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Ohio’s Oil and Gas Severance Taxes

Apr 9, 2012

Ohio can have it all – more jobs, decreased energy costs, increased tax revenue and tax cuts – but first we need companies to invest in the state to help it grow. The Utica shale play is currently in its … Continue reading


New Study Shows (Again) No Link Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination

Feb 23, 2012

A recent study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin again confirmed what other studies have long asserted, finding that hydraulic fracturing does not directly contaminate groundwater resources. Continue reading


Draft General Air Permit

Feb 2, 2012

OOGA has been in discussion with the Ohio EPA to craft a draft general air permit for shale operations in Ohio. Continue reading


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