Jeffrey Frischkorn: Devil is in the details in Ohio fracking deal on state land

While the idea of using the fracking/drilling windfall to buy Ohio DNR commissioned officers Cadillac Escalades is a bit much, certainly keeping roughly $60 million out of the paws of salivating politicians will prove daunting.
Such concern is prudent, too, given what’s happening in both Nebraska and Wyoming, which we will soon see. The Ohio money is – basically – a signing bonus resulting from the allowing of horizontal fracking approved during a midnight end run by the Ohio General Assembly to allow such activity on state-owned property.

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