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Press Release 08242010
PAGasDirectory.com Adds Services to Help Gas Companies Find Local Pennsylvania Businesses.

All of the gas and service companies coming into PA want to do business with local PA businesses and one of their biggest challenges is finding these companies.  To address this problem, PAGasDirectory.com will use its database of 75 gas and service companies to introduce local PA businesses to the natural gas industry.  Pennsylvania businesses can us these email blasts to provide in-depth information about their respective companies’ products and services.  “Since I’m contacted regularly by gas companies looking for companies, I feel these email blast will provide a valuable service for them,” commented Joe Barone, President, PAGasDirectory.com.
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Press Release 08202010
Weatherford, PAGasDirectory.com and Logue Industries Support the Susquehanna Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Joe Barone of PAGasDirectory.com and Curt Parsons of Weatherford International Ltd., present a check for $1000 to Jon Brennan, Council Executive/CEO Susquehanna Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  The gift is part of the proceeds of the recent golf tournament sponsored by PAGasDirectory.com and Logue Industries. Natural gas company participants designated the Boy Scouts as a recipient of funds raised, based on recommendations from natural gas industry families.
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Press Release 08172010
Weatherford, PAGasDirectory.com and Logue Industries Support the James V. Brown Library.

Joe Barone of PAGasDirectory.com and Curt Parsons of Weatherford International Ltd., present a check for $1000 to Janice Trapp, Director of the James V. Brown Library.  The gift is part of the proceeds of the recent golf tournament sponsored by PAGasDirectory.com and Logue Industries. Natural gas company participants designated the Library as a recipient of funds raised, based on recommendations from natural gas industry families happy to discover the size and quality of the Children’s Library and its programs when they relocated here.
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Press Release 08032010
The Drilling Rig count is growing in Pennsylvania and more rigs are coming.

"According to the weekly drilling rig report provided by Baker Hughes, Pennsylvania, which contains the massive Marcellus Shale play, the number of rigs working increased by 91 percent year over year.  While the number of rigs in use has almost doubled in the last year, the number could possibly double again in 2011 with the number of rigs being brought to Pennsylvania from Texas and Oklahoma.
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Press Release 07312010
WORD-FM to Sponsor Business Symposium

There is no question that the development of the Marcellus Shale Play has been a benefit to our county. It has created new well paying jobs for our residents, generated wealth in our community through leasing and increased activity in our business community. In fact, the development of this industry has enabled Washington County to sustain a stable economy despite the economic downturn two years ago.
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Press Release 07282010
New Advertisers on PAGasDirectory.com Reach the Natural Gas Industry

Companies throughout Pennsylvania are looking to grow their businesses with the Marcellus Shale opportunities.  Many of these companies are turning to PAGasDirectory.com to connect them with gas companies as well as the service companies.
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Press Release 07212010
There are 10,000 Gas Workers in PA and More Are Coming.

Laura Fisher, Senior Vice President of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development stated recently that 70% of the drilling workforce is not local to Pennsylvania.  According to DEP, there was an average of 112 wells drilled per month in 2010.  Penn State’s State Cooperative Extension Division says that it takes approximately 400 individuals ...
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Press Release 07112010
Marcellus Shale Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Business Profile of PAGasDirectory.com

Penn State Extension has been conducting programs for business owners and managers interested in developing new opportunities or expanding their firm's involvement in natural gas activities. This article, the second in a series of profiles of local entrepreneurs, describes PAGasDirectory.com and how its owner created the business after attending one of these Extension programs. We will continue to profile other businesses to demonstrate the pathways by which entrepreneurs identify and pursue opportunities related to natural gas.
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Press Release 07062010
Mobile Devices Driving Traffic to PAGasDirectory.com

Natural Gas Industry Employees are using their smart phones and iPads to access PAGasDirectory.com.  The iPhone, Blackberry, and iPad are the leading mobile devices used by gas workers to visit PAGasDirectory.com.
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Press Release 06222010
PAGasDirectory.com is the answer.  What’s the question?
“Where do PA businesses find gas companies, their employees and families?”

