North and west of the Philadelphia region, about 40 Pennsylvania counties sit upon the “Marcellus Shale” — named after Marcellus, a New York town. By some estimates, the Marcellus Shale may produce more than 400 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough to supply U.S. natural gas needs for 20 years.
“The Marcellus Shale gas play has the potential to be one of the biggest economic drivers in the state’s economy over the next two decades,” according to environmental attorney Robert D. Fox, managing partner of Manko Gold Katcher & Fox in Bala Cynwyd.
