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Marcellus shale drawing major investments
by Daniel J. Graeber
Houston (UPI) Aug 28, 2014


Federal grant helps fight crimes against women in N.D. boom towns
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Aug 27, 2014 - The boost in North Dakota's economy from the oil boom has been met with a corresponding increase in crimes against women, Sen. John Hoeven said.

Hoeven, R-N.D., said the state received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department to help prosecute crimes against women in the Bakken region of the state.

"The rapid growth of western North Dakota's economy and population has also brought challenges, including crimes against women," Hoeven said in a statement Tuesday. "These grants are one of the law enforcement resources we're working to provide for the Bakken [area], as well as a larger drug enforcement and FBI presence in the region."

The state Attorney General said in a July report violent crimes in the state in 2013 increased by 7.4 percent while arrests for drug-related offenses increased 19.5 percent from 2012. The number of rape cases was down 2 percent year-on-year.

Average per capita income of $57,084 leads the nation in part because of the oil boom in the state. North Dakota was ranked 38th in the nation in that category in 2000.

The Marcellus shale natural gas play is expected to draw in more than $100 billion in investments from operators, Wood Mackenzie says.

Energy consultant group Wood Mackenzie describes Marcellus as the largest natural gas basin of its kind in the world when based on production. The group said there may be more than $90 billion left in value in the play based on projected output from new wells.

Jonathan Garret, a researcher in the exploration and production market in the United States, said the top 20 operators in Marcellus are expected to generate $86 billion in shale value.

"These operators are forecast to spend nearly $110 billion in the play and to drill over 25,000 Marcellus wells through 2035," he said in a statement Wednesday.

By 2020, Wood Mackenzie estimates Marcellus, centered largely in Pennsylvania, should produce an average of 20 billion cubic feet of equivalent per day, which it said would represent 25 percent of the total U.S. natural gas supply.

Wood Mackenzie says the number of active rigs in the Marcellus play have fallen since the beginning of 2012. Energy companies are getting better at pulling gas from the reserve area, however, which the group said is contributing to expected growth.

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