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ODNR issues 2 new permits for horizontal wells in Columbiana Co.
Staff report Youngstown The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has issued permits for two new
FirstEnergy posts 1st-quarter earnings
Staff report Akron Despite an unusually warm winter, FirstEnergy Corp. of Akron announced it had
Summit touts fracking benefits
By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS State lawmakers touted their efforts to regulate Ohio’s
Chesapeake reports net loss of $71 million for 1st quarter
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Chesapeake Energy Corp. reported a net loss of $71 million for the
BLOG: UPDATE - Where will water come from? Chesapeake well estimate drowns ODNR
How much water will fracking need and where will it come from?
Oil-and-gas company buys parcels
A Switzerland company is the latest oil-and-gas operation to purchase property in Youngstown.
D&L well ban holds despite proposals
D&L Energy has requested to reopen the North Star 1 well the state has linked to 13 earthquakes in the Youngstown area.
Dawood expands
Dawood Engineering Inc. has expanded into the Ohio region with the opening of an office in Canton. The company’s work with natural-gas and shale development led to the opportunities in the state.
Panel OKs funds for fracking inspectors
A lawmaker panel approved $2 million in additional spending Monday for a state agency to hire more inspectors to handle Ohio’s increasing fracking activities.
Despite quakes, businesses want to drill more wells
The earthquakes that shook Youngstown and drew national attention to “fracking” waste-disposal wells haven’t stopped businesses from wanting to drill more of them in Ohio.
Is the rise in quakes natural or man-made?
Although an earthquake study by the U.S. Geological Survey does not include Ohio, the results could have an impact on the oil and gas industry moving forward.
Fracking protesters plead not guilty in Sebring court
All three people arrested Sunday during a protest at an oil and gas lease signing pleaded not guilty Thursday through their attorneys in Mahoning County Area Court here.
natural-gas wells EPA will slash air pollution
The Obama administration on Wednesday set the first national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, but not without making concessions to the oil and gas industry.
Natural gas industry in a crash (and burn)
There are two reasons your heating bills likely were significantly less this past winter than in other years: the unseasonably warm weather and rock- bottom natural-gas prices.
Seismic testing company sues property owners over access
A company tasked with seismic testing for Chesapeake Exploration LLC on Columbiana County land contends five landowners illegally have kept the company off their properties.
Police arrest 3 at lease signing
Goshen Township police have identified the three individuals arrested Sunday at an oil and gas lease signing. All three are from outside the Mahoning Valley.
Ohio Dems: Use surplus, tax to aid communities
Democrats in the Ohio House are asking the Republicans who control the chamber and Gov. John Kasich to consider diverting state surplus funds and part of the proceeds of a proposed fracking tax to local governments and school districts.
OEPA explains actions regarding Patriot permits
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency finally has offered comment regarding Patriot Water Treatment LLC in Warren, albeit through a letter postmarked last week. OEPA previously had declined to comment on nearly all aspects regarding Patriot because of pending litigation.
Oversight of drilling to be coordinated
The Obama administration said Friday it is creating a high-level working group to coordinate federal oversight of natural gas production, amid industry complaints that excessive regulation could stymie a natural gas boom that has pushed prices to 10-year lows.
BP meets with Trumbull landowners
BP expects about 2,000 people to sign mineral-rights leases with the company through Monday for its planned drilling in Trumbull County. On the fourth day of lease-signing at the Greenford Bobcats Space Center, the former Greenford Middle School, the parking lot already was full shortly after 9 a.m. as people were going through the roughly one-hour process.