REQUIRED TEXT:

OIL & GAS
Author: MARTIN
ISBN: 1-609-30050-5
Publisher: FOUND; Edition: 9

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

January 12, 2015

All Chapter references are to Martin & Kramer –Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas.

Current Ohio Shale oil and gas issue debate/Introduction

Read 2011 Ohio Chamber of Commerce Report – An Analysis of the Economic Potential for Shale Formation in Ohio (CSU, OSU, Marietta College) http://www.ohiochamber.com/dococc/HOMEPAGE/-pdf/study.pdf

Read Amended Substitute Ohio Senate Bill Number 315 http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/ and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Key Points Summary of 315 http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/23947/Default.aspx

Read Fracking

http://www.thinkglobalgreen.org/fracking.html; and Read Chapter1 pp. 1-16