Abundant

The U.S. supply of natural gas is plentiful

• Natural Gas has emerged as one of the most abundant and widely available domestically produced resources in the United States
• 87% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. in 2009 was also produced in the U.S. (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Information about Marcellus Shale

• The name of the shale formation comes from an outcrop near the town of Marcellus, New York.
• The mostly untapped Marcellus resource, which geologists estimate was formed about 365 million years ago, is a unit of marine sedimentary rock. It is black, low-density organic rich shale that lies about 6,000 feet beneath the surface in much of upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
• The Marcellus Shale varies in depth; but, in Pennsylvania, it is found between 3,000 and 9,000 feet below ground – more than a mile deep. It also is located in small parts of Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. 
• Up to 500 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas lies within (1 Tcf heats 15 million homes/year)
• Contains enough natural gas to supply the US for the next 100 years, along with similar producing zones in other states.
• UGI supports the safe and environmentally responsible production of natural gas from Marcellus Shale. We believe these reserves benefit our customers, communities and environment.
• UGI is working with natural gas producers and pipeline operators to forge partnerships in developing and expanding a transportation/distribution infrastructure for bringing natural gas safely extracted from the Marcellus into Company and other northeastern and Mid-Atlantic markets.