An Akron company has found its niche in the oil and gas industry. Skycasters, a telecommunications company that provides Internet connections in remote areas, has grown its business thanks to increased oil and gas production in Ohio. They offer portable satellite Internet technology to customers like governments, first responders, and other companies requiring a consistent and reliable Internet connection.
According to the…
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Those involved in the oil and gas industry have been touting America’s “manufacturing renaissance” thanks to affordable natural gas for the last couple years. Now, the theory is garnering broad support from business leaders and economists across the country. National Public Radio ran a story this week about the increase in manufacturing resulting from the incredible technology which provides…
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EID's Shawn reports on yesterday's Chesapeake Ohio operations update:
"In one of his first actions as the acting chief executive of Chesapeake Energy, Steve Dixon held an operations updateconference call at 8:30 this morning. While many areas were covered, Dixon’s update on Chesapeake’s Utica Shale operations was worth noting as it provided a very positive picture…
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It’s no secret the Marcellus Shale is providing an economic boost for economies across the Northern Tier, and one great indicator of this is the performance of banks in the area.
The banking industry in Pennsylvania has had to ride out the same depressed economy as every other financial institution across the country. Back in 2008, when the federal government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the housing bubble burst, institutions in…
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EID's Mike reports on the proposed US Route 30 project between Canton and the PA border:
"Yesterday, the Ohio Department of Transportation released the findings of their most recent study of extending US Route 30 from where it currently ends at Trump Avenue in Stark County to the Pennsylvania border at Route 11. US 30 is a four lane highway from the Ohio – Indiana border…
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Energy In Depth's Shawn reports on Ohio law enforcement putting extreme environmental groups on notice:
"Extreme environmental activist groups have been put on notice by Ohio’s law enforcement, due primarily to the activities of outside organizations coming into Ohio to disrupt oil and gas development. Authorities like the…
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ARMINGTON – The San Juan Basin could be headed toward a renaissance in natural-gas and oil drilling if rosy expectations touted by industry officials at Monday’s San Juan Basin Energy Conference hold true.
“In the southern part of the basin, the Mancos play has the potential to revitalize declining San Juan Basin oil production and also has a tremendous amount of future gas production in the northern part of the basin,” said Ron Broadhead, a principal…
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UPDATE (3/25/13 10:00 am ET): Utica/Point Pleasant development continues to fuel construction in not only Ohio but also West Virginia. In two separate articles, Utica Shale was heralded for it’s investment into the region. In West Virginia, the Dominion/Caiman joint venture called the Blue Racer Midstream is currently constructing a $500…
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In 2010, Exterran Energy Solution Inc. announced it would build a new manufacturing plant in Youngstown. Now, after years of planning and construction, the 60,000-square-foot plant is set to go online in April. Michael Grimland, director of manufacturing at Exterran gave more information about the plant at the Ohio Shale Development: Economic…
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This week the Columbus Region Logistics Council (CRLC) hosted an educational event titled “Central Ohio Logistics and the Shale Play”. CRLC members got first hand advice and information from key people in the industry including Rhonda Reda of the Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP), Mark Matusick of…
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Opponents of the development of natural gas in New York have been protesting everything related to the topic, including Inergy, L.P., one of the largest taxpayers in Schuyler and Tioga Counties. Cherie Messore takes a moment to look at two neighboring New York Counties and two very different reactions to the company and the services it offers.
While a small group of people protested at a proposed natural gas storage facility site in Schuyler County this week, the 20,000 residents of…
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he natural gas industry is looking to use abandoned mine drainage during the hydraulic fracturing of gas wells. This innovation is currently being practiced by some operators and assists in mitigating environmental impacts. Although it is a win-win situation some ‘environmental’ groups still oppose the practice, revealing much about who they really are.
Next week we will recognize the birthday of Edwin Drake, the man who drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania. It makes one wonder…
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Rex Energy announced the results from their first three wells located in the Warrior Prospect South project and those results are promising for the company and the continued development of the Utica Shale. All three wells were developed on the same pad in Noble County right on the…
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learn more about the upcoming 2013 NARO PA Annual Meeting and Convention
The Implied Covenant to Market vs The Shut-In Royalty Clause
Imagine you own 145 acres of leased land. After months of inactivity,…
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The time for platitudes about saving upstate New York is over. It’s time to take action. Governor Cuomo needs to put all the loose talk about acting on science, when he’s really playing politics, behind us. Upstate is dying and the Governors make-believe actions aren’t going to save it.
Candidate Andrew Cuomo said, “We must make New York the jobs capital of the nation and get unemployed New Yorkers back to work….Upstate continues to witness the crumbling of its manufacturing…
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"Anti-development groups joined forces yesterday to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take control of Ohio’s Underground Injection Control program from the the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The groups including the Buckeye Forest Council, FrackFree Mahoning Valley and the Center for Health, Environment and Justice held protests and sent a letter to U.S. EPA requesting as much. What these…
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The implied covenant to market gas vs. the shut-in royalty clause: How long can the well be shut-in?
This is a familiar but troubling issue for a growing number of landowners throughout the Marcellus Shale fairway. Imagine you own 145 acres in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. You sign a lease with a modest signing bonus in 2007. You soon realize that your signing bonus is…
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Jeffrey E. Fort of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur guest blogs for EID on the Monroe Falls, Ohio decision to uphold the Ohio Department of Natural Resource's preemption:
"In State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck Energy Corp., 2013-Ohio-356 (Ninth Dist.) Beck Energy obtained a permit from the Ohio…
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The Associated Press (AP) has noted Yoko Ono’s “Artists Against Fracking” is collecting money to influence public policy in New York but hasn’t bother registering as a lobby group. The article is worth reading and exposes the hypocrisy of the privileged 1% who attack the natural gas industry for lobbying efforts. Here we provide some additional facts the article missed.
There are hints in the Associated Press story that point to the bigger picture, when the Sustainable Markets…
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EID's Shawn dissects the New York Times piece on the Utica Shale's impact on construction in Ohio and notes other projects that deserve notice:
"It’s not every day Ohio is featured in the New York Times but that’s exactly what happened yesterday as the Grey Lady focused on the remarkable investment and jobs that Utica…
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