concerns about the use of fracking, which injects chemical-laced water to break up the shale and allow natural gas to escape into the shale to push out the minerals. Environmental groups and the Environmental Protection Agency worry that the process could damage water wells, poison groundwater or harm trout streams. But the industry insists it’s safe.

The USGS Marcellus assessment covered areas in Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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Online: USGS Report: http://bit.ly/pDIv3M

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