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Tue. 2:20pm: Pa. Supreme Court hears Marcellus Shale case
October 16, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court heard arguments in a natural gas case that could cause chaos for major energy companies and thousands of leaseholders. more »»
Charities contribute to drilling research
October 8, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Citizens groups and nonprofits around the nation are asking questions about environmental and health impacts of natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and Pennsylvania... more »» 
McDonald site may go midstream
October 7, 2012 McDONALD — Hundreds of available acres, miles of rail line, a convergence of 200 miles of pipeline rights of way, a water supply, a web of highways and what is believed to be vast amounts of natural... more »»
Plates show signs of change
October 7, 2012 Have you noticed the the out-of-state license plates around the county? I have. I have spotted them mostly in Warren, mostly on heavy-duty trucks. more »»
Shale report: Ohio, Pa. hold ‘enormous reserves’
October 6, 2012 Drilling companies beginning to explore the Utica Shale got a piece of good news Friday when the U.S. more »»
New cold War?
October 1, 2012 PITTSBURGH — The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West’s strategic plans. more »»
Expert: Shale a $10B boost
September 30, 2012 SALEM — The shale boom will explode the Ohio economy by adding $10 billion to it by 2014, Linda Woggon, executive vice president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the Ohio... more »»
Trumbull gas well on hold
September 29, 2012 VIENNA — The energy company that holds a permit for one of two Trumbull County horizontal natural gas wells has put the well on hold. more »»
Gas industry could fuel airport growth
September 27, 2012 VIENNA — The emerging natural gas and oil industry might not make it easy to develop the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, but it might make it easier, according to planners who have already been... more »»
Federal funds helped fuel gas drilling boom
September 24, 2012 PITTSBURGH — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies tha... more »»
Groups protest gas drilling
September 23, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking that they say threatens public health and the... more »»
Corbett: Pa. drilling protesters ‘unreasoning’
September 21, 2012 PHILADELPHIA — Gov. more »»
Youngstown delays gas lease vote
September 20, 2012 YOUNGSTOWN — City Council delayed a vote Wednesday on leasing city-owned property for drilling for natural gas and oil. more »»
Chesapeake Energy selling some assets for $6.9 billion
September 13, 2012 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chesapeake Energy Corp. more »»
City looks to sell mineral rights
September 12, 2012 YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor Charles Sammarone wants to sell the city’s mineral rights and use the money for demolition and redeveloping neighborhoods. more »»
Ohio still working on gas drilling taxation rates
September 12, 2012 Pennsylvania’s new fee on gas drillers has raised more than $200 million, but laws that would change the way Ohio taxes the drilling industry are still on the drawing board. more »»
Pa. drilling fee raises more than $200 million
September 11, 2012 Pennsylvania’s new fee on gas drillers has raised more than $200 million, most of which will be distributed to counties and towns to fix roads, restore water supplies and pay other expenses borne by... more »»
BP sells some Gulf assets
September 11, 2012 LONDON — Oil company BP said Monday it is selling some deep-water assets in the Gulf Mexico to Plains Exploration & Production Co. for $. more »»
Big news for local economy
September 9, 2012 A flurry of announcements last week point again toward a Mahoning Valley economic resurgence that, after scratching beyond the surface, looks even rosie. more »»
Shale ‘infancy stage’ already big
September 9, 2012 The impact of gas and oil drilling related to the Marcellus and Utica shale fields is on its way. For evidence, just look at the turnout for the Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas (Y.O.U.N.G. more »» |
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