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Chesapeake Energy Corporation has a long-standing tradition of supporting community programs in the areas where it operates. In Pennsylvania’s Beaver County, where the company has been operating since 2010, Chesapeake routinely teams up with groups like the county’s Educational Trust, 4H and the Conservation District to promote education and conservation-oriented programs. That’s why selecting Beaver County for this semester’s Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders (DTL) program was a natural fit.

With leading leasehold positions in 10 of the leading plays in the U.S., Chesapeake’s technical expertise and aggressive land acquisition efforts has given the company the resources to successfully fuel growth for decades to come. Thanks to the hard work and innovation of its employees, the company boasts one of the best asset bases in the world.​

This March a variety of industries gathered to discuss the potential for ethane and other natural gas byproducts at the Charleston Civic Center for the Marcellus to Manufacturing Ethane Development Conference. Hosted by the West Virginia Manufacturer’s Association in cooperation with the West Virginia Construction and Design Expo and the state Department of Commerce, the expo covered a wide range of Marcellus-related topics.​

Developing a workforce training curriculum from scratch requires involvement from many groups, and what a partnership of institutions and agencies in northern Pennsylvania envisioned seemed even more daunting.​​