Month: January 2020

Illinois Oil Production Totaled 8.25 Million Barrels in 2019

Illinois crude oil production totaled 8,250,793 barrels in 2019, according to data compiled by the…


Report: Illinois Oil & Gas Reserves Generated $93.4M in Property Tax Revenue From 2007-2018

NOTE: This blog was updated with 2018 revenue on Jan. 23, 2020. Many Illinoisans may not be aware…


Illinois Oil Reserves Generated $4.3M in Property Tax Revenue in 2018

Recently posted Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) data show that Illinois oil and natural gas…


More Than Two Dozen Studies Find Fracking Poses No Significant Threat to Groundwater

“Keep It In the Ground” activists have claimed for years that hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)…