Did you miss an important story this week? Here is this weeks wrap up documentation Leaking well shut off in Monroe Co. Times Reporter Dec. 23, 2014 In an email, Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ spokeswoman Bethany McCorkle said Wild Well Control had successfully installed a new wellhead and stopped the flow of natural gas. Contractors would next pressure test the new wellhead. timesreporter/article/20141223/NEWS/141229733/1994/NEWS This article answers the questions that the other article left out-families still displaced. yourradioplace/news/top-local-news/item/8511-repairs-ongoing-at-leaking-monroe-county-gas-well.html More here: raises the question why the Repository papers are only doing press release coverage of this issue? dispatch/content/stories/local/2014/12/22/evacuated-families-await-answers-on-gas-leak.html Hum...Christmas Eve and no mention of the displaced families. Maybe this belongs under the good neighbor heading: Magnum Hunter reports that Monroe County well under control ohio/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/magnum-hunter-reports-that-monroe-county-well-under-control-1.552529 The Shale Tipping Point: The Relationship of Drilling to Crime, Traffic Fatalities, STDs and Rents in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio PA Budget & Policy Center 12/18/14 The report concludes that as the pace of drilling increases in low- and medium-drilling counties, their communities can expect the same increases in negative human and social service impacts already seen in high-drilling counties. Dr. Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center, noted that “Our research shows that when the scale of shale development is sufficient to move the needle on total employment and income, it is also sufficient to worsen the social problems identified in this report – no shale jobs gain without community pain.” Communities with untapped shale deposits need to understand this trade-off so they can weigh their options and prepare in an informed way if drilling does expand to them. [ ] Amanda Woodrum, a researcher for Policy Matters Ohio, said while it is too early in Ohio’s shale industry development for conclusive results, Ohioans can look to trends in Pennsylvania to inform their expectations. With increased understanding of the many negative impacts of fracking, it may be time Ohio considers whether the costs may, in fact, end up exceeding the benefits of shale development.” Woodrum said. pennbpc.org/shale-tipping-point-relationship-drilling-crime-traffic-fatalities-stds-and-rents-pennsylvania-west heres the full report: keystoneresearch.org/sites/default/files/20141217report.pdf Shale operation has New Athens glowing Associated Press December 19, 2014 9:29AM As a small village in southern Harrison County, New Athens serves as the junction of Ohio routes 9, 149 and 519. Driving down any of these roads leads one to numerous natural gas drilling sites and processing plants in the heart of the Utica Shale play. Large trucks carrying equipment, chemicals, water and sand often travel though the town in fleets. New York City-based Hess is one of several companies drilling wells for both dry methane, as well as wet ethane, propane and butane, in Belmont and Harrison counties. Ohio Department of Natural Resources permit records show Hess is the company operating well with the large flare at New Athens. I just hope it is safe, Tuchek said. It does not sound very reassuring. gasandoilmag/latest%20headlines/2014/12/19/shale-operation-has-new-athens-glowing heres another take on the environmental charms of New Athens: Natural Gas Flare Lights Night shaleplayneohio/page/content.detail/id/511091/Natural-Gas-Flare-Lights-Night.html?nav=5024 (great photo) This week in the Good Neighbor Rule Evacuated families in Monroe County await answers on fracking-well gas leak dispatch/content/stories/local/2014/12/22/evacuated-families-await-answers-on-gas-leak.html Shale producers should invest in public education, think long term gasandoilmag/latest%20headlines/2014/12/18/shale-producers-should-invest-in-public-education-think-long-term Methane Geyser Hits 10th Day shaleplayneohio/page/content.detail/id/511097/Methane-Geyser-Hits-10th-Day.html?nav=5024 This week in Fall out from NY Ban. New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban First, the shortest summary of A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development (PDF) is: We don’t know if it’s safe or not. thedailybeast/articles/2014/12/20/new-york-s-conservative-fracking-ban.html Heres the report https://s3.amazonaws/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1382539/new-york-department-of-health-report-on-fracking.pdf The downside of New Yorks fracking ban: local businesses falling apart theguardian/us-news/2014/dec/21/new-york-fracking-ban-local-businesses-falling-apart NY vs. MD-the difference is the precautionary principle. washingtonpost/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/22/these-two-states-had-the-same-basic-information-about-fracking-they-made-very-different-decisions/ Uncommon legal concept may surface in New York after fracking ban powersource.post-gazette/powersource/policy-powersource/2014/12/23/Uncommon-legal-concept-may-surface-in-New-York-after-fracking-ban/stories/201412230015 Steffy: Fracking bans based on poor understanding of risks chron/opinion/outlook/article/Steffy-Fracking-bans-based-on-poor-understanding-5970926.php This week in the Impacts of the Gas Price Slump Energy sector adjusts to global oil plummet triblive/business/headlines/7397401-74/oil-companies-prices#axzz3MWx0JKVJ Natural gas down 29% in a month dispatch/content/stories/business/2014/12/24/natural-gas-down-29-in-a-month.html Ohio shale gas means moderate winter prices, says Dominion East Ohio cleveland/business/index.ssf/2014/12/ohio_shale_gas_means_moderate.html#incart_river Oil price to spur mega mergers afrsmartinvestor.au/p/market-intelligence/oil_price_to_spur_mega_mergers_5Z2xSYdcJVFQLkDhTwqD4K Briefly Filling the Void: A Citizens’ Audit of Ohio Oil and Gas Waste Disposal Wells ohiocitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Citizen-audit-12-12.pdf OK Thats Gas Counties Stories for the week. 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