10/1/2012: Expiring leases; renewed questions on Dimock

- Early shale drilling leases here are reaching their expiration dates, raising new legal questions for landowners. (Post-Gazette) 

- Is there still methane in the water in Dimock? The Times-Tribune finds that the EPA tests earlier this year found elevated levels in 20 wells. 

- The emergency shutdown of a natural gas dehydration Sunday startled neighbors. (Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice)

- And in New York, officials are restarting their review of how to regulate hydraulic fracturing, likely pushing back final rules until next year. (New York Times)