The Marcellus and Utica Shale region extends beneath Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York, and companies are currently fracking and pumping natural gas from both regions at an unprecedented rate. This level of production has the potential to boost the nation’s economy and lessen foreign dependence on energy sources if energy companies can work out the complications that have cropped up in the processes of getting the products from the ground to the consumer. On the production end, companies are creating new technologies that will only bring an increase in the supply. Production is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to natural gas. The natural gas being pumped from the shale regions is not a single element but a mix of compounds that also include propane and ethane, two liquid fuels that have their place in the market. Processing the compounds and separating them so that they can be sent to their respective marketplaces is a “problem” that energy suppliers must
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