Columbiana County is top producer in Mahoning Valley
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Oil and natural gas production in Columbiana County, Ohio, topped production in Mahoning and Trumbull counties again in 2015.
Columbiana County wells produced 214,412 barrels of oil and 37 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2015, The Vindicator reports.
Mahoning County wells produced 22,378 barrels of oil and 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas last year. Trumbull County wells produced 10,871 barrels of oil and 628 million cubic feet of natural gas in 2015, according to the source. There weren’t any new wells drilled in Mahoning and Trumbull counties last year.
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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