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ND makes list of sites threatened by oil drilling

Drilling activity forces lawmakers to consider protecting parks and wildlife


Pennsylvania landman indicted

Forged signatures, faked companies and forged notary stamps to acquire mineral rights


Survey shows majority local work force in Marcellus Shale industry

Marcellus Shale Coalition reports 96 percent of workers come from region


An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal

An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal


EV Energy Partners sells 22,535 acres in the Utica Shale play

Company will get $284.3 million for the sale


4 NE Ohio steel pipe-makers ask feds to raise import duties

Vallourec Star and Wheatland Tube among those who say foreign competitors hurting U.S. oil and gas pipe industry


NiSource is planning to spend $1.5 million to improve roads in Mahoning County

NiSource is planning to spend $1.5 million to improve roads in Mahoning County


'Take it or leave it' offers by some landmen leaves owners steamed

Eminiment domain threats being issued against some who resist offers for pipeline right of way access


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Sand mining operations booming

Demand from oil and gas companies is creating big business


Gulfport Energy increases acreage

Gulfport Energy increases acreage OKLAHOMA CITY Gulfport Energy reported in July that it has


Athens residents may vote on frack ban

Athens residents may vote on frack ban ATHENS Athens residents may be voting to ban hydraulic


Increased prices a concern with liquified natural gas exports

Would increased natural gas exports cause home heating costs to skyrocket?


Peer-reviewed article shines light on injection wells and earthquakes

William Ellsworth, writing for the journal Science, addresses a hotly contested issue


Halcon Field Services proposes gathering pipeline

In its path is a portion of the Girard Lakes properties


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Amish conflicted about perils, benefits of drilling

In parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania where horse-drawn buggies clip-clop at the pace of a bygone era, Amish communities are debating a new temptation — the large cash royalties that can come with the boom in oil and gas drilling.


Multi-million dollar ad campaign builds industry support

The American Petroleum Institute has long run positive adds on oil and gas operations in places like Ohio


Activists stand in the way of N.Y. shale drilling

The anti-fracking movement has inspired a legion of people like Sue Rapp and Vera Scroggins


Researchers at OSU want to install, study oil and gas well

The university would conduct the research in Noble County


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Liquified natural gas exports not expected to create demand for Utica

LNG exports offer much higher profits for natural gas producers who are netting little at domestic prices


An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal

An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal