April 8, 2009

The Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian area of the eastern United States is fast becoming one of the hottest natural gas drilling plays in the nation, the subject of speculation that its production could eventually outstrip the Barnett Shale of North Texas.

But John Pinkerton, chairman and CEO of Range Resources Corp. of Fort Worth, said the company felt quite lonely when it made a pioneering foray into the sprawling Marcellus field in Pennsylvania in 2004.

Read the full article at the Star-Telegram.