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THE LATEST ON FRACKING IN OHIO

  1. Matthew Berry/CentralOhio.com

    Pipeline could run through Cumberland

    A new natural gas pipeline might be snaking its way through Cumberland on its way from Pennsylvania to Texas. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • May. 19, 2013

  2. Utica Shale production suppressed by constraints

    A traffic jam of sorts suppressed oil and gas production from Ohio's prized Utica Shale in 2012, according to horizontal well production data released by the state Thursday afternoon. - coshoctontribune.com

    • May. 17, 2013

  3. State: Utica Shale production suppressed by constraints

    A traffic jam of sorts suppressed oil and gas production from Ohio's prized Utica Shale in 2012, according to horizontal well production data released by the state Thursday afternoon. - mansfieldnewsjournal.com

    • May. 17, 2013

  4. Utica Shale production suppressed by constraints

    A traffic jam of sorts suppressed oil and gas production from Ohio's prized Utica Shale in 2012, according to horizontal well production data released by the state Thursday afternoon. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • May. 17, 2013

  5. Utica Shale production suppressed by constraints

    A traffic jam of sorts suppressed oil and gas production from Ohio's prized Utica Shale in 2012, according to horizontal well production data released by the state Thursday afternoon. - newarkadvocate.com

    • May. 17, 2013
  6. The USDA Agricultural Research Service North Appalachian Experimental Watershed in White Eyes Township of Coshocton County.

    District to update frack water policy

    The decision to do business with energy firms looking to mine the Utica Shale for oil and gas has been a controversial one for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. - coshoctontribune.com

    • May. 17, 2013

  7. Residents still prep for Utica drilling

    The furor has died down surrounding the Utica Shale, but landowners continue to prepare for what they hope is a tide of prosperity heading toward Coshocton County. - coshoctontribune.com

    • May. 14, 2013

  8. Residents are still prepping for Utica

    The furor has died down surrounding the Utica Shale, but landowners continue to prepare for what they hope is a tide of prosperity heading toward Coshocton County. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • May. 14, 2013

  9. Oil and gas reps tackle obstacles, solutions

    Company leaders have concerns about the way the oil and gas industry is going in Ohio. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • May. 8, 2013
  10. Jerry Watson, left and below, Zane State College oil and gas consultant, leads a tour of the new oil and gas lab. A ribbon-cutting was conducted for the new equipment that lets students at the Zane State Willett-Pratt Training Center in Cambridge use the equipment they study in the classroom. Photos by Trevor Jones/Times Recorder

    Zane State unveils Oil and Gas Land Lab

    Jesica Cobb and Stephanie Jones, of Caldwell, had a hand in shaping the new Oil and Gas Land Lab at Zane State College's Willett-Pratt Training Center. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • May. 4, 2013

  11. State Dems call for ban on fracking waste

    Ohio House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would make it illegal to dispose of oilfield waste in deep underground injection wells. - newarkadvocate.com

    • May. 2, 2013

  12. Port Authority joins shale marketing effort to bring brokers, jobs

    Only a handful of Utica Shale drill sites have been identified in Muskingum County, but the Zanesville-Muskingum County Port Authority is hoping to change that and bring more jobs to the area in the process. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Apr. 25, 2013
  13. A drilling rig is set up near a barn in Springville, Pa., to tap gas from the giant Marcellus Shale gas field. Alex Brandon/AP file photo

    Both sides agree on tough new fracking standards

    Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the east that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. - coshoctontribune.com

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  14. A drilling rig is set up near a barn in Springville, Pa., to tap gas from the giant Marcellus Shale gas field. Alex Brandon/AP file photo

    Both sides agree on tough new fracking standards

    Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the east that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Mar. 21, 2013

  15. Dreams of gas riches fading for N.Y. landowners

    When word spread about the potential natural gas riches of the Marcellus Shale, Kimberly More saw it as the hope for saving her horse farm. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 27, 2013

  16. Protest shuts operations at Ohio drilling facility

    Authorities say a protest by members of environmental groups temporarily shut down operations at a gas drilling waste storage site in southeast Ohio. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 20, 2013

