Environmental and Public Health Concerns of Shale Energy - From left: Mike Hopkins (Ohio EPA), Tim Buckley (OSU, Public Health), Keith Dimoff (Ohio Envir. Council), Ralph Haefner (USGS), and Greg Russell (Vorys, LLP)
Drilling in the Marcellus Shale
OSU Extension Informs Landowners
Sunrise in Hocking County
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SERC to Host Shale Energy Environment and Health Issues Workshop
The Subsurface Energy Resource Center is hosting a workshop to bring together researchers, policy-makers and stakeholders in a collaborative environment to share current information. This workshop will identify knowledge gaps and research needs surrounding possible environmental health issues...
SERC Co-Director Contributor to Shale Energy Research Study
The Ohio Shale Coalition sponsored a research study focused on the economic impact and opportunities associated with the development of oil and gas resources in the Utica Shale. The study was conducted by researchers at Cleveland State University, The Ohio State University and Marietta College...
SERC Co-Director featured in local news article
Jeff Daniels was featured in the Mansfeild News Journal article Fracking forum: ODNR official, geophysicist discuss proposed wells in Mansfield as a leading expert in subsurface energy.
What Lies Beneath
Ohio State takes the lead in studying the new boom in oil and gas extraction. A fracking operation near Sarahsville in Noble County Massive oil and natural gas deposits lie in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations more than a mile underground in eastern Ohio.   ...

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