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Utica shale and fracking news
- Muskingum district sells more water from reservoir for use in fracking
- Utica shale analyzed in Ohio
- Oil ventures could tap Utica shale in Stark, Tuscarawas counties
- Ohio is getting first cryogenic processing plant at Cadiz for natural gas from Utica shale
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Injection wells are efficient for liquid waste disposal from drilling, supporters say
- Gulfport aggressive on Ohio drilling prospects
- Anti-fracking amendment rejected in Youngstown
- New natural gas pipeline could run from Utica shale region through Akron area to Detroit, Ontario
- Anti-fracking amendment on ballot in Youngstown
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Chesapeake awaiting pipelines, processing plants for Utica shale natural gas
Utica and Marcellus shale web sites
Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management State agency Web site.ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. State drilling permits. List is updated weekly.
ODNR Division of Geological Survey.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Ohio State University Extension.
Ohio Farm Bureau.
Ohio Oil and Gas Association, a Granville-based group that represents 1,500 Ohio energy-related companies.
Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program.
Energy In Depth, a trade group.
Marcellus and Utica Shale Resource Center by Ohio law firm Bricker & Eckler.
Utica Shale, a compilation of Utica shale activities.
Landman Report Card, a site that looks at companies involved in gas and oil leases.FracFocus, a compilation of chemicals used in fracking individual wells as reported voluntarily by some drillers.
Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
Concerned Citizens of Medina County, a grass-roots group.
No Frack Ohio, a Columbus-based grass-roots group.
Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat by ProPublica, an online journalism site.
Pipeline, blog from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Marcellus shale drilling.
Allegheny Front, environmental public radio for Western Pennsylvania.
Marcellus coalition is becoming regional drilling force
The Pittsburgh-based Marcellus Shale Coalition, a pro-drilling industry group, is becoming a power in Pennsylvania.
Its influences are also being felt in Ohio, West Virginia and New York, according to EnertWire.
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API questions proposed federal fracking rules
From the American Petroleum Institute:
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 – Erik Milito, API director of upstream and industry operations questioned the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rules regulating hydraulic fracturing on federally-controlled land. He said rigorous state rules and state-based tools, such as FracFocus.org, are already in place to ensure responsible oil and natural gas development.
“States have led the way in regulating hydraulic fracturing operations while protecting communities and the environment for decades. While changes to the proposed rule attempt to better acknowledge the state role, BLM has yet to answer the question why BLM is moving forward with these requirements in the first place.
A few tidbits on Ohio's 2012 Utica production data
Here are a few interesting tidbits from Ohio's presentation and report on Ohio's Utica shale and 2012 production data from 87 wells:
1. Chesapeake Energy reported on 53 wells that were in production in calendar year 2012.
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Ohio data shows big energy increase in Utica shale
The Columbus Dispatch was at Ohio's "State of the State" presentation in Columbus on Thursday to provide Utica shale production data.
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