Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

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Marcellus shale has the potential to affect many parts of Pennsylvania. This Web site is your official entry point for Penn State Cooperative Extension's educational and research materials about Marcellus shale, natural gas, and how it may affect the Commonwealth. Since 2001, we have been actively helping citizens, landowners, businesses, local governments, and others understand the opportunities and challenges arising from Marcellus shale. Let us help you, too.

Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center

The Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center (MSETC), a partnership of Penn State Cooperative Extension and Penn College of Technology, was established to provide the regional area and the natural gas industry with a central resource for workforce development and community education needs as related to the Marcellus Shale gas play. 

You've leased your land, but haven't been paid! Now what?

Land leasing for natural gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale has slowed down considerably, and some landowners who have leased their land, haven't been paid yet.  What are the options?