An appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort brought by environmental organizers to block state leases granted to drillers seeking oil and gas underneath Ohio’s state parks and wildlife areas. In a ...

It got started Wednesday morning at Avalon Lakes Golf Course. Encino Energy is based out of Texas and is the largest oil producer in Ohio. Each year, the company gets together with its vendors for ...

Horizontal wells in Columbiana County produced nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil in 2024, a 54% increase from the previous ...

but it is not yet producing any oil or gas. A department spokeswoman later confirmed Mertz was referring to land beneath Valley Run Wildlife Area in Carroll County, where Encino Energy won mineral ...