Recent Fracking News
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:20AM State Rep Denise Driehaus sends letter to Rep. Hall asking for hearings on House Bills 345 and 351 to pass a moratorium on fracking in Ohio.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:17AM In 2004, the state Legislature passed House Bill 278 giving sole regulatory authority on gas and oil drilling to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The future resolution, township officials said, would also urge state lawmakers to pass a statewide moratorium on drilling to allow a study of drilling’s safety.
“We all want job creation,” said township Administrator Pat Ungaro. Injection well drilling “may create a lot of jobs, but obviously it’s creating a problem. The last [earthquake] I think really woke everyone up.”
Liberty is one of the first townships in the state to ask for a ban, Stoyak said.
In Hubbard Township, where an injection well is planned for construction, Trustee Fred Hanley said the township tried to ban the well and wrote to Gov. John Kasich, but nothing has worked.
But the difference between Hubbard and Liberty is that Liberty is a home-rule township, allowing it to assert more zoning control than a normal township.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:13AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A giant chemical plant that processes natural gas is coming to the Midwest and Ohio leaders hope the state's newly tapped gas deposits, coupled with growing industries that use gas products, make Ohio the favored location.
Shell Chemical is finalizing plans for a $2 billion complex that is expected to create hundreds of jobs and pull other industries and manufacturers into its orbit. Shell has said only that it plans to build in either West Virginia, Pennsylvania or Ohio, three states that overlay ancient shale beds rich in natural gas.
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The plant needs hundreds of acres of land, according to Dan Carlson, Shell Chemical's general manager of new business development in the Americas. Shell would also like access to railroads, river barges, a skilled workforce and university researchers, Carlson said via email.
"What we're looking for is cost-effectiveness and ease in moving this project forward quickly," he added.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich flew to Houston in late November to make a personal pitch to Shell executives and the state has provided written appeals from the governor's Republican allies and Democratic rivals alike, including Democratic House Minority Leader Armond Budish of Beachwood and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.
http://www.cleveland.com/shalegas/index.ssf/2012/01/gas-rich_ohio_is_in_the_runnin.html
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:12AM EVENT: State Representative Sean O'Brien says the hearing will be January 17th at 10:00 a.m. at Youngstown State University
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:11AM EVENT: State Rep. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, has scheduled a community forum on the issue for Jan. 11 and has called for a statewide moratorium on injection drilling until 2014. The Youngstown City Council voted Wednesday to support his proposal.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:05AM Hydraulic fracturing waste can be shipped here by truck, but no permits have been obtained for rail, according to Heidi Hetzel-Evans, communications manager for the ODNR. Bringing in waste by rail may involve an off-loading method that could create different concerns than truck transportation,
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 10:58AM 
