WASHINGTON, April 26, 2010 – Nearly 70 American oil and natural gas workers from 15 states are on Capitol Hill this week to talk with policymakers about the potential of America’s vast shale gas resources and the importance of a strong domestic oil and natural gas industry to the nation’s economic future and job creation. Geologists, petroleum engineers, landmen, rig workers and others from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and beyond — all active, contributing members of their communities and their states — are taking the opportunity to talk about the industry’s capacity to grow jobs and produce the energy needed to drive our nation’s economy.
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