The shale gas boom continues to draw interest from outside the Ohio Valley. Read more »

Oil prices are racing higher as investors bet that central bank cash will soon boost a market afraid of Middle East war and worried about North Sea supplies, but the rally looks increasingly inflated by speculative guesswork.

Oil is up almost a third in six weeks at a time when the world economy, and hence fuel demand, are extremely weak. Read more »

Carlisle school officials want water to be added to state law that now says districts can profit from contracts with private companies for mineral rights on school-owned land.

School officials want to investigate if they could profit from bottling and selling water from an aquifer the district sits on in this small Warren County village.

Superintendent Larry Hook said it is an answer he is eagerly awaiting from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Read more »

The Marcellus Shale is about to become the most productive natural gas field in the United States, according to new data from energy industry analysts and the federal government.

Though serious drilling only began five years ago, the sheer volume of Marcellus production suggests that in some ways there's no going back, even as New York debates whether to allow drilling in its portion of the shale, which also lies under large parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Read more »