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Residents Near Kibler Well to Test Air Quality
Friday, October 18, 2013WEATHERSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Residents of the Westwood Lake Park development sense something in the air -- and they'd like to know exactly what it is.
On Thursday, Ruth Breech, program director for California-based Global Community Monitor, met with residents of the Westwood park, a well-groomed mobile home development that sits just 580 feet from where Halcon Resources is drilling its second horizontal gas well.
Halcon to Drill 2 More at Kibler Pad in Lordstown
Thursday, October 17, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Two horizontal well permits were approved by the Ohio Department of Resources last week for Halcon Resources' Kibler pad in Trumbull County, records show.
They would be the third and fourth wells to be drilled at the Lordstown Township site, just across from the Westwood Lake Park, a mobile home community where residents have complained about drilling operations.
ODNR issued 13 permits last week, according to the agency's website.
Gulfport Says Utica Output Doubles in 3rd Quarter
Thursday, October 17, 2013OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gulfport Energy Corp. reported Wednesday that oil and gas production from its wells in eastern Ohio's Utica shale more than doubled during the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, as gas started to flow from producing wells and into processing complexes.
The company said its net production for the third quarter in the Utica stood at 662,333 barrels of oil equivalent, compared to 320,718 BOE during the second quarter of this year.
No specific well production results were given.
Real Estate Experts Assess Impact of Shale Drilling
Wednesday, October 16, 2013BOARDMAN, Ohio -- The Mahoning Valley could let one of the biggest opportunities represented by the oil and gas industry slip away, making use locally of the minerals extracted from the ground, a local real estate agent argues.
Bluegrass, Hilcorp Update Landowners on Projects
Tuesday, October 15, 2013COLUMBIANA, Ohio -- Bluegrass Pipeline LLC's new project slated for early 2015 could bring between 200 and 300 new construction jobs -- and possibly another processing plant -- to the region, officials say.
"We have completed our survey permission process, and right now over the last 12 days, we've been on the ground acquiring rights to easements," said Jim Curry, land right-of-way project manager for Bluegrass.