Energy Environmental Blog

By Greg Russell On May 18, 2011

State Land Drilling in Ohio

There are several articles on drilling on state lands in Ohio that you might find of interest (see here, from the Dayton Daily...

By Greg Russell On May 9, 2011

It's unclear who owns the minerals underlying much of Ohio's state park system, according to this article in the Columbus...

By Greg Russell On August 16, 2009

The Houston Chronicle has an article on the potential use of state lands for energy development as states faced with increasing...

By Greg Russell On June 26, 2009

A West Virginia court has ruled that the state's Department of Environmental Protection erred when it refused to issue permits to...

By Greg Russell On June 1, 2009

Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, is considering the possible lease and development of natural gas underlying parks in Oglebay and...

By Vorys On May 3, 2009

The development of oil and natural gas resources underlying state lands gets more complicated when the mineral and surface...

By Vorys On March 31, 2009

Legislation has been introduced into the Ohio House of Representatives that would create an oil and gas leasing board having...

By Vorys On March 24, 2009

The PA House Republican Energy Task Force unveiled their Energize PA plan to expand natural gas drilling on state forest lands...