Ohio Dem Wants Feds to Investigate Injection Wells
Here’s a new twist on the “fracking contaminates ground water supplies” argument that MDN has not seen before…
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CONSOL Starts Work on Their First Well in Mahoning County, OH
CONSOL Energy has started work on its first drill pad in Mahoning County, OH. And although the landowner where they’re drilling sold his mineral rights years ago and will receive next to nothing in the way of royalties or lease payments, he’s still happy about it.
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Chesapeake Energy | Columbiana County | Economic Impact | Energy Companies | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | M3 Midstream | Ohio | Processing Plants
Location for OH NGL Processing Plant Identified
We now know the specific location of a previously announced $400 million shale gas collection and processing plant being built in Columbiana County, Ohio by a joint venture between Chesapeake Energy, M3 Midstream and EV Energy Partners.
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Energy Services | Enterprise Products Partners | Industrywide Issues | Jefferson County (OH) | Litigation | Ohio | Pipelines
OH Judge Rules in Case on Ethane Pipeline Survey
MDN highlighted a story last week in which Enterprise Products Partners, the company building a new ethane pipeline across Ohio, sued a farmer to gain access to his land in order to survey it to chart a route for the pipeline (see this MDN story). The farmer offered alternative routes to avoid prime hay fields but Enterprise turned him down. A common pleas court judge, on Friday, sided with…
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Marathon Petroleum’s Plans for Utica Shale Oil
Marathon Petroleum President Gary Heminger, speaking at the Hancock County Republican Party Century Club Dinner in Ohio on Thursday, predicted a great future for Utica Shale oil. He also offered some interesting insights into how much, and where, Utica Shale oil Marathon will be refining this year and next.Read More “Marathon Petroleum’s Plans for Utica Shale Oil”
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Columbiana County, OH Utica Shale Drilling Expands Again
Columbiana County, OH received four new drilling permits last week from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Three of the permits went to Chesapeake Energy. So far, Columbiana County has received permits to drill 32 horizontal wells in the Utica Shale.
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Ohio DNR Hires 70 New Field Inspectors for Utica Shale
In yet another sign that Utica Shale drilling for oil and gas is rapidly expanding in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has hired and is training 70 new field inspectors to help with the well permitting and reviews.
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Columbiana County | Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Mahoning County | Ohio | Wastewater
Industrial Complex near Columbiana, OH Gets Shale Makeover
The former National Refractories complex just outside Columbiana, OH is getting a shale gas makeover. Owner Jerry Stoneburner says the 300,000 square foot facility that sits on 100 acres will become both a shale gas wastewater treatment center and a transfer point to load railroad cars with crude oil and condensate being produced in the Marcellus and Utica Shale.
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OH Legislators Vote to Approve New Drilling Rules
The Ohio Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, a committee made up of five Ohio State Representatives and five Ohio State Senators, has approved new rules for constructing oil and gas wells in the state. They also approved new guidelines for Utica and Marcellus Shale drilling permits.
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Energy Services | Enterprise Products Partners | Industrywide Issues | Jefferson County (OH) | Litigation | Ohio | Pipelines
Ethane Pipeline Company Sues Farmer to Gain Access to Land
Enterprise Products Partners 1,230 mile ethane pipeline from Pennsylvania to the Gulf Coast, called the ATEX Express (Appalachia to Texas), has hit a snag in Ohio and is suing a farmer who refuses to let them on the property for survey work.
The proposed ATEX Express pipeline includes building 353 miles of new pipeline through Ohio. They’re on a schedule, and they don’t want delays. So when Nancy and David Hyde asked Enterprise to find a different route other than go through David’s best hay field, Enterprise said “no” and is suing them to allow them on the property. As with most lawsuits, this one is complicated.
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RV Park for Shale Workers in OH Sees Strong Demand
In an indication of things to come, pipeline construction firm Price Gregory has requested 50 RV spaces for its workers in a new RV/camper park located in Morristown, OH (Belmont County)—by June 1st!
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OH Bill Requires 3rd Party Verification of O&G Production
Two Ohio state Democrat representatives have introduced a new bill that would require an “audit clause” to be recorded in every oil and gas drilling lease in the state. The bill is an effort, according to its authors, to insert third party verification of production numbers reported by companies so landowners don’t have to rely on the driller’s “honesty” in reporting those numbers.
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Gov. Kasich: Shale Drilling is Good, but OH Needs Diversity
Speaking at the Eastern Ohio Development Alliance’s annual meeting last Friday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said that although he supports shale oil and gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica Shales in his state, he doesn’t want to put all of Ohio’s economic eggs in one basket. He said the state needs to focus on more than just the energy sector to help elevate Ohio out of its current economic doldrums.
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No O&G Severance Tax Hike in Ohio This Year
It looks like a severance tax hike for drillers in Ohio won’t happen this year. Yesterday, the Ohio House passed a “sweeping package of spending and policy initiatives” from Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The one thing not among the package? Kasich’s proposal to hike the severance tax for Utica Shale oil and gas drillers.
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Ohio Utica Shale Map Creates a Big Buzz
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently released an updated map showing their best guess as to where the best prospects are for Utica Shale drilling in the state (a copy of the map is embedded below). And boy oh boy, is that map creating a buzz! Some residents are excited that their property may now become highly desirable to be leased for drilling, and other residents are discouraged that their properties, once thought desirable, may be less so now.
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Trumbull County, OH to Get First Utica Shale Well in June
Utica Shale drilling is coming in June to Trumbull County, Ohio. CNX Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, just received a permit to drill its first well in the county.
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Marathon Petroleum President Gary Heminger, speaking at the Hancock County Republican Party Century Club Dinner in Ohio on Thursday, predicted a great future for Utica Shale oil. He also offered some interesting insights into how much, and where, Utica Shale oil Marathon will be refining this year and next.