Directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing are not new. But their current use in extracting natural gas and oil in areas like the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania has been called a "game changer" by the US Energy Information Administration.
Join the Friends of the Wissahickon and geologist Tim Bechtel on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. at Valley Green Inn for The Game Changer: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Marcellus Shale. This presentation is part of the popular lecture series Valley Talks, sponsored by Valley Green Bank. The lecture will not be about policy, but will instead explain the occurrence of natural gas and methods of extracting it, namely directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Valley Green Inn is located on Forbidden Drive in Wissahickon Valley Park. Light refreshments will be provided. Register for the lecture by contacting Sarah Marley at marley@fow.org or 215-247-0417 x109, or visit www.fow.org. Spaces are limited.
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About Tim Bechtel
Tim Bechtel has a B.Sc. in Geology from Haverford College, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University. For 26 years he has been providing geological, environmental, and geophysical consulting to the USEPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, US National Park Service, and many other federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as commercial clients in the mining, minerals, petroleum, chemical, groundwater, and other industries. For the past 13 years he has taught in the Earth and Environmental Science Departments of the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin & Marshall College.
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About the Sponsor
Valley Green Bank, a locally-owned and operated Pennsylvania commercial bank, has two branches in Northwest Philadelphia located in Mt. Airy at 7226 Germantown Avenue and in Chestnut Hill at 23 W. Highland Avenue and a branch in South Philadelphia at Broad and Tasker Streets. There are two commercial loan offices in Radnor and Center City. The Bank offers a traditional mix of deposit accounts, including non-interest and interest-bearing checking accounts, savings, money market, and certificate of deposit accounts. It also offers customers individual retirement accounts. Valley Green Bank is a member of FDIC.
About Friends of the Wissahickon
The Friends of the Wissahickon, founded in 1924, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Wissahickon Valley. FOW works in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to restore historical structures throughout the park, eliminate invasive plant species, monitor watershed management issues, and restore trails throughout the Wissahickon Valley Park with its Sustainable Trails Initiative. Follow FOW on Facebook and Twitter. For more information or to become a member, visit www.fow.org.
