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Documents: CEO Lupo directed illegal dump of brine

Workers hook up hoses to storage tanks and trucks in the area of the dump on D&L Energy property.

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Thousands of gallons potentially dumped at D&L

Details on the incident remain murky, but regulators have confirmed that a large amount of oil and brine were dumped into a storm drain near D&L headquarters.


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Industry develops nontoxic fracking fluids

The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it’s not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies.

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Fight shapes up over charter amendment

The oil and gas industry is taking closer note of Frack Free Mahoning Valley's ballot-initiative


Pa.-based website mines Marcellus Shale data

Carl Hagstrom founded MarcellusGas.Org in mid-2010 after conducting his own frustrating search for relevant information about the gas extraction boom around his Jessup Township home and business.


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


How has Matt Damon’s film “Promised Land” performed at the box office since it

How has Matt Damon’s film “Promised Land” performed at the box office since it opened in December?


EPA changed course after oil company protested

Regulators set aside an analysis that concluded the drilling could have been to blame for the contamination.


Consumers foresee economic opportunities

Staff report columbus A survey of consumers in three states found that 60 percent believe the


Being vigilant about earthquakes

Today I was reminded of the nine months I spent trying to convince anyone who would listen that


Laying the boom on diesel

Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom.


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BP’s natural-gas efforts fuel Valley reps’ optimism

U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan, left, and Bill Johnson, right, talk with Tim Harrington, regional president of BP North America Gas, at the company's Ohio headquarters at 12111 DeBartolo Drive, North Jackson, about its plans and exploration operations in the Mahoning Valley.


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Pipeline Coming

Residents and officials say the area will change


Ohio drillers gird for fight with Kasich

By JACKIE BORCHARDT Dayton Daily News DAYTON Oil and gas executives are bracing for a fight


Groups deliver cases of comments on NY fracking regulations

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. As Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration nears completion of


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Arrival of first horizontal well pad changes landscape

Glenn Brugler says it’s “kind of neat” that his last name will be attached to Trumbull County’s first horizontal gas and oil well, but there is also a bit of sadness on another level.

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Natural-gas drilling EPA fracking study may dodge tough questions

Associated Press PITTSBURGH An ongoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study on natural-gas


Utica Shale area smaller than some thought, bodes well for Valley

Shrinking Utica Shale should lead to industry consolidation in eastern Ohio, including the Mahoning Valley.


A history of oil and gas in Ohio

Ohio has a long history of oil and gas production going back to the 1860s.


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