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Shale jobs to multiply for years, study says

Ohio and Pennsylvania already rank in the top 10 nationally in terms of jobs created by shale-gas production.


Fracking-bill medical provisions questioned

Some groups continue to question the medical provisions of oil-and-gas legislation, even as the bill was signed into law Monday.


Leaseholders who signed deals with BP get advice

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com HOWLAND Now that leases have been signed with BP in


Lack of clean drug tests to hold back Valley hiring

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com boardman Mass hiring for oil and gas jobs is expected


Ohio conservancy district halts water sales to drillers

Associated Press NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio Officials overseeing reservoirs in Ohio’s largest


Chesapeake shareholders rebuke board

Staff/wire report oklahoma city Shareholders for Chesapeake Energy Corporation showed their


Columbiana County residents seek law imposing minimum royalties

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com As some in Columbiana County watch their neighbors


Small nuke plants may be in Ohio’s future

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN 11At Monday’s Sustainable Energy Forum at


Proposed Pa. tax break worth $67M per year

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett, who has been criticized for cutting state


Pa. will remain center of drilling

Associated Press PITTSBURGH Like a runner who’s gotten a big head start in a race, Pennsylvania


Property owners told to be wary of annuities

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com Youngstown Those who have received oil and gas lease


Landowners leasing mineral rights urged to be wise with their money

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Some local landowners have made hundreds of


Aqua Ohio leases land from Struthers for water station

By jeanne starmack starmack@vindy.com struthers Struthers is leasing land to Aqua Ohio so Aqua


Cashing in on the shale boom

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com fowler Residents coming to pick up checks Wednesday


Critics question shale-gas researcher, schools

Associated Press PITTSBURGH A well-known expert on the natural-gas boom is again facing


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


Pa. gas-well numbers on the decline

Pa. gas-well numbers on the decline PITTSBURGH The number of active Pennsylvania gas drilling


Cashing in on the SHALE BOOM

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@shalesheet.com fowler Residents coming to pick up checks recently


Shale will affect global energy needs

Shale will affect global energy needs HOUSTON The majority of executives at KPMG Global Energy


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WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE ... But enough for fracking?

Despite the millions of gallons of water that will be needed for the fracking process, there are no concerns at this time about the quantity available in the Valley.

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