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Innovation Ohio Fracking Resources
As a companion to our February 2, 2012 report on oil and gas drilling in Ohio, “Fracking, Fairness and the Future,” below are a number of resources for those wishing to learn more about the industry in Ohio.
Innovation Ohio materials
- Fracking, Fairness & the Future – Executive Summary, Report, Bibliography
- Map of permitted drilling (“fracking”) sites in Ohio
- Blog Post - Who’s Profiting from our Parks?
- Ohio Shale Twitter List (follow our list for tweets related to fracking in Ohio)
Ohio Regulatory Oversight of Oil and Gas Drilling
- Current Oil & Gas Law in Ohio (source: ODNR) – includes a summary of current law, recent changes to current law & links to revised and administrative code sections
- Summary of HB 133 (source: Legislative Services Commission) - enacted in 2011, which opened up drilling on state lands
- Current list of shale drilling permits (source: ODNR)
- Complete Ohio Oil and Gas well database (source: ODNR); includes traditional wells in addition to fracking operations
Taxation of Oil and Gas Drilling
- Overview of Ohio’s Severence Tax (source: Ohio Department of Taxation)
- Information on Ohio’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Cost Recovery Assessment (source: Ohio Department of Taxation – enacted in 2010, this assessment is paid in combination with the severance tax and results in an effective tax rate of $.03/mcf on natural gas and $.20/barrel on oil.
Job Creation
- The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio – analysis by Ohio State University of job potential from Ohio Shale
- Ohio’s Natural Gas and Crude Oil Exploration and Production Industry and the Emerging Utica Gas Formation – Economic Impact Study commissioned by the Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program
- Drilling Deeper into Job Claims – Analysis of job growth attributable to Marcellus shale activity in Pennsylvania
Health & Environment
- Current Ohio law governing the disclosures of chemicals used in the fracking process – Chapter 1509.03 (C)
- Safety publications on fracking chemicals used in Ohio (under current law, listed only by company, not by well location)
- FracFocus.org – voluntary, industry-sponsored fracking chemical disclosure website, used by some Ohio drillers
Community Impacts
- Frack Attack: 5 minute video of truck traffic in rural Pennsylvania area with nearby fracking
- Rules governing the disposal of fracking wastewater (brine) by injection
- Map of Ohio waste water injection well locations
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