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GeoLegends: Bill Zagorski (Part 1)

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Bill Zagorski - Discovery and Development of the Marcellus Shale (Part 1)

Petroleum geologist for Range Resources who spent most of his career exploring the Appalachian basins, then famously tested the Marcellus Shale in 2004-07, drilling four experimental horizontal wells. Reports of these successes expanded the play regionally in late 2007, and he is now known as the “Father of the Marcellus.” Show More

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