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Marathon, Harvest Pipeline Plan Wellsville Project
Wednesday, October 10, 2012WELLSVILLE, Ohio – A new agreement to develop infrastructure here at the Intermodal Park here underscores the significant role the Ohio River port is playing in Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s plans to transport hydrocarbon liquids production from the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
D&L Energy Nears Start of North Lima Injection Well
Tuesday, October 09, 2012NORTH LIMA, Ohio – By the end of this year, wastewater trucked from drill sites in Ohio and Pennsylvania could once again be injected into storage wells in the Mahoning Valley, a prospect that doesn't sit well with activists here.
"From a mechanical perspective, the well will be done before Halloween," said Vince Bevacqua, spokesman for D&L Energy, the Youngstown company that drilled the well here last year.
D&L Energy Prepares North Lima Injection Well
Monday, October 08, 2012NORTH LIMA, Ohio -- D & L Energy Group will begin the final construction phase for a brine injection well in North Lima, Ohio Monday, October 8.
USGS Releases Estimate of Utica Shale's Potential
Friday, October 05, 2012RESTON, Va. -- The Utica shale contains about 38 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas (at the mean estimate), finds the first assessment of this continuous natural gas accumulation by the U. S. Geological Survey.
The assessment, announced Thursday, finds the Utica shale has a mean of 940 million barrels of unconventional oil resources and a mean of 9 million barrels of unconventional natural gas liquids, the agency reports.