Ohio commission opens up thousands of acres of public land for fracking

Ohio is opening up more than 8,200 acres of a wildlife area in southeastern Ohio and another 500 acres of Salt Fork State ...

State approves expansion of fracking on public lands over environmental concerns

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 9,000 new acres of state-owned land have been made available for fracking, as a result of a ...
WOSU Public Media

Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...
Oil

AI improves fracturing performance

Automated fracturing systems use machine learning models trained on extensive historical data to optimize treatment designs in real-time. Electric frac spreads with centralized digital control enable ...
Southeast Missourian

Missouri mining could benefit from Illinois fracking

A bill currently being negotiated in the Illinois House of Representatives would regulate large-scale hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- in the state, and the Missouri mining industry stands to ...