Marcellus producers end 2015 with lower value than at the beginning

Marcellus producers end 2015 with lower value than at the beginning

Sunday, January 10, 2016 by Katie Woods

It’s no surprise that 2015 was a hard year for oil and gas producers.

According to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PowerSource, producers in the Marcellus shale finished the year with about half of the value they started it with.

You can view energy stock charts on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PowerSource’s website to see how companies operating in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale fared each week of 2015.

Via: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PowerSource > Marcellus Shale producers’ stocks dive in 2015

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