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A decision by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) that D&L Energy Inc. cannot keep its injection well permits and must properly dispose stored material has been upheld by the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission.

Despite a dozen small earthquakes in 2011 blamed on wastewater disposal wells, voters in the City of Youngstown, OH, stood firm on Tuesday and defeated, by a 57-43% margin, an amendment to the city’s charter that would have banned hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

D&L Energy Inc. has filed an appeal with the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission, asking it to overturn the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) decision to revoke six of the company’s permits, deny three permit applications and order a halt to all temporary storage operations near Youngstown, after oilfield waste was illegally dumped into waterways near Youngstown in late January.

Authorities have charged D&L Energy Inc. CEO Ben Lupo with one count of violating the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) after allegedly ordering an employee to dump oilfield waste into a storm drain that empties into the Mahoning River near Youngstown, OH.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has permanently revoked the operating permits for two companies, D&L Energy Inc. and Hardrock Excavating LLC, after employees were seen dumping oilfield waste into a storm drain in Youngstown that empties into the Mahoning River.

Up to 3 Bcf/d of Gulf natural gas production that is currently shut in could remain offline during the winter heating season, a top official with the American Gas Association (AGA) said last Tuesday.

Up to 3 Bcf/d of Gulf natural gas production that is currently shut in could remain offline during the winter heating season, a top official with the American Gas Association (AGA) said Tuesday.

After being offline since Sept. 22 due to storm damage and flooding from Hurricane Rita, Sabine Pipe Line LLC said it has lifted the force majeure for various interconnects on its system (see Daily GPI, Sept. 27). As a result, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) said Tuesday it is lifting the force majeure condition for both September and October 2005 natural gas futures contract delivery obligations, effective for gas day Oct. 5 (see Daily GPI, Sept. 28).

Marking another step in the long journey to get the shuttered 935 MW Davis Besse nuclear power plant back online, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) officials last week said that a recent pressure test at the plant fully met all of its objectives, including validation of the integrity of the bottom of the plant’s reactor vessel and of the reactor coolant system.