Operators Continue to Increase Investment in the Utica Shale
Companies investing and developing the Utica Shale continue to expand operational allocations as production ramps up. While 2013 was known as the year of the midstream, companies are now focused on...
View ArticleEnergy Secretary Moniz: Marcellus Shale Production ‘Critical’ and ‘Amazing’
This week, U.S. Energy Department Secretary Ernest Moniz reaffirmed his support of shale development during an interview with Capital New York. Moniz has often spoken about the importance shale is...
View ArticleVIDEO: U.S. Shale Brings Manufacturing Back to America
Shale development is providing an array of economic benefits across the United States, creating jobs and reducing our reliance on energy imports, all while providing affordable, clean-burning natural...
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Labor Report Reveals Incredible Job Creation from Shale
Shale development continues to be a huge economic driver and job creator for states where development is taking place. Recent reports in Pennsylvania and across the country show that states with shale...
View ArticleOil and Gas Development Fuels Local Business Boom in Eastern Ohio
Travelers heading through eastern Ohio have long noticed a lack of hotels to accommodate them during their trek through the area. With growing shale development, however, more hotels are now opening...
View ArticleOver 100 Utica Shale Related Projects Taking Place in Ohio Worth Over $18...
Bricker and Eckler, an Ohio based law firm, has released their spring 2014 Shale Economic Development Overview. The report found there are over 100 shale related projects taking place in Ohio creating...
View ArticleNext Generation’s New Low: Attacking Scholars, Denigrating Jobs
Next Generation is an anti-fossil fuel activist group co-founded and bankrolled by hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer. The group writes that its mission, among other things, is to confront “diminished...
View ArticleWomen In Energy Summit Shows Expanded Job Opportunities in Oil and Gas
As Utica Shale development continues to provide new jobs and careers across Ohio, leadership from the state and industry alike is working to promote diversity in the energy sector – highlighting the...
View ArticleThree Strikes and You’re Out, Frackfree Mahoning
For the third time since May of last year, Youngstown voters have soundly rejected an anti-energy charter amendment disguised as a community “bill of rights.” On Tuesday, Youngstown voters defeated...
View ArticleShale Will Help Deliver 55,000 Additional Jobs to Houston
A new report co-authored by the Greater Houston Partnership and HSBC Bank USA finds that the benefits of the shale energy revolution are poised to continue in Houston, extending far beyond just the...
View ArticleUtica Shale Boosts Columbiana County’s Economic Future
Utica Shale development has contributed to an economic renaissance in eastern Ohio. With an influx of investment totaling over $18 billion attributed due to increased oil and gas development,...
View ArticleThe ‘35,000 Comment’ Anti-Fracking Ruse
Thirty-five thousand is a number that gets your attention. Images of a packed baseball stadium immediately come to mind, and anyone who has been to a Major League Baseball game knows that 35,000 people...
View ArticleSome Facts about Shale Development and Pennsylvania State Forests
In 2010, then-Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell enacted a moratorium on any new natural gas leases in state forests, although before the moratorium, the state had leased 700,000 acres of state forest...
View ArticleShale Development Makes American Manufacturing More Competitive
Shale development has been a boon to American manufacturing, providing low cost energy and affordable feedstock for companies across the country. As a result, the American economy is making a much...
View ArticleMarcellus Shale a Source of Major New Revenues for Local Townships
Since Marcellus development began seven years ago, it has provided billions of dollars of investment and tens of thousands of jobs for Pennsylvanians. From Williamsport to Washington, the positive...
View ArticleAthens County ‘Ban Fracking’ Activists Back to their Old Ways
If there is one place in Ohio where the spirit of the 1960s is still alive, it is Athens County. While the rest of the United States has moved on from that period of time, there are still those in...
View ArticleSurvey: Support for Fracking is Highest in Communities Where It Occurs
One thing is clear from a recent June 2014 public policy survey of local officials by the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP). In northern Michigan, where...
View ArticleMarcellus Shale Fuels Energy Capital of the East
With Washington County, Pa., ranking first in the greater Pittsburgh region for both natural gas wells developed and permits issued in 2013, it’s truly living up to its name: “Energy Capital of the...
View ArticleOhio Pipe Company Preparing Local Students for Lucrative Shale Careers
There is no question the Appalachian Basin has a shortage of trained welders. Up and down the Ohio River, union halls are now empty due to the increased workload from shale development. Now, thanks...
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Protest Not As Large As Advertised By Group Against Development Of State Forests
Earlier this week roughly 100 people turned out for what activists were calling a major rally to stop natural gas development in Pennsylvania’s state forests. ABC27 out of Harrisburg reported the...
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