U.S. EPA requests Marcellus shale drillers to pony up information
EPA seeks wastewater disposal information from natural gas drilling operations.
Shale researchers release handbook and state policy report card
Two new documents that deal with shale drilling in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have been released, giving local lessons based on case studies and grading the states on nine fiscal, social and economic policies related to fracking.
Let’s hear it for the Patz 1000 Alley Scraper 4-H Style Revue
Those folks at Purdue University are sheer genius.No offense to my friends at the fine land grant universities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but in...
Marcellus Shale boom adds less jobs than originally forecasted
Industry has yielded job growth but impacts are overstated, according to the Keystone Research Center.
New Ohio State center will focus on shale energy
COLUMBUS -- In response to the growing need for education and research related to Ohio's developing shale energy industry, The Ohio State University is creating the Ohio State Subsurface Energy Resource Center.
Number of shale permits sought slowed in Ohio, but not Pennsylvania
There are 57 Utica shale wells in Ohio waiting to be fracked, according to the most current report by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. However, the ODNR is reporting that this report is not up to date due to staffing challenges and setting a new system up that in the future will automatically update the report.
