Drilling Down
Did MVSD Drilling Ban Fuel Halcon's Decision?
Monday, March 24, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Oil and gas exploration in this part of the Utica shale was never a boom, nor is it yet a bust.
Hilcorp Secures 7 Well Permits 2 Days After Quakes
Wednesday, March 19, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded Hilcorp Energy Co. seven new permits for wells in Lawrence County two days after a series of earthquakes rumbled through the Mahoning Valley and the company was ordered to cease drilling at its nearby Carbon Limestone well pad just across the state line in Ohio.
Oil and Gas Training Center in Line for $250K from State
Wednesday, March 19, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A proposed training center targeting the oil and gas industry move closer to reality under the state capital improvements bill released Tuesday.
The 2014 capital budget directs $250,000 for a proposed Tech Belt Oil & Gas Learning Cente to be located at the former U.S. Army base in Lordstown.
Youngstown Board of Control to Consider item for VAM Project
Thursday, March 13, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The city’s Board of Control this morning is expected to act to approve agreements expected to encourage a Vallourec subsidiary to build a $81.5 million pipe threading mill in Youngstown.
VAM USA is a joint venture between Vallourec, which opened a $1 billion pipe mill in Youngstown last year, Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metals Corp. and Sumitomo Corp.