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Reps. scrutinize EPA frack-pollution link in Wyo.
The EPA in no way contends that a draft report on groundwater pollution in Wyoming could apply to hydraulic fracturing in any other part of the U.S., an EPA official told a U.S. House subcommittee - including the Marcellus Shale and shale areas in other northeastern region. 
3 states offer big tax breaks for Shell Oil plant
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of tax breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region.
Forum on oil and gas opportunities
Oil and gas development could result in $36 billion being invested in Ohio over the next few years according to Rhonda Reda, executive director of the Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program.
3 Industries Thriving From Record-Low Natural Gas Prices
Low natural gas prices aren't bad for everyone. A few other industries are seeing enormous boosts with cheap, readily available natural gas.
Don't Frack Me Up: Correcting Misinformation On Hydraulic Fracturing
Forbes sets the record straight with facts about fracking, not playing on emotion like many of the frac-tivists do.
Energy plays key role in Obama's State of the Union
For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama's State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.
Oil and gas workers in area bringing needed revenue
An influx of pipeline workers for the oil and gas industry is providing a burst of economic activity in the Marietta area,
Youngstown Opens Mills Again as States Jockey for Fracking Jobs
Thirty-four years after Black Monday, the day Youngstown Sheet & Tube announced shutdowns marking the end of the Ohio city's steel era, a $650 million mill is coming to life thanks to the natural-gas drilling boom.
Kasich, coalition of leaders woo Shell
Gov. Kasich is pursuing Shell Chemicals' multibillion-dollar ethane cracker facility, which Shell plans to build in Ohio, West Virginia or Pennsylvania to capitalize on the growing harvest of natural gas from Marcellus shale.
Gas boom is sweet music to sand supplier
Hydraulic fracturing has not only created a boom in natural gas, but also for the sand from some Ohio companies that is needed for the fracturing process.
Encana cites 'critical mistakes' in U.S. EPA's fracturing study
Encana, the second largest natural gas producer in the United States, questions the results of a recent EPA report linking natural gas development with contaminated water in the tiny hamlet of Pavillion, Wyoming.
Ohio set to see oil boom thanks to fracking
Ohio hasn't been an oil powerhouse for nearly 100 years. But it is on the road to becoming one again.
Trade group: Shale boom could create a million manufacturing jobs
Developing the nation's vast natural gas shale reserves could create 1 million manufacturing jobs by the year 2025 and save manufacturers $11.6 billion a year because of a low-priced and stable gas supply, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Ohio Energy Resource Alliance Formed
In an effort to answer Ohioans' questions about the economic development, job growth and energy security opportunities presented by the vast oil and natural gas reserves that underlie Ohio, several Ohio oil and gas industry associations have formed a new organization, the Ohio Energy Resource Alliance.
Gas exploration and drilling in the Marcellus Shale means more traffic for Class Is, short lines
Natural gas exploration across the Marcellus Shale geologic formation in the Northeast has triggered an economic boom in some rust-belt regions that had been mired in recessionary times for decades.
Claims That Fracking Causes Water Pollution Are Not Crystal Clear
Fracking in Pavillion, Wyoming, differs from the majority of fracking wells: geological characteristics, shallower wells, vertical fracking and the proximity of fracking activities to the drinking-water aquifer. So, EPA claims may of polluted water do not necessarily apply to most states who are using hydraulic fracturing.
Gas exploration sparks economic surge in Carroll County
Tiny Carroll County southeast of Canton is the bustling epicenter of Utica shale drilling in Ohio.
TransCanada Pipeline Bill Would Force U.S. Permit Within 60 Days
Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would require the Secretary of State to issue a U.S. permit for the Keystone XL pipeline within 60 days. This still "provides adequate time for Nebraska to shift the route of the pipeline" while allowing construction to begin elsewhere.
Mining of Shale Gas Makes Sense
Gregg Laskoski discusses why shale gas takes energy autonomy beyond "wishful thinking" and a recent MIT study that concludes the same.
Drilling spurs job hopes in Rust Belt manufacturing
A new industrial plant has generated hope that a surge in oil and natural gas drilling across a multistate region might jump-start a revival in Rust Belt manufacturing.
