Links for 2/21/14: Pipelines, Liens, and Hypocrites - Oh My

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Energy Tomorrow:  Embrace Opportunity, Stop Delaying Keystone XL  -  It’s hard to look at the delays that have kept the Keystone XL pipeline on the drawing board for more than five years and not think about the countless American workers – in construction, fabrication, supply, transport and other sectors – who would...

Columbus Business First:  Exxon CEO fighting water tower near his house out of fracking concerns  -  The CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. is joining opponents of a proposed water tower who fear it could lead to fracking-related...

Greene County Messenger:  Liens could be obstacles for gas leaseholders  -  In October, Garry Miller tried to refinance his home. The only problem? There was a $500 million lien, or line of credit, showing up on his property deed.  “I went to remortgage my house to...

Akron Beacon Journal:  Stewart envisions major boost in Ohio's Utica shale in 2014  -  Ohio’s Utica shale is likely to get a "dramatic ramp-up" in 2014 and may get an even-bigger boost if technologies can be developed to tap its crude oil...

Marcellus Drilling News:  EPA OIG Begins Project to “Evaluate” Water Threats from Fracking (subscription required)  -  MDN has warned you for years that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an earnest desire to take over (illegally, in our opinion) the role of regulating oil and gas drilling in this country. Regulation of oil and gas falls...
Click here to view the EPA OIG memorandum

Marcellus Drilling News:  EPA Issues Final “Guidance” Defining Diesel Fuel re Frack Fluid (subscription required)  -  Ten days ago the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a “guidance” to define what is and is not diesel fuel for the purposes...
Click here to view the EPA guidance


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