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Ohio national forest halts sale of drilling rights
TweetNELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has decided to hold off on selling drilling rights in Ohio’s only national forest so officials there can explore potential impacts from the process known as fracking.
Anne Carey, supervisor for Wayne National Forest, said in a statement today that more than 3,000 acres have been withdrawn from a natural gas and oil lease sale scheduled for Dec. 7.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a horizontal drilling technique for gas that uses chemical-laced water to break up shale deep underground so trapped gas is released.
Local leaders from areas near the forest in southeast Ohio had protested the lease sale, saying they feared a fracking accident could harm the forest.
Carey says the forest will bring together experts to study fracking’s possible effects above ground.
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Much steeper prices are on the way for petroleum products . . ..
We have everyhting we need under our own soil but the Governement would rather purchase it at a higher cost from overseas. Imagine the jobs and the inexpensive petroleum products we would have if the Government and other special interest groups got out of the way. They don't have a problem taking our food and turning it into gasoline causing the prces just to eat to get alot more expensive than necessary. What a messed up system we have.