Technology

Drilling in Marcellus

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Photo by Samuel C. Schon, student, Brown University

The Marcellus Shale is one of the largest emerging unconventional resource plays in the United States, made possible by advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The play extends from West Virginia through Pennsylvania to New York and portions of eastern Ohio. Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1.