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Governors extend Tri-State Shale Coalition agreement through 2021

Oil & Gas Journal: The governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia agreed to extend a 2015 agreement to cooperate on developing shale oil and gas resources in their states through Dec. 31, 2021. Their Mar. 21 action continues an effort to show the Appalachian basin’s shared goal to assure the gas will attract manufacturers to the region instead of simply being exported, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) said in Harrisburg.

“The shale gas resources in the Appalachian basin represent enormous economic opportunity not just for Pennsylvania, but for the region as a whole,” Wolf said. “We have a unique proposition: abundant and low-cost feedstock for petrochemical and plastics manufacturing, all within the same geographic footprint.” Ohio’s John R. Kasich (R) and West Virginia’s James C. Justice (R) also signed the extension.

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