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Welcome to the Vindy.com Fracking page, the Mahoning Valley's home for the latest news and information about the natural oil and gas drilling industry.

Have a question about fracking, leasing or anything else related to the Utica or Marcellus shales? Email our reporter.

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Recent Earthquakes

March 17, 2011 at 6:42 a.m.
Magnitude: 2.1
March 17, 2011 at 6:53 a.m.
Magnitude: 2.6
August 22, 2011 at 4:00 a.m.
Magnitude: 2.2
August 25, 2011 at 3:44 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.4
September 2, 2011 at 5:03 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.6
September 26, 2011 at 9:06 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.7
September 29, 2011 at 8:52 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.7
October 20, 2011 at 6:41 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.3
November 25, 2011 at 1:47 a.m.
Magnitude: 2.1
December 24, 2011 at 1:24 a.m.
Magnitude: 2.4
December 31, 2011 at 3:05 p.m.
Magnitude: 4.0
January 13, 2012 at 10:29 p.m.
Magnitude: 2.1

Information gathered from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the US Geological Survey.

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Chesapeake plans long commitment to Valley, official says

May 11, 2012 |  Comments (4)

Chesapeake Energy plans to continue to invest significantly in the Mahoning Valley for decades to come, a company official said Thursday night. Ryan Dean, senior ...

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March 31, 2012

Steve Beck is the third generation of his family to operate a small farm in Pulaski, Pa. He expresses his concerns about fracking.



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SENATE BILL 315

May 25, 2012 |  Comments (1)

SENATE BILL 315 What’s in the bill: Required water testing within 1,500 feet of planned oil and


Ohio legislators OK overhaul of drilling laws

May 25, 2012 |  Comments (0)

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS State lawmakers have given final bipartisan approval


Ohio doctors cannot reveal drilling chemicals to public

May 23, 2012 |  Comments (1)

Associated Press COLUMBUS Doctors given new access to the proprietary chemical recipes that oil


French company receives its stakes in leases

May 19, 2012 |  Comments (2)

Chesapeake Exploration has transferred nearly 90 percent of more than 9,000 leases in Columbiana County to a French company it has a joint venture with for Utica Shale development.


Chesapeake joins suit against landowners

May 19, 2012 |  Comments (0)

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com lisbon Chesapeake Energy has joined a lawsuit against


ODNR issues second drilling permit in Trumbull County

May 18, 2012 |  Comments (0)

Staff report youngstown The second horizontal-drilling permit has been issued in Trumbull County


Cashing in on the shale boom

May 17, 2012 |  Comments (13)

Residents coming to pick up checks Wednesday night for leasing their oil and gas rights expect fracking to bring big changes to Fowler.


Oil, gas seminars educate public on lease agreements

May 17, 2012 |  Comments (0)

By Burton Speakman bspeakman@vindy.com CORTLAND Anyone considering leasing mineral rights for


Aqua Ohio leases land from Struthers for water station

May 16, 2012 |  Comments (5)

By jeanne starmack starmack@vindy.com struthers Struthers is leasing land to Aqua Ohio so Aqua


Ohio Senate OKs package of fracking rules

May 16, 2012 |  Comments (1)

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Oil and gas drillers would be required to disclose to


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