Photo Gallery: Shale Gas Strategy

Shale Gas Strategy

Apr. 11, 2012

"Drill Baby Drill" sign

A "Drill Baby Drill" sign greets motorists traveling on U.S. Route 30 in Columbiana County, Ohio. The region has become a hot spot for drilling activity because of the liquids-rich natural gas resources underground.
Chesaapeake Engery Corp.'s Ayrview Acres drilling site in Columbiana County, Ohio

Chesaapeake Engery Corp.'s Ayrview Acres drilling site in Columbiana County, Ohio. The company was completing its third well at the site at the time of this photo in early March.
Rig work can be dirty and physically demanding

Rig work can be dirty and physically demanding. But entry-level rig hands can make as much as $65,000 a year. Here, a rig hand for Nomca, a Chesapeake drilling affiliate, helps pull and separate drilling pipe at the Ayrview Acres site.
Rig hands separate drilling pipe with tongs

Rig hands separate drilling pipe with tongs at Chesapeake's Ayrview Acres site.
Nomac rig hand removes pipe from the drilling hole in a process known in the industry as "tripping pipe."

A Nomac rig hand removes pipe from the drilling hole in a process known in the industry as "tripping pipe."
A Nomac rig hand preparing to separate pieces of drilling pipe

A Nomac rig hand preparing to separate pieces of drilling pipe.
Teresa Keane, a manager and waitress at a Carrollton, Ohio, Ponderosa Steakhouse

Teresa Keane, a manager and waitress at a Carrollton, Ohio, Ponderosa Steakhouse says her restaurant has increased business by an average of 200 to 300 customers a day because of the shale gas rush. Some workers have doubled their hours, as a result.
Pete Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc

Pete Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc, speaking at the CERA Week energy conference in Houston March 7. Voser called for strong regulation and enforcement to ensure everyone conducts hydraulic fracturing properly.
Southwestern Energy Co. CEO Steve Mueller

Southwestern Energy Co. CEO Steve Mueller says shale gas producers must adopt a "social contract" with the public that ensures everyone benefits from natural gas production in a socially responsible way.

Executives at leading oil and gas companies pledge a heightened level of transparency to ensure shale gas reaches its full potential. This slideshow accompanies the April 11, 2012 article by Jonathan Katz on shale gas strategy.

Shale Gas Strategy

"Drill Baby Drill" sign

Chesaapeake Engery Corp.'s Ayrview Acres drilling site in Columbiana County, Ohio

Rig work can be dirty and physically demanding

Rig hands separate drilling pipe with tongs

Nomac rig hand removes pipe from the drilling hole in a process known in the industry as "tripping pipe."

A Nomac rig hand preparing to separate pieces of drilling pipe

Teresa Keane, a manager and waitress at a Carrollton, Ohio, Ponderosa Steakhouse

Pete Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc

Southwestern Energy Co. CEO Steve Mueller

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Shale Gas Strategy

"Drill Baby Drill" sign

Chesaapeake Engery Corp.'s Ayrview Acres drilling site in Columbiana County, Ohio

Rig work can be dirty and physically demanding

Rig hands separate drilling pipe with tongs

Nomac rig hand removes pipe from the drilling hole in a process known in the industry as "tripping pipe."

A Nomac rig hand preparing to separate pieces of drilling pipe

Teresa Keane, a manager and waitress at a Carrollton, Ohio, Ponderosa Steakhouse

Pete Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc

Southwestern Energy Co. CEO Steve Mueller

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