After years of advocacy, hundreds of actual landowners, statewide groups, and a bipartisan group of elected officials have successfully pushed for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow leasing of federal minerals in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF). To date, the agency has leased...
The “Keep it In the Ground” movement has been a reliable source of ridiculous antics over the years, and 2017 has been no exception. In fact, anti-fracking stunts have been so absurd this year it’s downright scary! So in celebration of Halloween, here’s our list...
The Department of the Interior (DOI) released a new report last week detailing the economic contributions of DOI activities and programs in 2016. According to the report, the “Energy & Minerals” category, which includes oil and gas development, accounted for the most jobs (638,630), value...
National anti-fracking groups spent weeks advertising the “three massive rallies against fracking” held this past weekend in Cleveland, Columbus and Marietta. But EID was on the ground in all three locations and can confirm the entire “Ohio-wide” effort garnered a total of just 47 protesters,...
At the urging of the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Appalachia and Landowners for Energy Access and Safe Exploration (LEASE), Ohio lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich are finally working together to make appointments to a commission required to govern the process of shale gas...
At the urging of the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Appalachia and Landowners for Energy Access and Safe Exploration (LEASE), Ohio lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich are finally working together to make appointments to a commission required to govern the process of shale gas...
In a classic case of irony, out-of-state group Earthworks sent a campaign organizer 2,569 miles (no doubt using oil and gas) to Marietta, Ohio, last week to rally a whopping 15 anti-fracking activist for the “huge” anti-fracking Ohio River Rising Rally & March. As EID...
The stack of defeats for anti-fracking activists and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) in Ohio continue to pile up. For the third year in a row, fringe environmental activists attempted a ballot measure to advance a so-called “bill of rights” charter amendment in...
It appears Ohio mineral owners have had just about enough of the federal and state government interfering with their right to develop minerals located under their private property. At the urging of the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Appalachia and Landowners for Energy Access...
This year has been an exciting one for shale oil and gas development. And with 2016 winding down, Energy In Depth decided to reflect on some of the biggest energy developments and storylines of this past year. 1. U.S. maintains status as world’s top oil...
As we wind down 2016 and look ahead to 2017, it’s time to stop and take look at how amazing Ohio’s Utica Shale production has been despite a significant pullback in drilling activity due to low commodity prices. After six years of exploration and production,...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy released its annual Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk this week, and the report shows that the country’s remarkable reversal of fortunes on the energy security front continues. The report finds U.S. energy security is...