New tracers can identify frack fluids in the environment
Using new tracers, scientists can determine where frack fluid contamination has — or hasn’t — been released.
Oil and gas well unitization: ODNR chief makes the final decision
Being forced into unitization, may not be a bad thing for landowners wanting surface land protection.
Belmont County: Three brothers suing Oxford Oil Company
The Feichters’ lease had called for a 160-acre pooling unit when they signed it in 2006.
Reader: Nonlandowners need to unite
Editor:I'm writing to address concerns about nonlandowners who don't realize the consequences for them of the so-called "Shale Boom." By now most, if not...
Appalachia is driving growth in oil and gas production
As of November 2017, more than 1,800 wells have been drilled in the Utica-Point Pleasant, and more than 11,300 wells have been drilled in the Marcellus shale.
Pennsylvania DEP issues revised drilling rules
The Pennsylvania DEP issues new rules for oil and gas drilling, but the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association calls them ‘unreasonable.'
Shale payments subject to Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax
Landowners across Ohio may be surprised to learn the bonus lease and royalty dollars received for their Marcellus or Utica Shale leases will be...
Ohio budget: Shale gas industry may feel hit if governor’s severance tax enacted
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is proposing cuts in the state income tax in his next budget, but that could mean an increase in the severance tax, sales tax and cigarette taxes.
Pipeline easements are the next step towards progress in the Utica shale
More business for the lawyers: The best thing anyone contemplating a pipeline easement can do is secure an attorney who knows property law and the gas industry.
Ohio mineral industries report is available
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey has released the 2007 report on Ohio mineral industries.