  17. Licking County group urges action on fracking

    The Licking County Concerned Citizens for Public Health and Environment met for the fourth time Sunday in Granville. The committee’s focus was to discuss issues involving fracking in Licking County, something they are against. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Feb. 18, 2013
  18. Lisa Hill carries trays to the dining area from the kitchen at Theo's in Cambridge. The restaurant has seen an uptick in business linked to the fracking industry, and it plans to expand with lunch trucks to better serve workers in the gas fields. Chris Crook/Times Recorder

    Guernsey County reaping early benefits of Utica Shale exploration

    Heather Swingle moved to Cambridge because of the oil and gas industry. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 17, 2013
  19. Grace Jennison works at Zane Trace Clean Care Uniforms to wash flame-retardant uniforms. Trevor Jones/Times Recorder

    Muskingum County off to slower start with shale drilling

    Muskingum County has not been transformed by the oil and gas industry. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 17, 2013

  20. Conservancy district OKs lease to allow fracking

    The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District might reduce the tax it levies on landowners after completing a mineral rights deal worth $41.5 million upfront. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 15, 2013
  21. In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 photo, Leanne Baum holds her daughter Hannah on a road outside their home in Minisink, N.Y. The construction site for a natural gas compressor station is across the road from the house. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) AP

    N.Y. town of 9/11 workers wages gas pipeline fight

    After four months helping in ground zero recovery post-Sept. 11, New York City Police Officer Nick Russo sought respite by moving with his family to the rolling hills of Orange County, on the northern fringe of the metropolitan area. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 15, 2013

  22. Green fluid gushes from oil well for 30 hours

    Oil-laden fracking fluid gushed from an oil well near Fort Collins, Colorado for nearly 30 hours before it was stopped. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Feb. 13, 2013

  23. Green fluid gushes from oil well for 30 hours

    Oil-laden fracking fluid gushed from an oil well near Fort Collins, Colorado for nearly 30 hours before it was stopped. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Feb. 13, 2013

  24. Green fluid gushes from oil well for 30 hours

    Oil-laden fracking fluid gushed from an oil well near Fort Collins, Colorado for nearly 30 hours before it was stopped. - coshoctontribune.com

    • Feb. 13, 2013

  25. Green fluid gushes from oil well for 30 hours

    Oil-laden fracking fluid gushed from an oil well near Fort Collins, Colorado for nearly 30 hours before it was stopped. - mansfieldnewsjournal.com

    • Feb. 13, 2013

  26. Ohio to regularly measure shale growth

    A new report from the state shows mining of the Utica Shale and its support industries boosted employment in Ohio by almost 5,900 jobs between the first quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Feb. 12, 2013

  27. Kasich pushes ahead with 'frack' tax

    The severance tax in Gov. John Kasich's proposal effectively would transfer more than $920 million through fiscal year 2017 from oil and gas producers to every other income taxpayer in the state, especially small businesses. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Feb. 11, 2013
  28. Rep. Bob Gibbs

    Rep. Gibbs says fracking, protecting the environment can coexist

    U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs says hydraulic fracturing by the oil and gas industry represents a huge economic and energy opportunity for Ohio and beyond. - coshoctontribune.com

    • Jan. 26, 2013

  29. New documentary targets critics of fracking

    'FrackNation' is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to criticize environmentalists without being a tool for big industry? - coshoctontribune.com

    • Jan. 22, 2013

  30. Fracking for natural gas being powered by it, too

    Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 22, 2013

  31. New documentary targets critics of fracking

    'FrackNation' is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to criticize environmentalists without being a tool for big industry? - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 22, 2013

  32. Fracking for natural gas being powered by it, too

    Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. And now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by the very fuel it has been so successful in coaxing up from the depths. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Jan. 21, 2013

  33. Billions in private investment earmarked for Ohio drilling

    Billions of dollars will pour into Ohio's Utica Shale this year. How much of that eventually will be recovered from the shale in the form of lucrative hydrocarbons remains a mystery, one that might not be solved this year. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 19, 2013

