OH: Ohio becomes third state to impose rules to curtail ‘fugitive emissions’ from drilling operations

Akron Beacon Journal: Ohio on Friday tightened its rules on air emissions from natural gas-oil drilling at horizontal wells.

Ohio became just the third state to target what are called fugitive emissions — the releases of methane gas from valves, connectors and other drilling equipment — at its large-scale Utica Shale operations.

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