IN THIS ISSUE:

• First Marcellus Well in Blair County

• Fox News Report - Shale: The New American Gold Rush

• Marcellus Shale Coalition Update

• Terry Bossert hired as VP of Government Affairs

First Marcellus Well in Blair County

Chief recently began drilling the Richey Unit #1H horizontal well in Juniata Township.  Since this is the first Marcellus well in Blair County, Chief is hosting a community informational meeting to talk about our current drilling operations in the area.  We want everyone in the area to know who we are, how we do business and what to expect from our operations.  A brief presentation about natural gas development will be given and Chief representatives will be on hand to answer your questions. 

When:   Wednesday, February 3, 2010

  5:30pm-7:30pm

Where:  Blue Knob All Seasons Resort

Community Center

1424 Overland Pass

Claysburg, PA

Fox News Report - Shale: The New American Gold Rush

Marcellus Shale Coalition Update

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) recently announced Kathryn Klaber as the organization's first President and Executive Director.  Klaber has worked closely with elected leaders, regulators and the environmental community in her previous role as Executive Vice President for Competitiveness at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. A lifelong Pennsylvanian, Klaber earned her undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and her Masters in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.   

Chief Hires Terry Bossert as VP of Government Affairs

Chief is proud to announce Terry Bossert as Vice President of Government Affairs.  Mr. Bossert comes to Chief from the law firm of Post & Schell where he was the chair of the Environmental Regulation and Litigation Group in the firm’s Harrisburg office. 

From 1995 to 1999 he was Chief Counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection. He formerly served as a Deputy Attorney General with the Criminal Law Division at the Office of Attorney General, where he supervised prosecution of environmental crimes. 

Mr. Bossert is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Affairs Committee of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.  He is a member of the Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee, having been appointed to that position by the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate.  Mr. Bossert received his B.A. from Susquehanna University and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University.

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