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Utica shale and fracking news
- Ohio injection well operator fights state action
- 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
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.
Chesapeake leases 3,700 acres at Leesville Reservoir
The Muskingum Conservancy Watershed District today approved a natural gas lease with Chesapeake Energy Corp. for 3,700 acres at Leesville Reservoir in Carroll County. The agreement calls for a signing bonus of $5,800 an acre plus royalties on what is produced from the well of 20 percent. The bonus alone will produce about $21.5 million for the18-county district. The deal says that the well cannot be located on conservancy property but the drilling can go under district-owned land, said spokesman Darrin Lautenschleger. It is the second lease signed by the district. Last year, it signed a lease with Gulfport Energy on 6,400 acres at Clendening Reservoir in Harrison County. The district was paid a signing bonus of $2,800 per acre and will get a 16 percent royalty on any gas or oil produced. From the signing bonus, the district is using $15.6 million to defray debts and make infrastructure improvements to recreational facilities, officials said. The new lease at Leesville provides a big chunk of Carroll County land for the Oklahoma-based energy company that is the biggest player in Ohio's Utica shale.
