Fracking

• Landowners lose cash, rights in some drilling deals (June 20, 2011)
• Water contamination is concern in oil and gas drilling (June 29, 2011)
• Utica Shale: boon or boondoggle? Experts, studies, widely disagree (Sept. 25, 2011)
• What’s underlying cause of recent Valley quakes? (Oct. 1, 2011)
• As Chesapeake delves into drilling, experts take wait-and-see attitude (Oct. 1, 2011)
• Fracking ban is unlikely, reps say (Oct. 15, 2011)
• Utica Shale drillers primed to dig in Mahoning Valley (Oct. 23, 2011)
• Did brine well trigger 6 Mahoning Valley earthquakes? (Oct. 30, 2011)
• Ruling on brine stirs up debate (Nov. 3, 2011)
• Utica Shale region: effects could be stressful on land values (Nov. 6, 2011)
• Fracking lobby money gushes forth in Ohio (Nov. 11, 2011)
• Injection wells produce safety worries in Girard, Hubbard (Nov. 13, 2011)
• Salty water fuels an acidic debate (Nov. 13, 2011)
• Valley drilling on the move (Nov. 21, 2011)
• Before signing with broker, get facts (Nov. 21, 2011)
• ODNR expert hears Coitsville’s concerns over well (Nov. 22, 2011)
• ODNR rejects linking well to Mahoning Valley quakes (Nov. 24, 2011)
• Some Mahoning County residents embrace return to drilling (Nov. 27, 2011)
• Hagan backs drilling halt (Nov. 29, 2011)
• Group remains conservative to oil, gas industry (Nov. 30, 2011)
• Seismic devices to watch D&L well (Dec. 7, 2011)
• Injection-well owners required to run test (Dec. 8, 2011)
• Company tries to ease fears over ‘brine’ tankers (Dec. 16, 2011)
• Girard company thrives on Marcellus business (Dec. 17, 2011)
• Shale industry’s economic impact disputed in study (Dec. 17, 2011)
• Boosting tax rates on oil, gas rates would mean $538 million for Ohio (Dec. 20, 2011)
• Fracking rules to be more stringent (Dec. 21, 2011)
• Valley can accommodate shale boom short-term (Dec. 22, 2011)
• Shale leasing: gushing in deals (Dec. 26, 2011) 
• Landowners urged to beware selling mineral rights (Dec. 27, 2011)
• Oil and gas leases: learn how to reap the benefits (Dec. 28, 2011)
• Lease helps to protect landowners from water contamination (Dec. 29, 2011)
• Landowners urged to put deals into escrow (Dec. 30, 2011)
• D&L halts operations at Youngstown brine well (Dec. 30, 2011)
• D&L faced violations in its past (Jan. 2, 2012)
• Injection wells not new to Valley, so why are we all shook up? (Jan. 8, 2012)
• Speaker: process will cause ‘crisis’ (Jan. 10, 2012)
• ODNR still unsure of D&L wells ties to Valley earthquakes (Jan. 12, 2012)
• OEPA urged to rethink Warren permit proposal (Jan. 13, 2012)
• Mahoning Valley isn’t the only Ohio area with recent seismic activity — or injection wells (Jan. 15, 2012)
• Use safeguards to avert quakes, experts testify at YSU drilling hearing (Jan. 18, 2012)
• ODNR puts hold on permits for brine wells (Jan. 19, 2012)
• Industry official: ODNR mishandled quake issue (Jan. 24, 2012)
• Focus could make Utica Shale more profitable (Jan. 24, 2012)
• 3 state agencies seek to sink brine-treatment plant in Warren (Jan. 25, 2012)
• DeWine: drilling laws ‘not adequate’ (Jan. 26, 2012)
• No cause for alarm over radioactive drilling waste (Jan. 28, 2012)
• Patriot’s tiff with ODNR deepens (Feb. 1, 2012)
• Hagan plans bill on fracking protections (Feb. 3, 2012)
• Expert: quakes likely had common epicenter (Feb. 8, 2012)
• Deal near on $10 million recycling business in Mahoning County (Feb. 15, 2012)
• Road upkeep pacts mulled for drillers (Feb. 15, 2012)
• Disposal of industrial waste rises significantly in Mahoning County (Feb. 16, 2012)
• Allure of shale prompts Mill Creek MetroParks board to vet options (Feb. 19, 2012)
• State set to release findings on local quakes (Feb. 20, 2012)
• Ohio could receive fracking wastewater from New York (Feb. 21, 2012)
• Study: fracking itself not cause of contamination (Feb. 22, 2012)
• Was study done on Mahoning River? (March 7, 2012)
• Shale boom gives rise to 1,400-plus new jobs in Valley (March 8, 2012)
• Shale drilling frenzy paying off for TMK-IPSCO in Brookfield (March 8, 2012)
• Brine wells pumped $1.5 million into Ohio coffers in ’11 (March 10, 2012)
• An inside look at drilling (March 11, 2012)
• Judge rejects request from Patriot, Warren (March 13, 2012)
• One year after the first injection-well earthquake (March 16, 2012)
• Patriot slams limits in new EPA permit (March 20, 2012)
• Ruling by state appeals panel favors Patriot (March 21, 2012)
• Public perception taints company (March 24, 2012)
• Kasich calls for fivefold hike in brine tax (March 24, 2012)
• BP Trumbull leases may total $331 million (March 27, 2012)

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