  34. Oil, gas drilling near Seneca Lake covered by lease protections

    An oil and gas lease agreement reached between the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District and Antero Resources, of Colorado, covering 6,700 acres in the Seneca Lake area of Guernsey and Noble counties ensures there will be no well pads, roads or pipelines on or within a half-mile of watershed property. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 18, 2013

  35. EPA changed course after gas company protested

    When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun bubbling like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: A company might have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 16, 2013
  36. Promised Land opened in Mansfield on Friday at Cinemark Theatre in Ontario. The movie deals with the subject of hydraulic fracturing. Jason J. Molyet/News Journal

    'Promised Land' avoids the fracking debate

    Anyone hoping to use the new movie 'Promised Land' to boost their arguments either for or against hydraulic fracturing would be better advised to stick with the facts. - mansfieldnewsjournal.com

    • Jan. 4, 2013

  37. Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land'

    Editor’s note: The author, Michael Rubinkam, covers the fracking industry in Pennsylvania for The Associated Press. With “Promised Land” opening nationwide on Friday, he offers this view from the ground. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Jan. 3, 2013
  38. Corn damaged by Midwest drought conditions in Brownsville, Ill. Eileen Blass, USA TODAY

    What to watch for in 2013

    One could use countless words to describe 2012, but 'inconsequential' would not be one of them. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 31, 2012

  39. Gas drilling companies work on community relations

    Some gas drilling companies that spent years fighting, threatening and suing reluctant communities took a new tack in 2012: collaboration. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 28, 2012

  40. Voters spoke up in injection well battle

    The city became a battleground over injection wells in 2012. - mansfieldnewsjournal.com

    • Dec. 24, 2012
  41. An Anadarko Petrolium Corp. fracking operation is on Paisley Road near the Wilds in Muskingum County. Chris Crook/CentralOhio.com

    Utica Shale to bring more jobs

    A promising oil and gas rush is responsible for the creation of 38,830 jobs in Ohio this year and will add another 100,000 jobsby 2020, according to an industry-backed study released Wednesday. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 20, 2012

  42. Local vendors look to work with Halliburton on Utica Shale

    Darin Jordan is looking to do some business with Halliburton. So, too, is Charlotte Johnson. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 12, 2012
  43. Mike Jacoby

    Port Authority looks to build jobs

    Muskingum County has all of the amenities energy developers are looking for when they consider bringing jobs to the area — ready access to highways and infrastructure, a skilled work force to fill those jobs and housing in the form of ample hotel space. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 13, 2012

  44. Experts: Drilling can get cleaner

    In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles away on the plains of north Texas, there's a drilling boom, too, but some air pollution levels have declined. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 11, 2012
  45. Coal industry experts think a lot of thee industry's future growth will be overseas. CentralOhio.com file photo

    2011 coal jobs up, but change is coming

    Coal production in Ohio slipped slightly in 2011, but industry employment continued to climb, according to a new report the state released this week. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 5, 2012

  46. Ohio drilling falls short of expectations

    Injection drilling in Ohio hasn’t met the initial expectations of state officials this year because of lower natural gas prices and a backlog in the work needed to connect the wells to customers. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Dec. 4, 2012

  47. Revised 'fracking' rules out in New York

    New York environmental officials have released a revised set of proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing natural gas and will begin taking public comment on them in December. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Nov. 30, 2012

  48. Granville oil drillers must comply with open space rules

    The Granville Township trustees are working with the owners of 130 acres on Loudon Street that are protected from development under the township's open space program to ensure that oil and gas drilling they plan won't alter the appearance of the land. - newarkadvocate.com

    • Nov. 29, 2012

  49. Fracking industry to boom as obstacles fade

    Political obstacles to oil and gas production are starting to fall away at the state and local levels as voters, elected officials and courts jump on the energy boom bandwagon Voters are rewarding local politicians who support production. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Nov. 22, 2012

  50. Energy windfall: States consider whether to spend it or save it

    What should be done with the nation's new oil and gas riches? One answer rapidly gaining popularity: Set some aside for future generations. - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

    • Nov. 22, 2012

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