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The safe and steady development of clean-burning natural gas in Pennsylvania has the potential to create an additional 212,000 new jobs over the next 10 years on top of the thousands already being generated all across the Commonwealth. And over just the next 18 months, these activities are slated to create more than $1.8 billion in state and local tax revenues... The Marcellus Shale is a layer of marine sedimentary rock containing largely untapped natural gas reserves. The Marcellus formation covers large parts of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, also reaching into Ohio and Virginia. Geologists have been aware of the Marcellus Shale's natural gas deposits for some time, but not until recently have new drilling techniques (see below) and rising energy prices made the Marcellus a viable source for natural gas.