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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.
New York economist knocks proposed drilling rules
A press release from economist in New York state:
In comments submitted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, economist Jannette Barth roundly criticizes the department for mishandling the treatment of economic impacts in its High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Proposed Regulations. Dr. Barth, former Chief Economist for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a principal at Pepacton Institute, LLC, accuses the department of ignoring peer-reviewed economic literature and promulgating regulations that are incomplete, misleading, and rife with errors.
Some of her harshest criticism is leveled at the DEC for its contradictory statements about the impact shale gas extraction will have on local governments. Although the DEC claims the draft regulations “will not have a substantial effect” on local governments, it nonetheless proceeds to enumerate a series of unreimbursed costs that will saddle counties and municipalities. These include expenses associated with water contamination complaints, paying to repair roads, and providing first responders to handle drilling-related emergencies. The DEC even suggests that local governments may want to “proactively” hire professionals to deal with the added burdens they will be forced to assume.
Barth says the regulations are “written carelessly and without consideration of science and independent research”. As an example of just how slapdash and unprofessional they are, she points to a passage in the “Revised Regulatory Impact Statement” which states the regulations are intended to “maximize environmental impacts and costs to the public”.
