The Plain Dealer has an article on an issue faced by some landowners in Ohio - the fact that their property is being used for natural gas storage purposes, preventing other development of the energy resources: "An invisible line traces a 25,000-acre oval in the hills of Columbiana County that separates the haves from the have-nots. *** Outside the line are instantly wealthy corn, soybean and dairy farmers. Inside are folks waiting for their windfall. *** Dozens of the landowners are blocked from cashing in on energy-rich shale below their property because of an underground gas storage field between the more than mile-deep shale and their pastures."
Lawsuits to follow.