Marcellus gas buys banned pending EPA review due in 2012

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Jan 19, 2011, 2:16:49 AM1/19/11

Marcellus gas buys banned pending EPA review due in 2012

by Jon Hurdle - Jan 18 (Reuters)

"Philadelphia officials on Tuesday directed a city utility not to buy natural gas from the Marcellus. Philadelphia Gas Works buys $300 million to $350 million of gas per year but none of it from the Marcellus Shale and it has no plans to do so. The Gas Commission's unanimous vote followed a decision by the Pittsburgh City Council to preemptively ban hydraulic fracturing in that city."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1813865220110118

So once again... Why the rush to drill?

Unless the industry has some serious concerns about the EPA findings and they want to get as many wells 'grandfathered' in before the EPA closes the 'Halliburton Loophole' and it's 'game over', as stated in a recent articles in the industry publications 'RigZone' and the pipeliners union magazine 'Blue Light Reports'.