Two companies in southwest Mississippi are proceeding with plans to produce and strengthen sand for hydraulic fracturing. The Blaine Cos., which maintains quarry operations in Natchez, MS, is launching Magnolia Frac Sand LLC, a business division that will produce frack sand for Fores Frac Sand LLC, a new division of Fores Canada Inc., and Fores Resin Coat LLC will strengthen some of the frack sand by coating it with resin. Fores is also installing a handling facility and a loading and storage facility in Natchez. Blain is investing $7 million in Magnolia and Fores is investing $27 million in its Mississippi entry. The project is expected to create about 60 jobs in the Natchez area.
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Drug Use Among Prospective Shale Workers in Eastern Ohio Could Pose Challenge
As oil and gas companies look to hire local workers in eastern Ohio’s booming Marcellus and Utica shales, local and company officials say they are keeping a cautious eye on the issue of drug abuse in the region.
April 10, 2012
Tioga County Drilling Deal May Bypass New York Frack Ban
A newly formed organization that represents about 2,000 New York property owners in Tioga County has signed a preliminary agreement with developers to stimulate unconventional natural gas wells using waterless hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that may bypass the state’s drilling moratorium.
March 30, 2012
Ohio AG Calls for Higher Penalties, Full Frack Fluid Disclosure
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is urging state lawmakers to enact tougher regulations on the oil and gas industry, including higher penalties for violations and requiring operators to not only disclose what chemicals are used for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) but also their precise formulations.
February 13, 2012
Illinois Governor Wants End to Natural Gas Utility Tax
In his State of the State address on Wednesday Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn urged lawmakers to eliminate the state’s natural gas utility tax.
February 2, 2012
Reality Cameras Roll in on Shale Patch Parvenu
The rich are different, and the nouveau riche are different still. Newly premiered reality television show “Bayou Billionaires” demonstrates that it’s a long way from the fictitious East Egg of The Great Gatsby to Shreveport, LA, where Gerald and Kitten Dowden and kin have struck it rich in the Haynesville Shale. Now they want into the country club.
January 24, 2012
Chamber: EPA Overestimated Emissions from Shale Gas Well Completions
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise information in a 2010 document that “erroneously overestimates” methane emissions, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) associated with shale gas well completions.
December 30, 2011
Survey: Pennsylvanians See Drilling’s Upside
Pennsylvanians believe that the benefits of natural gas drilling in the state’s shale plays outweigh any potential problems, but want the state to impose an extraction tax and require the disclosure of chemicals used by drillers, according to the results of a survey by the Muhlenberg Institute of Public Opinion and the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State and Urban Policy.
November 22, 2011
Norse Pulling Out of New York; Puts Leasehold Up For Sale
Less than three months ago, Norse Energy Corp. ASA was the first company in line seeking permission to drill unconventional gas wells in New York’s portion of the Marcellus and Utica shales.
October 25, 2011
Pennsylvania Bill Calls for Well Pad Standards
A bill recently introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly would require the state’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to develop standards for the construction of oil and gas well pads in the Marcellus and Utica shales, according to Rep. Fred Keller, a Republican from central Pennsylvania.
October 21, 2011
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