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By Ilya Batikov On July 26, 2015

PA DEP to Stop Using FracFocus in Favor of its Own Database

NGIShaleDaily reports that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to stop using FracFocus, the...


Tags: PA, Oil and Gas, FracFocus, Energy

EIA's July Drilling Productivity Report
By Ilya Batikov On July 23, 2015

EIA's July Drilling Productivity Report

EIA’s July Drilling Productivity Report forecasts no growth in oil production and an increase in gas production by 22 MMcf per...


Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica

By Ilya Batikov On July 18, 2015

USA Today Op-Ed: Activist Groups Ignore Benefits of Natural Gas

We thought you’d like this op-ed from USA Today, titled “Campaign to stop fracking sacrifices nature for ideology":


Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy

By Ilya Batikov On July 16, 2015

Horizontal Well Site Construction Rules Go Into Effect

From the Ohio Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management:

On July 16, 2015, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division...


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy

By Ilya Batikov On July 16, 2015

DOL Declares That Most Workers are Employees, Not Independent Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation discussing the misclassification of employees as...


Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy

Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Colorado’s Renewable Energy Mandate
By Ilya Batikov On July 14, 2015

Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Colorado’s Renewable Energy Mandate

In Energy and Env’t Legal Inst. v. Epel, 10th Cir. No. 14-1216 (July 13, 2015), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a...


Tags: Coal, Energy, Environment

By Ilya Batikov On July 9, 2015

Supreme Court of Ohio Accepts More DMA Cases

The Supreme Court of Ohio has accepted two more cases involving the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act: Albanese v. Batman and Lipperman v....


Tags: DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy

By Ilya Batikov On July 7, 2015

Court Rules Oil and Gas Lease Terminated Through Express Forfeiture Clause

In Sims v. Anderson (June 30, 2015), the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that an oil and gas lease terminated when the...


Tags: Articles, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica

By Ilya Batikov On July 6, 2015

Broadview Heights Activist Drilling Suit Dismissed

From Cleveland.com:


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, ODNR

By Ryan Elliott On June 30, 2015

Ohio Attorney General Sues U.S. Army Corps and EPA over WOTUS Rule

On June 29, 2015, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA over...


Tags: Clean Air Act, WOTUS, Energy, Environment

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