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December 6-7, 2010
The Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center hosted the Second Annual Marcellus Shale Workforce Forum in the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. The goal of this two-day event was to focus on Marcellus Shale development and its impact on workforce and education. Educators from secondary schools, two-year technical schools, and four-year colleges and universities were joined by representatives from oil and gas exploration, production, and service companies.
Presentations
- A View of Energy Education from the Barnett Shale in Texas
- Marcellus ShaleNET Overview/Concept Update
- A View of Natural Gas Development from the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association
- The Marcellus Development Process
- State Workforce Assessment Report Update
- Labor and Industry Report on Listening Sessions
- Marcellus Economics
- Understanding and Differentiating Marcellus Economic Studies
- Industry, Education, ShaleNET, and the Commonwealth
- Workforce Implications of Existing & Projected Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania
- Marcellus Shale Opportunities and Challenges: What Schools Are Saying
- Navarro College: Experiences and Lessons Learned Identifying Industry Needs, Creating or Transforming Curriculum, and Staying True to Institutional Mission
- Natural Gas Competencies as Part of the Approved CTE Program of Study
- A Conversation with History
- Marcellus Shale and Human Resource Needs
Sponsors
- St. Francis University
- Appalachian Well Services, Inc.
- Titan Wireline Services
- Chesapeake Energy
- Range Resources
- Select Energy Services
- Talisman Energy USA
- Cleveland Brothers
- PIOGA
- Pennsylvania General Energy Company, LLC
- Tetra Tech
- Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, Workforce Development & Continuing Education Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Cooperative Extension, College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University
- Pennsylvania Association of Career & Technical Administrators
Event Attendees
December 7-8, 2009
The Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center hosted the First Annual Marcellus Shale Workforce Forum in the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. The goal of this two-day event was to focus on Marcellus Shale development and its impact on workforce and education. Educators from secondary schools, two-year technical schools, and four-year colleges and universities were joined by representatives from oil and gas exploration, production, and service companies.
Presentations
- Myth vs. Reality
- Marcellus 101
- Petroleum Technology
- How Higher Education May Help
- How Secondary Education May Help
- The Keystone to Pennsylvania's Energy Future
- Marcellus Workforce Needs
- Scope Diagram Network
Sponsors
- EOG Resources
- East Resources, Inc.
- Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, Workforce Development & Continuing Education Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Cooperative Extension, College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University
- Pennsylvania General Energy Co., LLC
- Range Resources
- XTO Energy
- Carrizo Oill & Gas, Inc.
- Fortuna Energy Inc.
- Independent Oil & Gas Association of Pennsylvania (IOGA)
- Ultra Petroleum (UP)