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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 stock drops, after Reuters report on CEO
Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s stock took a mid-week tumble, after a news report that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon used his stakes in company wells as collateral to finance his share of the well costs, Bloombrg News reported.
Chesapeake fell 9 percent on Wednesday.
McClendon has borrowed as much as $1.1 billion during the past three years to pay for his share of well costs, using his well stakes as collateral, Reuters reported, citing loan documents.
The arrangements may compromise his duty to shareholders, Reuters said.
“We do not believe any conflicts of interest exist but if any arise there are numerous mechanisms to counteract any such conflict,” Chesapeake General Counsel Henry J. Hood said in a statement.
The arrangement “effectively aligns Mr. McClendon’s interests with the interests of Chesapeake’s shareholders,” Hood wrote.
McClendon has attributed the decline in Chesapeake’s share price to the “gravitational pull” of U.S. natural-gas prices which are near a 10-year low.
Bloomberg News said McClendon’s option to take a 2.5 percent stake in all wells Chesapeake drills each year was included in a 2009 compensation agreement executed with the company after he was forced to sell substantially all his shares to cover losses in the 2008 stock market crash. It disclosed the agreement in January 2009.
McClendon has been mortgaging his stake in West Virginia oil & gas leases with lenders including EIG Global Energy Partners, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported March 25.
“Chesapeake is not required to monitor, obtain or disclose personal financial information with respect to its officers and directors,” Hood wrote.
McClendon and Chesapeake settled a pension-fund lawsuit over his compensation in November. McClendon pledged “more transparent” pay arrangements June 10, after more than a third of shareholders refused to endorse the company’s executive compensation plan.
The issue led the company is issue a 14-page statement. You can access that document and Hood's full statement here.
