Communities and companies around the Mahoning Valley are seeing an upswing in electrical work as a result of shale development.  The two locals, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and VEC Inc., are taking advantage of the new infrastructure construction projects for oil and gas development.

Projects like…

A group of environmental extremists stormed the New Matamoras UIC storage site for GreenHunter Water, disrupting business and terrorizing the staff while a fellow activist erected a pole, anchored by a brine truck and a fence, climbed to the top and refused to come down.

If this scenario sounds familiar, it is because Energy In Depth covered their initial training previously in…

Communities across Appalachia are seeing new jobs and incredible investment stemming from a new influx of oil and natural gas related operations. As  the development of the Marcellus and Utica/Point Pleasant Shale formations continues to expand,  new projects –  like the recently announced processing and polyethylene manufacturing plants – are coming online to create marketable products from the incredible amount of natural gas being produced in the region.

In Ohio, the construction…

"While Governor Kasich is set to give his 2012 State of the State address in Lima, Ohio, which is coincidentally home to a large refinery that could benefit from increased Utica Shale/Point Pleasant production, the Columbus Dispatch wrote an…

Sometimes, consequences become very clear.  Nowhere is that more evident than in Brunswick, Ohio.  Just days after Governor Kasich declared “jobs are our greatest moral purpose” and noted that Ohio is leading the Midwest in job creation thanks, in large, part to  the continued development of the Utica Shale, it appears this newfound prosperity could be limited in Brunswick due to a…

Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program Executive Director and EID partner Rhonda Reda writes for the Daily Jeffersonian:

"In late 2011, the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) released the Ohio Oil and Gas Industry Economic Impact Study. The Study, conducted by Kleinhenz & Associates, recognized the significant impact of both the current oil and gas industry, as well as the economic and job potential of the Utica-Point Pleasant Shale formation. The report was…

EID's Shawn:

"Banks are becoming the newest industry forecasting the significant, positive impact that Utica Shale/Point Pleasant development has had – and will continue to have- in Ohio.

These impacts range from growing Ohio’s Gross Domestic Product over $100 billion in two years, to being responsible for dropping Ohio’s unemployment rate at a faster pace than the national average.  Any way you look at it, oil and gas development is on pace to revitalize Ohio’s…

OSU Senior Pat Moore guest blogs for EID on the incredible opportunities being afforded to college graduates thanks to shale development:

"My name is Pat Moore and I am a senior civil engineering student and co-founding Vice President of the Buckeye Shale Energy Organization (BSEO) at The Ohio State University. I am from the Cleveland suburb of Chagrin Falls, but…

Amy Payne, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, The Heritage Foundation:

"In North Dakota, people have jobs. That state led the nation in job creation last year, and its unemployment rate is only 3.2 percent (compared to the national rate of 7.9 percent). Why?

One word:…

CONSOL Energy is giving back to Noble County by helping the local Noble County Habitat for Humanity build its first home in the county.  CONSOL Energy donated $6,000 to the organization to help them reach their goal of $50,000 to build the home for the needy family.  In addition to the generous donation, members of the CONSOL Energy Utica development team…

Economists throughout Ohio are discussing how the Youngstown area is benefitting from a stronger economy than the rest of the state, greatly due to Utica Shale development.  Kenneth Mayland, President of ClearView Economics LLC in Pepper Pike, George Mokrzan, Senior Vice President and Director of Economics at Huntington Banc Shares Inc. in Columbus, and A.J. Sumell, professor of economics at…

EID's Shawn reports on Rex Energy's announcement to develop 11 wells in Ohio's Utica/Point Pleasant formation in 2013:

"According to an investor presentation released yesterday, Rex Energy is looking to invest $85 million in Ohio next year while developing acreage in…

Utica Shale development has brought many new businesses to Ohio and two of those are law firms.  Steptoe & Johnson PLLC and Jackson Kelly PLLC have both opened offices in Canton in the past year because of Ohio’s growing oil and gas industry.  While both firms have come to specialize in energy, they plan to expand into full service firms in the future.

Steptoe & Johnson’s Canton office is…

EID's Shawn provides an update on Gulfport's encouraging results in Ohio's Utica-Point Pleasant:

"UPDATE (02/4/2012, 11:00 am ET): The Stutzman 1-14H, which we reported on in January, has now been quantified and it looks like the well will be posting great revenue for Gulfport and the landowners receiving royalties.  It was recently reported by the Wheeling Intelligencer, the well…

EID's Shawn blogs on the ODJFS Shale Report highlighting the oil and gas industry's pivotal role in Ohio's economic recovery:

"A recent Ohio Department of Job and Families Services (ODJFS) Shale Report shows Ohioans are benefiting once again from shale development.  Coupling the recent US Chamber…

This week, Energy in Depth attended the Stark County Oil & Gas Partnership’s flagship event.  “Choose Stark County” featured key industry leaders to update the community on the oil and gas industry’s presence and potential opportunities in Stark County.  More than 250 attended the business to business networking opportunity and listened to…

Building on strong numbers from 2012, Utica Shale development has been taking off this year in Ohio. It seems we see headlines each week in newspapers all over the Buckeye state indicating new jobs, investments, and…