For many Pennsylvania companies, PAGasDirectory.com is the answer to the question where do I find gas companies and their employees.  With increasing drilling activity throughout the state, there are more workers than ever coming into the state and there may be even more especially with the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf.
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Press Release 06202010
Golf tournament to raise money, welcome new industry

Proceeds raised at an upcoming gas industry-sponsored golf tournament and retail reception will benefit local organizations, according to Joseph F. Barone, president of PAGasDirectory.com.
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Press Release 06032010
PaGasDirectory.com Making the Connection Online

Over the past few years, a gradual swell of change and growth resulting from natural gas drilling of the Mar-cellus Shale has brought an influx of folks from the southwest to Washington County: if local business owners have not done so yet, they should take the time to add their company name to the PA Gas Directory, where industry newcomers can find them.
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Press Release 06032010
Temporary workers cause rental prices to more than double

The huge influx of Marcellus Shale workers into northeastern Pennsylvania has driven rental prices through the roof and is changing the landscape of numerous communities.
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Press Release 06022010
Northern Tier gas drillers still an under-served market


Joe Barone wants NEPA business to know the drill about serving gas workers in the northern tier. He believes these well-paid professionals from the natural gas industry, who are relocating to the region in growing numbers, as well as their families and an expanding supply chain, represent tremendous opportunities for many local companies to capture new customers.
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Perss Release 06012010
Shop and Swing” Gas Industry Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Local Organizations

PAGasDirectory.com and Logue Industries are decidedly putting the “fun” in fundraising in serving as co-sponsors for the area’s first annual “Shop and Swing” Natural Gas Industry Golf Tournament being held on June 28, 2010 from noon to 7:00PM at the Williamsport Country Club.  The upcoming Shop and Swing event provides both golfing and shopping enthusiasts with a winning combination-- a golf tournament running concurrently with a retail reception.
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Press Release 05-10-2010
Headline:  Big Opportunities for Pennsylvania Banks

As gas workers arrive in Pennsylvania an almost immediate need is to open a bank account.  While almost all gas workers have direct deposit for their salary, their expenses are paid via checks sent to their Pennsylvania addresses or delivered to the field or regional offices.  
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Press Release 05-04-2010
Headline:  First Natural Gas Employees and Spouses Survey Provides a Look at Housing, Shopping, Dining Preferences and much more

It’s a four-bedroom two bath house, ideally new or recent construction.  Shopping would be better with more upscale women’s and home décor/furniture stores.  For dining, it’s Mexican, Mexican and more Mexican.
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Press Release 04-15-2010
Headline:  Gas Workers in Southwestern PA Find a New Resource

Marcellus Shale drilling activity has brought a number of new gas workers from Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Louisiana to the Southwestern counties of Pennsylvania.  As the workers begin the drilling for natural gas, they are confronted with the challenge of learning their way around this section of Pennsylvania. 
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Press Release 04-05-2010
Headline:  Commercial Real Estate Is Becoming as Valuable as Natural Gas

Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region has made commercial real estate a commodity almost as valuable as natural gas itself.  Hundreds of companies have come into the Marcellus Shale region looking for commercial and industrial real estate.
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Press Release 03-09-2010
Headline: Advertisers Seeing More Activity from Gas Companies

Early advertisers on the new web site, PAGasDirectory.com, are seeing more activity from gas companies in the form of phone calls and bid requests.  Logue Industries and Foresman Septic Services were one of the first advertisers on this web site which connects gas workers with local businesses.
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Press Release - 03-05-2010
Headline:  PAGasDirectory.com Adds More Businesses to its Web Site

As the drilling season for natural gas becomes more active, PAGasDirectory.com is adding more businesses to its web site.  It is completing its second phase of development by adding over 8,000 more businesses which located in Allegheny, Lawrence, Mercer, Crawford, Venango, Clarion, Forest and Clarion counties.
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News Article - Williamsport Sun-Gazette, February 14, 2010
New business spotlight on PAGasDirectory.com

Joseph Barone attended the Penn State Cooperative Extension's Webinar series on the gas industry last year. It left such an impression on him that Barone began a business centered around the gas industry and the needs of the workers it will bring into the area.
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News Article - Williamsport Sun-Gazette, January 28, 2010
Meeting needs of gas drillers a sound strategy

The Marcellus Shale is bringing many changes to the area, including how some businesses operate.
At a breakfast seminar Wednesday morning, local business people learned how other areas have flourished and adapted to the business climates changed by gas exploration.
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Press Release - 01-13-2010

Headline:  Penn State’s “Your Business & Marcellus Shale: Voice of Experience” Education Program coming to Williamsport.

As development of Marcellus shale natural gas grows in Pennsylvania, businesspeople statewide are being invited to a series of breakfast seminars to learn how it may create opportunities for their businesses.  Energy firms are flocking to the Commonwealth to extract natural gas from Marcellus, and are partnering with or purchasing from local businesses and entrepreneurs. 
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Penn State Education Program - 01-10-2010

As development of Marcellus shale natural gas grows in Pennsylvania, businesspeople statewide are being invited to a series of breakfast seminars to learn how it may create opportunities for their businesses.  Energy firms are flocking to the Commonwealth to extract natural gas from Marcellus, and are partnering with or purchasing from local businesses and entrepreneurs.
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