Thursday evening, a Gulfport Energy well pad in Antrim, Ohio, exploded and burned for more than 18 hours, leading to the evacuation of residents and a road closure.
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will vote on the findings of its investigation. The decision to ‘vent and burn’ vinyl chloride is among the issues.
The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission will accept bids for drilling under the Keen Wildlife Area in eastern Ohio, but denied a proposal at another wildlife area.
The state found waste could be migrating through fractures in the shale and that the impacts create an “imminent danger” to health and the environment.
A company wants to lease land in the tri-state region of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to store industrial carbon dioxide emissions deep underground.
The commission approved bids to frack under Salt Fork State Park as well as wildlife areas and other state property, while protestors yelled and held signs.
Environmental and hunting groups claim an Ohio commission failed to consider impacts of fracking on the environment, users of the properties and other factors required by Ohio law.
