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if you look at the last 4 months, Nov,Dec,Jan,Feb, there are 130 wells permitted in Bradford County.

 

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there is some activity near wyalusing.

 

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Judd- 6 wells
Strom - 6 wells
Arnold- 1 well

all chesapeake, all monroe twp. judd and strom were permited in 2008, the arnold well in 2009.

 

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somewhere around 180 wells permitted in Bradford County this year, total of around 280 counting last year.......and it's only june 1st??

 

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i also wish there were more jobs for locals, BUT, the gas business has created a lot of work for local people. its just not directly for the gas company's.

resturaunts are busier, hotels are booked full, hardware stores , equipment rentals etc.

gravel pits crushing more rock and dump trucks hauling to build pads and roads to get to them . dump trucks hauling sand for pipelines. local water trucks running etc

it could certainly be better, but this business has brought some very needed work to our area, even though most of it is through service companys , its still better than no work.

 

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It's all about the truckers isn't it Buzz!!

percentage wise, a lot higher percentage of farmers had their income significantly boosted from gas lease money, not to mention the wells.

i think that jj will agree that that is both a good and bad thing for area farming. it's a good thing that most farmers will get enough money to retire from this,,but a bad thing that it will certainly mean a lot less actual farmers in bradford county.
we'll just have to deal with a bunch of rich retired farmers

meanwhile, don't worry about us truckers, we'll just keep working hard 7 days a week till we die