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DNR: New map shows Marcellus shale distribution

Tags: shale, Western Maryland,

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House passes 7.5 percent tax for Marcellus Shale

The House of Delegates has passed a 7.5 percent state severance tax on the wholesale market value of natural gas extracted from the Marcellus Shale in western Maryland.

Tags: natural gas,

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Md. House approves fee for gas drilling study

Maryland would become the first state in the nation to charge energy companies a fee to finance studies on best practices for extracting natural gas from Marcellus Shale, under a bill approved Tuesday by the state's House of Delegates.

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Md. gas-drilling panel meeting in Hagerstown

A state commission on natural-gas drilling is taking a look at the regulatory landscape.

Tags: Hagerstown Community College, natural-gas

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Md. bill would ban import of fracking wastewater

Bringing natural gas drilling wastewater into Maryland for treatment or storage would be banned under a bill introduced by a Montgomery County lawmaker.

Tags: Shane Robinson, wastewater,

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