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By Greg Russell On November 16, 2011

The NY Debate

The Buffalo News has an article pointing out the opposing views of environmentalists and New York landowners over the development...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Environment, Utica,

By Greg Russell On November 15, 2011

PA Fee Proposal

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that a Pennsylvania Senate committee has re-inserted into pending legislation a...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On November 15, 2011

Ohio Oil

This article in The Intelligencer looks at the prospects for Ohio refineries: "Marathon now refines 78,000 barrels of oil per day...


Tags: Energy, Utica, Shale

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has issued its Short-Term Energy Outlook for November (see here). Among other things,...


Tags: Energy

By Greg Russell On November 14, 2011

GWPC Report

The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) has issued a report on agency groundwater investigation findings in two states, Ohio...


Tags: Energy, Environment, Utica, Shale,

By Greg Russell On November 12, 2011

Wastewater Disposal - Ohio

We've noted before that Ohio will not allow POTWs to be used for the disposal of wastewater (see here, e.g.). You might be...


Tags: Ohio, Marcellus, Energy, Environment,

Hydraulic Fracturing on 2012 Agenda for USEPA Inspector General

The scrutiny continues: The USEPA Office of Inspector General recently announced its FY 2012 Annual Plan. As stated on USEPA's...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Environment

By Greg Russell On November 5, 2011

Ohio Update

The Akron Beacon Journal has an interesting article on the potential for Ohio's E&P industry: "A state official estimated Tuesday...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Utica, Shale

By Greg Russell On November 5, 2011

ND: Rail Transportation

The WSJ has a good article on the increased use of railroads to move production from the Bakken (which we've reported on...


Tags: Energy

EPA announced on November 3 its final research plan on hydraulic fracturing. The Congressionally directed study will evaluate...


Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, Environment

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