Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) want to set up a functioning oil and gas well at the school’s Eastern Agricultural Station in Noble County, OH, to study the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
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Frito-Lay Placing Its Chips on CNG Trucks
Moving to make the majority of its fleet of tractor-trailer trucks run on natural gas, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division drew national attention Thursday to Beloit, WI, with its newly opened compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station The company also intends to break ground on seven other public CNG stations this year.
June 21, 2013
Wyoming DEQ Increases Oil/NatGas Engine Checks
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) Administrator Steve Dietrich on Monday reinforced the state’s intention this spring to increase its program for compliance checks of oil and natural gas production facility engines.
April 17, 2013
CFTC Gives End-Users Relief from Reporting, Recordkeeping Requirements
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) Friday issued no-action relief for end-users from certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Dodd-Frank law. The requirements were to go into effect on Wednesday.
April 8, 2013
CFTC Gives End-Users Relief from Reporting Requirements
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) Friday issued no-action relief for end-users from certain reporting and record keeping requirements under the Dodd-Frank law. The requirements were to go into effect on Wednesday.
April 8, 2013
Ohio Issues Second Unitization Order in the Utica Shale
The chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (DOGRM) has issued a unitization order for Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Carroll County, putting forced pooling into effect for a second time in the emerging Utica Shale.
March 20, 2013
‘No Intentional Misconduct’ by McClendon, Says Chesapeake
Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon’s controversial financing transactions “did not reveal any improper benefit” to him nor did they increases costs to the company “as a result of the overlap in financial relationships,” the board of directors said Wednesday.
February 21, 2013
Incidental Taking of Arctic Marine Mammals Reviewed
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a division of the Commerce Department, said it plans to conduct a supplemental environmental review of the incidental taking of marine mammals, specifically whales, dolphins, sea lions and seals, by the oil and gas industry incidental to exploration activities in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
February 4, 2013
Agencies Expand Review of Harm to Mammals in Arctic Seas
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a division of the Commerce Department, announced that it plans to conduct a supplemental environmental review of the incidental taking of marine mammals, specifically whales, dolphins, sea lions and seals, by the oil and gas industry incidental to exploration activities in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
January 31, 2013
Ohio Reports More Oil, Less Gas Produced in 2011
Ohio wells produced about 73.3 Bcf of natural gas and 4.9 million bbl of oil in 2011, according to a report released this week by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.
December 7, 2012
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