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PTT Global Chemical pcl (PTTGC) has again delayed a final investment decision (FID) for its proposed multi-billion dollar ethane cracker in Belmont County, OH.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auctioned more than 1,184 acres last week for oil and natural gas development in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF) and Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest (KNF), bringing in more than $1 million that is to be split between the federal and state governments.

Eclipse Resources Corp. is no longer an Ohio pure-play. The company announced on Monday a 44,500 net acre acquisition in north-central Pennsylvania, where it plans to apply its super laterals and expand Utica Shale development.

Frustrated by industry pushback and court defeats, two citizens’ rights groups are spearheading ballot initiatives in Ohio to amend the state constitution in a way that would better guarantee local governments’ ability to regulate hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and related activities.

A federal court has ordered construction halted on an eight-mile stretch of the Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline in Northeast Ohio until it can review the project’s 401 Water Quality Certification that was issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).

The combined value of Ohio’s oil and natural gas production last year increased significantly to more than $4.2 billion, up from $2.97 billion in 2015, according to an annual mineral industries report released last week by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey.

Voters in Bowling Green, OH, on Tuesday definitively rejected a referendum that would have prohibited natural gas pipelines from being built on city-owned property.

The state of Ohio is suing Rover Pipeline LLC over numerous alleged water quality violations occurring during the 713-mile greenfield project’s construction in the state, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Mike DeWine announced Friday.

The state of Ohio is suing Rover Pipeline LLC over numerous alleged water quality violations occurring during the 713-mile greenfield project’s construction in the state, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Mike DeWine announced Friday.