Lakes in Appalachian Ohio’s Utica Play: A Snapshot
By Ted Auch, PhD – Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Ohio’s southwest Appalachian counties – namely Carroll, Harrison, Guernsey, and Noble Counties – are home to two significant resources:...
View ArticleOhio’s Waste Not, Want Not!
By Ted Auch, PhD – Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance The Akron Beacon Journal’s Bob Downing has just published an investigative report looking at the recent advisory put forth by the Ohio...
View ArticleThe Ohio Utica Shale Play Turns 500… Almost!
Drilling Trends Ohio’s first Utica well was permitted by ODNR on behalf of Hess Ohio Resources on 9-28-10. As shown in Figure 1 (right), the major uptick in well permitting began in the summer of 2011...
View ArticleA Fresh Opportunity in the FRESHER Act
By Tanya Dierolf, Choose Clean Water Coalition Love him or hate him, there’s no arguing that Stephen Colbert can grab a headline. Recently he’s had a lot to say about environmental protection, energy...
View ArticleA Year in the Life of Ohio’s Utica Play
The Ohio Utica play has taken off in the last calendar year, jumping from 160 permitted wells as of March 2012 to 453 since then. This equates to 1.24 permitted wells per day. (Note: The state’s less...
View ArticleLand-Use Change, the Utica Shale, and the Loss of Ecosystem Services
By Ted Auch, PhD – Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In Ohio, Utica Well pads range in size from 5-15 acres. (Estimates for pipeline and retention ponds are unavailable.) That figure gives...
View ArticleOhio’s Shale Gas Waste Disposal Network Map Now Online
By Ted Auch, Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance A complete inventory of Ohio’s Active Class II Injection Wells, as well as Ohio Department of Natural Resources certified Underground...
View ArticleOhio Production and Injection Well Firms Map
Our latest Ohio-focused map shows the many companies involved in directional drilling in the state and the contact information for these firms. Layer Descriptions 1. UNIVERSAL WELL SERVICES Universal...
View ArticleThe Water-Energy Nexus in Ohio, Part II
OH Utica Production, Water Usage, and Waste Disposal by County Part II of a Multi-part Series By Ted Auch, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In this part of our ongoing...
View ArticleUtica Drilling in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, the vast majority of unconventional oil and gas activity is focused on the Marcellus Shale formation, a Devonian period deposit of black shale with a high hydrocarbon content, which...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of the Shrinking Utica Shale Play
Oil, Gas, and Brine Oh My! By Ted Auch, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance It was just three years ago that the Ohio Geological Survey (OGS) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...
View ArticleOhio’s Waste Not, Want Not!
By Ted Auch, PhD – Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance The Akron Beacon Journal’s Bob Downing has just published an investigative report looking at the recent advisory put forth by the Ohio...
View ArticleThe Ohio Utica Shale Play Turns 500… Almost!
Drilling Trends Ohio’s first Utica well was permitted by ODNR on behalf of Hess Ohio Resources on 9-28-10. As shown in Figure 1 (right), the major uptick in well permitting began in the summer of 2011...
View ArticleA Fresh Opportunity in the FRESHER Act
By Tanya Dierolf, Choose Clean Water Coalition Love him or hate him, there’s no arguing that Stephen Colbert can grab a headline. Recently he’s had a lot to say about environmental protection, energy...
View ArticleA Year in the Life of Ohio’s Utica Play
The Ohio Utica play has taken off in the last calendar year, jumping from 160 permitted wells as of March 2012 to 453 since then. This equates to 1.24 permitted wells per day. (Note: The state’s less...
View ArticleLand-Use Change, the Utica Shale, and the Loss of Ecosystem Services
By Ted Auch, PhD – Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In Ohio, Utica Well pads range in size from 5-15 acres. (Estimates for pipeline and retention ponds are unavailable.) That figure gives...
View ArticleOhio’s Shale Gas Waste Disposal Network Map Now Online
By Ted Auch, Ohio Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance A complete inventory of Ohio’s Active Class II Injection Wells, as well as Ohio Department of Natural Resources certified Underground...
View ArticleOhio Production and Injection Well Firms Map
Our latest Ohio-focused map shows the many companies involved in directional drilling in the state and the contact information for these firms. Layer Descriptions 1. UNIVERSAL WELL SERVICES Universal...
View ArticleThe Water-Energy Nexus in Ohio, Part II
OH Utica Production, Water Usage, and Waste Disposal by County Part II of a Multi-part Series By Ted Auch, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In this part of our ongoing...
View ArticleUtica Drilling in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, the vast majority of unconventional oil and gas activity is focused on the Marcellus Shale formation, a Devonian period deposit of black shale with a high hydrocarbon content, which...
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