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Oil company claims fracking waste has ruined parts of region for oil and gas extraction
Athens MessengerJim PhillipsJuly 3, 2024 ATHENS — When a state agency last year ordered an operator of injection wells for fracking waste to stop injecting into its wells in the Coolville area, the reason cited was that toxic waste fluids were apparently “migrating” from the injection wells and showing up in oil and gas production…
Read MoreOhio Orders Company to Suspend Operations at 3 Drilling Wastewater Wells
alleghenyfront.org JULIE GRANTMAY May 3, 2024 On April 25, the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission upheld a June 2023 order by Eric Vendel, the chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management, suspending operations of the K&H Partners wells. The company is a subsidiary of Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy.…
Read MoreOHIO AG WANTS PA. COMPANY HELD IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILING TO CLEAN UP RADIOACTIVE DRILLING WASTE
alleghenyfront.org GLYNIS BOARDMAY May 3, 2024 A small Ohio River community that is home to a hazardous waste facility is wondering what will happen now that the company that ran the facility has failed to comply with a court order to clean up excess toxic oil and gas drilling waste. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost…
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