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By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board

Sunday, September 20th, 2015 at 12:02am

New Mexico has a wealth of energy resources. And now it has a comprehensive plan to help guide development of those riches to grow the…

Here and There with David Marash KSFR Public Radio Santa Fe April 20, 2015 with Dr. Daniel Fine Today on HERE AND THERE: It's clear now, it's not just an oil price drop, but an oil price war, being waged by Saudi Arabia. Among the targets: the new generation of NM shale oil drillers that have made the United States at least temporarily energy-sufficient. Economist Daniel Fine of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy has a petroleum battlefield report.…

          An extremely hot issue at the present time involves post-production costs or “deductions” that landowners are seeing subtracted from their gas royalty checks.  Typically, boilerplate Oil and Gas Leases offered to landowners clearly permit the gas company to deduct post-production costs for the cost of producing, gathering, storing, separating, treating, dehydrating, processing, transporting and marketing the oil and gas. 

          In the 2010 Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s…

EID's Shawn interviews Fred Badertscher, of Buckeye Water Services. At 84 years of age, he is seeing growth to his business from Ohio's Utica Shale:

"Fred Badertscher has been in the oil and gas business for over 59 years and has no plans on slowing down anytime soon.  With the development of the Utica Shale, Buckeye Water Services has retooled their business to become one of the premiere hauling and servicing companies in the Utica.  This success…

Jerry James, Immediate Past President of the Ohio Oil & Gas Association and President of Artex Oil Company, responds to recent comments made by Governor John Kasich and talks about the benefits of shale development in Ohio:

"At a recent event honoring the Ohio State University football team, Gov. John Kasich noted “deep…

Anyone who has heard about Ohio’s Utica Shale, has heard of Chesapeake Energy.  The Oklahoma-based company started developing the Utica in December of 2010, marking last month its two-year anniversary in Ohio.  Since coming to the Buckeye State, Chesapeake has spent $3.3 billion in capital expenditures and has acquired an industry leading…

One good way to gauge the positive impact shale development is having on Ohio’s economy is observing the growth and investment in its industrial parks.  EID has reported on the incredible gains of the Wellsville Intermodal Park and several Mahoning Valley…

EID's Shawn reports on 2012's Top 12 Utica Shale investments:

"In 2012, Utica Shale development brought Ohio significant investments from companies looking to make our state its home.  With the year winding down, it seemed fitting to recap some of the bigger announcements that happened over the past year.  Giving a look to what we’ve seen here in the past 12 months, we can expect 2013 to bring even more exciting news for eastern Ohio.

V&M Star Produces First Tubular Pipe…

EID's Mike updates our break down on the report from Ohio State researchers predicting “only” 20,000 new jobs from Utica Shale development:

"Update (12/27/12): It has been just over a year since the release of the Partridge-Weinstein report, and over fifteen months since the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program released their…

Executive Vice President of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Director of the Ohio Shale Coalition, Linda Woggon, discusses the incredible change Ohio is seeing because of growing shale development in the Buckeye State:

"Shale energy has the potential to drive economic development and job growth across the Buckeye State. From land payments, infrastructure improvements, well construction and pipelines to the rebirth of the chemical industry and manufacturing, the…

These are exciting times in the natural gas industry here in Ohio and across the United States.  The last four years have brought plunging wholesale natural gas prices due to the combination of substantially increased supplies with only modest growth in demand.  The resulting low prices have created an enormous economic benefit for both gas customers and the overall economy.

Ohio is in a unique position to benefit from the production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from…

Unemployment continues to drop in communities around Ohio as they embrace shale development.  This week, Mike Chadsey of EID-Ohio checked out Carroll County, a community clearly changing for the better because of oil and gas:

"Yesterday, the Akron Beacon Journal reported that Carroll County, Ohio is the first county in the Buckeye State to host 100 Utica…

Today, Energy in Depth – Ohio is proud to announce the launch of Ohio’s first energy  jobs portal.

As many Ohioans continue to look for work during a challenging economy, this portal is Ohio’s energy-only jobs site focusing on opportunities supported by the Utica Shale. It is designed as a one-stop resource to help Ohioans and rewarding work in Ohio’s oil and natural gas industry. This site looks to take advantage of the great opportunities our geological…

Oil field opportunities for contractors and truckers are exciting.  There seems to be plenty of good paying work if you have the skills and equipment.  There is one more thing that you will need to succeed – special insurance to comply with contractual insurance specifications.…

Like many who grew up in the Upper Delaware River valley, the mere mention of Gasland has grated on me like Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem. It’s not just the facts he got wrong or the truth he distorted. You expect that sort of thing from Josh Fox and it didn’t take long for Energy In Depth and several others to correct the record on the flaming Colorado faucet, Dunkard Creek and the rain rot present on some of the animals pictured. No, what was so offensive was the sheer…