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Chesapeake enters into joint venture
January 4, 2012 By DAN POMPILI Tribune Chronicle The quest continues for companies and landowners seeking to secure the most favorable terms in natural gas property leases. more »» 
Well causing quakes?
January 3, 2012 A well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area since last spring, a seismologist investigating the quakes... more »»
Well near quakes idled
December 31, 2011 YOUNGSTOWN — A fluid injection well here has been shut down through an agreement between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the well’s owner following a series of earthquakes. more »»
Thu., 10:45am: Chesapeake pays $9 million in property taxes
December 29, 2011 MANSFIELD, La. (AP) — Chesapeake Energy Corp. more »»
Thu., 10:47am: Pa. plant to convert generators from coal to gas
December 29, 2011 SHAMOKIN DAM, Pa. more »»
Wanted: Water for drilling
December 28, 2011 WARREN — After at least two water hauling companies asked the city about purchasing raw water to use for drilling, the administration is asking City Council to pass emergency legislation... more »»
Drilling sees side benefits
December 27, 2011 AKRON — The boom in drilling for natural gas trapped in layers of shale has been good news for a handful of Ohio companies that supply the type of sand needed for such drilling. more »»
Morgantown lets illegal drilling ban stay on books
December 24, 2011 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. more »»
103 more shale jobs in Youngstown
December 21, 2011 YOUNGSTOWN –– City Council today will consider a development agreement with a Houston company that wants to build a shale-related business on Salt Springs Road. more »»
Tue., 10:29am: Another 100 shale jobs
December 20, 2011 YOUNGSTOWN -- Exterran Energy Solutions told the City of Youngstown that it plans to build a 65,000-square-foot, $13.2 million, natural gas compression plant in the Salt Springs Road Business Park. more »» 
Restoring the rail
December 18, 2011 Piles of sand are expected to be a hot commodity in the Mahoning Valley in coming years. So will tons of scrap steel and steel pipe, along with huge amounts of natural gas liquids and waste water. more »»
W.Va. lawmakers see major gains heading into 2012
December 18, 2011 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — What a difference a month makes. West Virginia officials gained major ground in December on two of the most pressing problems bedeviling the state. more »»
New report predicts fewer drilling jobs in Ohio
December 16, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A study led by an Ohio State University professor predicts oil and natural gas drilling in Ohio will create far fewer jobs than the estimated 200,000 the industry has foreca. more »»
Plant builders face long permit process in W.Va.
December 16, 2011 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Companies looking to build ethane crackers in West Virginia may have their work cut out for them with environmental regulators. more »»
Gas pipeline safety bill headed to Corbett's desk
December 16, 2011 HARRISBURG, Pa. more »»
WVU team to study methane sources in groundwater
December 15, 2011 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is funding a research project at West Virginia University to compare methane levels in well water before and after hydraulic fracturing. more »»
W.Va. governor to sign Marcellus gas rules bill
December 14, 2011 CHARLESTON, W.Va. more »»
Report: Shale will bring growth
December 11, 2011 WARREN — Natural gas drilling in area Marcellus and Utica shale rock formations will fuel dramatic growth for local economies and the entire nation in coming decades, a report released last week says. more »»
Shale brings W.Va. town ‘rebirth’
December 11, 2011 BENWOOD, W.Va. — A new, $2 million “drilling mud” facility is bringing hope of an economic rebirth to this small West Virginia city. more »»
Niles: Energy boom could be money boom
December 8, 2011 NILES — City Councilman Stephen Papalas is encouraging an all-out effort to encourage city officials, businesses and residents to help attract new jobs and residents who are expected to be moving to... more »» |
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