Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee recently toured a Deep Well Services (DWS) facility in Butler County to view the company’s gas well technologies.
DWS specializes in high pressure and long lateral completions in the Appalachian and Permian Basins, using rigs called Hydraulic Completion Units. The rigs prepare natural gas shale wells for production after fracking.
The natural gas and oil industry supports more than 130,000 jobs statewide.
“Deep Well Services proudly operates in communities all over the Appalachia region and has donated over $100,000 in support of community services and local infrastructure projects,” Mark Marmo, DWS CEO, said. “Fifty percent of the company’s workforce resides in the Northeast, and we pride ourselves on continuing to do our part to support and expand the region’s economy. Oil and gas is here to stay, and our communities should benefit from all of the opportunities it provides.”
The lawmakers who toured the facility include Gene Yaw (R-Bradford/Lycoming/Sullivan/Susquehanna/Union counties), committee chairman; Joe Pittman (R-Armstrong/Butler/Indiana/Westmoreland counties), committee vice-chairman; and committee members Camera Bartolotta (R-Beaver/Greene/Washington counties), Scott Hutchinson (R-Butler/Clarion/Forest/Venango/Warren counties), and Elder Vogel (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence counties).
The company employs 300 people in five states.