Gas Well Snapshot Shows High-Producing Ohio Wells
The first look at actively producing natural gas wells in Ohio's Utica Shale formation using the method known as hydraulic fracturing show high levels of gas production.Figures reported Monday by...
View ArticleWYSO Weekend: April 8, 2012
Full episode of WYSO Weekend for April 8, 2012 containing the following stories:-Jerry Kenney speaks with Tara Lydy about Wilmington College making the President's Higher Education Community Service...
View ArticleOhio National Forest OKs Natural Gas Drilling
The U.S. Forest Service says the shale drilling technique for natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing can take place in a national forest in southeast Ohio.The Forest Service released its report...
View ArticlePoliticsOhio: Kasich Faces Off With Oil And Gas Drillers
Oil and gas drilling companies in Ohio have been in the spotlight this week. Governor Kasich raised concerns that these companies are bringing out of state workers to fill these jobs. Statehouse Bureau...
View ArticlePoliticsOhio: What's In Store For 2013
It's the beginning of a new year at the Statehouse and Emily McCord speaks to Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen to preview what issues lawmakers may tackle in the year ahead.
View ArticleShale Drilling Boosts Ohio Gas and Oil Output
Officials say drilling in Ohio's Utica shale region nearly doubled the output of oil and natural gas there since 2011.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that the drilling...
View ArticleOhio Wells Dispose of More Fracking Waste
The amount of waste from the shale gas and oil drilling process injected into disposal wells in Ohio is continuing to rise.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says that 14.2 million barrels of...
View ArticleSome Groups, Residents Question Ohio Fracking Permitting
Some environmental groups and eastern Ohio residents say the state is hurrying permits for gas processing plants amid the shale drilling boom.They say fast-tracking some permit requests prevents...
View ArticleMiddletown Plant Part Of Trend Towards Natural Gas, Away From Coal
Plans for a new natural gas-fired power plant have been announced in Middletown. The plant would employ 300-400 people for about three years of construction, and 25-30 when it is up and running in 2018.
View ArticleDemocrats Want Probe Into ODNR And Fracking Controversy
An environmental group has discovered a controversial playbook that a state department drew up to tackle oil and gas drilling issues. The plan calls into question the relationship between a state...
View ArticleKasich, Republicans Differ On Oil & Gas Tax
Governor Kasich’s proposal in his mid-biennium budget to raise taxes on oil and gas drillers in Ohio is being met with resistance from Republicans in the Ohio legislature. In this week’s PoliticsOhio,...
View ArticleIn Effort To Benefit From Shale Boom, U.S. Steel Producers Struggle With...
Shale drilling across much of the United States has increased demand for steel pipe, which has benefited U.S. steel producers, but that picture is starting to change as foreign steel makers...
View ArticleReport: Utica Shale Production Grows In Ohio
A new federal report says that natural gas production in Ohio's Utica Shale region is growing rapidly. The report issued Monday found that production from the Utica region in eastern Ohio increased by...
View ArticleNew Study Links Small Quakes To Fracking In Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new study suggests that fracking triggered hundreds of too-small-to-be-felt earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to...
View ArticleWest Virginia To Allow Fracking Underneath The Ohio River
West Virginia is selling hydraulic fracturing or fracking rights under the Ohio River, and the effects of that decision will be monitored by the other states in the Ohio River Valley.
View ArticleFracking – Bridge To The Future Or To Nowhere?
People are happy at the pump these days in Ohio. Right now gasoline costs well below $3.00 per gallon. Heating with natural gas has gotten cheaper over the past few years. Both of these trends have...
View ArticleKasich Receives Mixed Reaction For Severance Tax Proposal
House leaders are looking over Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal which includes a big swing of the bat when it comes to a tax increase on oil and gas drilling. But the industry is ready to fight the...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court Says State Law Trumps Local Fracking Rules
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that cities can’t enforce local laws banning fracking if the state has issued a permit to a driller.
View ArticleResidents, Business Groups Have Mixed Reaction To Fracking Ruling By Ohio...
The Ohio Supreme Court’s decision that local communities can’t use zoning ordinances to keep out oil and gas drillers has many speculating on what it might mean for the future.
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