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Review cuts confusion, bias from studies on shale jobs

Studies vary widely on how many jobs oil and natural-gas drilling will bring to eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.


Associated Press

Associated Press PITTSBURGH The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some


Vibrating trucks conduct seismic tests before Valley drilling

Seismic trucks driving through Cambridge, Ohio, vibrate the ground to cause sound waves. Those sound waves are recorded and used by oil and gas companies to help determine the best locations to drill for the commodities.


Controversy runs through NE Ohio-to-Canada pipeline

By JAMISON COCKLIN jcocklin@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A proposed 250-mile natural- gas


Ohio database expands to connect shale companies to local contractors

While national oil and gas companies are flooding eastern Ohio to get involved in the Utica Shale, a service is being developed to help local companies provide information about what they offer.


Learning how to fight natural-gas fires

Most Ohio firefighters have a lack of experience dealing with blazes pertaining to oil and gas, but as the industry grows, fire departments are looking for education.


Billboards slam gas-drilling critics

Billboards slam gas-drilling critics PITTSBURGH A new series of billboards on the Pennsylvania


Ohio database expands to connect shale companies to local contractors

By BURTON SPEAKMAN bspeakman@shalesheet.com YOUNGSTOWN While national oil and gas companies


Long fight over fracking still divides Pa. town

By Andrew Maykuth The Philadelphia Inquirer DIMOCK, Pa. More than three years after residents


BP Announces Sale of Interest in Draugen

BP Announces Sale of Interest in Draugen BP has agreed to sell its 18.36 percent nonoperated


D.R. Horton to return mineral rights

By John Murawski The News & Observer RALEIGH, N.C. After months of public scrutiny, D.R.


I keep reading about “mid-stream operations” in shale news stories. What are they? Will

I keep reading about “mid-stream operations” in shale news stories. What are they? Will they ever


Billboards slam gas-drilling critics

Billboards slam gas-drilling critics PITTSBURGH A new series of billboards on the Pennsylvania


Fracking update

By MARC KOVAC news@shalesheet.com COLUMBUS An update on lawmaker action and other activities


Long fight over fracking still divides Pa. town

By Andrew Maykuth The Philadelphia Inquirer DIMOCK, Pa. More than three years after residents


DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?

By BURTON SPEAKMAN bspeakman@shalesheet.com YOUNGSTOWN Despite the fervor over the “new” oil


Nothing new here; move along

It was brought to my attention by the Trumbull County Board of Health and a concerned-citizen group


mahoning county

mahoning county Shale Sheet Leases in Mahoning County from 08/01/2012 to 08/31/2012 Hilcorp


DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?

By BURTON SPEAKMAN bspeakman@shalesheet.com YOUNGSTOWN Despite the fervor over the “new” oil


mahoning county

mahoning county Shale Sheet Leases in Mahoning County from 08/01/2012 to 08/31/2012 Hilcorp