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UGI Utilities keeping Marcellus natural gas here
Company celebrates making first direct connection to wells drilled in Pennsylvania.
December 16, 2011|By Tim Darragh, Of The Morning Call
Natural gas extracted from deep beneath Pennsylvania has found a definite market: Pennsylvania.
UGI Utilities on Friday announced it made its first-ever direct interconnect to Marcellus Shale gas wells drilled in the state, enabling the delivery of Pennsylvania natural gas to UGI customers directly from the wells.
The occasion was marked with a dedication ceremony at the well site near Mansfield, Tioga County, according to a UGI news release. The dedication was followed by a celebratory holiday meal, cooked with natural gas, for local residents and leaders in a nearby fire hall, it said.
"For the first time in history, Pennsylvania's natural gas is flowing directly from the well to UGI customers," said Vicki Ebner, UGI Utilities' senior vice president for customer and government relations. "This direct interconnection from energy source to consumer is the type of infrastructure necessary for Marcellus Shale to reach its full potential."
The occasion marked the start of the flow of natural gas from shale formations through wells and a processing station owned by Shell Upstream America and Ultra Petroleum, and into a UGI Central Penn Gas supply pipeline that feeds some 15,000 customers in Tioga, Bradford and Potter counties, the release said.
At the end of November, UGI announced rate decreases of 4.5 percent to 13 percent throughout the 35 counties included in the service areas of UGI's natural gas companies. Ebner said the good news for customers will continue to unfold in the months and years ahead.
"Marcellus Shale has already had a significant impact on the market — UGI customers are paying about 30 percent less than they paid just three years ago," she said. "We expect prices to have much less volatility in the near future because of the potential we have under our feet.
"The positive impact on consumer costs has led to a record number of conversions — energy consumers converting from other fuels to natural gas. All indications are that the market is absolutely ripe for this trend to continue," Ebner said.
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