Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010

To mandatory pool, Gonzoil must go before the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and explain why it is necessary to pool the unwilling participants.

“I don’t think that’s (mandatory pool) right, because Mr. Gonzalez sits on that board,” said Mayor Sam Alai. “I think that’s a huge conflict of interest. I don’t think we should be mandatory pooled.”

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010

“the fact remains that oil drilling is an imperfect industrial activity that should not be allowed in residential neighborhoods without more restrictions and safeguards.”

http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2010/06/gates_mills_spill_shows_need_t.html

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010

Seagull decided to move the proposed gas well due to prior controversy from residents.

Mayfield Heights Police Det. Chris Sonnhalter said a fraud case against Seagull is still under investigation. Tugend said even though the investigation continues concerning Seagull fraudulently signing signatures on a petition for a gas well in Mayfield Village, there is nothing that would have stopped the company from applying with ODNR.

http://blog.cleveland.com/sun...

The Times-Reporter

Posted Jun 22, 2010 @ 01:00 PM

"We find it unbelievable that Ohio municipalities – such as the city of Dover – have no say in whether a gas well can be drilled within their boundaries."

"As for state law regulating the drilling of gas and oil wells, it needs to be tightened further. ODNR should be stripped of the power to regulate drilling in urban area, and that power should be returned to municipal governments. We would feel a lot more secure knowing that a decis...

December 4, 2007

“The driver lost control and hit a transfer valve (for a nearby well,)” Laugen said. “It had undergone some pressure and blew some gas and oil.”

Published: Monday, June 21, 2010, 7:12 PM

Residents more than a mile away on Gates Mills Boulevard reported the leak.

Oil from the well seeped into streams and storm water sewers that flow into the Chagrin River." 

By Joe Mizer

The Times-Reporter

Posted Jun 10, 2010 @ 10:50 PM

City officials worried that gas well proposal could contaminate water system

"The placement of an oil and gas well on the First Methodist Church premises would be close to “a lot of residential housing, close to a nursing home, and also it's within what's called the one-year time of travel to our water wells,”

http://www.timesreporter.com/topstories/x1980740572/Drilling-offer-under-fire

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH           Tuesday,  October 21, 2008 3:12 AM

Independent federal agency to conduct probe after fatal blast in Marion County

“An oil-pumping operation in Marion County that was the scene of a fatal explosion Sunday had been inspected nine times since 2002, most recently in June, and received good marks, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said yesterday.”

By Nancy Schaar        The Times-Reporter     Posted Feb 12, 2010 @ 02:29 PM

Jimmy Patrick, production supervisor for Range Resources, owners of the tank, said they suspect it may have been a buildup of static electricity on the 90 barrel tank. The tank was blown about 150 to 200 feet from the original site.

From City of Hudson: Friday Letter  October 21, 2005

“Hudson EMS, Fire and Police responded to an explosion at a gas well tank battery at 669 Barlow Road. One man died at the scene, and another was transported with serious injuries and burns to an area hospital.”

by Kim Wendel     Updated: 7/15/2008

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=93138

By Justin McIntosh, April 24, 2009

“An oil tank burns off Ohio 7 near Newport. One person was seriously burned and more than a dozen local fire departments fought the blaze for more than six hours.” 
 
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/512357.html?nav=5002 

Abandoned oil wells estimated at 36,000

Updated: Wednesday, 07 Oct 2009, 12:04 PM EDT
By Jan Larson - Sentinel County Editor

"Evidence of the oil arrived at the county commissioners office Tuesday when a glass jar of seemingly clear water was placed on the conference table. Commissioner Alvie Perkins shook the jar and oil instantly turned it into a blackened snowglobe. The commissioners listened as people from different professions - chemistry, water well drilling, and oil well capping - expl...

By buying its two biggest competitors, Enervest produces 20 percent of state’s oil, natural gas http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/06/06/texas-firm-bulks-up-with-ohio-acquisitions.html?sid=101