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Table of Contents 5
Sins of Commission
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Rayco Gets Thumbs Up
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Excelsior Marking
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Utica Midstream Development Forum
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Surge Quieted Down
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Oil Drilling Case
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Cyclical Oil on Down Side
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2014 Hall of Fame Inductees
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OOGA V.P. into Hall of Fame
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Industry Honor
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Forced into Unitization
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APV Engineered Coatings
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Grant for CNG Study
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No Opposition to Power Plant
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Career Opportunities
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‘Superloads’ Causing Problems
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Pipeline
Bill Dannley / Leasmap Ohio
Bobby Warren / Dix Communications Parker Perry / Dix Communications
Judie Perkowski / Dix Communications Bobby Warren / Dix Communications Marc Kovac / Dix Capital Bureau Bobby Warren / Dix Communications
Parker Perry / Dix Communications
David J. Wigham / Attorney
Alison Stewart / Dix Communications
Marc Kovac / Dix Capital Bureau Kimberly Lewis / Dix Communications
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OOSTER -- Last month I explained that the public record contains a variety of errors. I divided these into two categories, Sins of Omission and Sins of Commission. I then proceeded to define what I meant by Sins of Omission: Relevant documents left out of the public record. I define Sins of Commission as mistakes and errors found in recorded documents. They result from carelessness, sloppy work, fraud or just plain bone-headed dumbness. Some mistakes are basic. Oil and gas leases describing the property in the wrong township. Perfectly executed leases recorded in the wrong county. You won’t find those when you’re doing a title search. Some companies lease surface owners who don’t own the oil and gas rights. Leases taken on acreage that is held by production (HBP.) Sometimes this is due to faulty title research; more often from sloppy, dishonest leasemen. Often documents, particularly assignments, contain volume/ page references that are just plain wrong. These errors usually go uncorrected. According to Rita Burkey, Deputy Recorder of Holmes County, “We tell the companies about [these] mistakes, but almost no one corrects them. It’s kind of a nightmare for the title searchers.” With the Utica Shale play, many companies with HBP acreage have assigned their deep rights. These assignments often include hundreds of leases, sometimes HBP by marginal wells, whose legal status is questionable. Recently I was approached by friends with 300+ acres of oil and gas rights in Tuscarawas County, deeded to them by relatives. Last leased in 1964, a well had been drilled but no royalties had been paid in years. They asked me to do a quick title search, just to make sure everything was okay. I found the deed record was complete, and they were correct about the last lease of record. Disconcertingly, I also found that this 1964 non-productive, non-HBP lease had been assigned repeatedly, most recently in late 2013. So I went to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). According to ODNR, the well was still good. However, ODNR also showed no production in the last 20 years. Explanation? Although not one penny had been paid for decades, the lease remained in the company’s inventory because the well was never plugged. Despite its questionable
status, this particular lease got rolled in with hundreds of other good leases into a series of below-Clinton assignments. Anyone seeing this lease in the courthouse -- with 10 recent assignments -- would conclude it was HBP. Or until the oil and gas owners file the relevant documents to break the lease. Which they will do in the near future. Speaking of affidavits, they’re a good place to find Sins of Commission. Since the Utica Shale play exponentially increased the value of acreage, landowners desperate to break existing leases sometimes, well, misrepresent the relevant details. In other words, they lie. I’ve seen this: A landowner files an affidavit of forfeiture. It is claimed that the lease is in default due to non-payment. The lessee fires back with an affidavit of non-forfeiture: Yes, indeed, they have paid royalties consistently and are in full compliance. And the first affidavit is bunk. So, Sins of Commission are mistakes and errors found in recorded documents. I’ve covered carelessness, a lack of attention to detail and fraud. To finish, an example of bone-headed dumbness. The facts: a landowner leased his acreage in the early 1980s. A well was drilled shortly thereafter, which was assigned to the current producer around 2010. Sometime around 1995, the same landowner leased the same property to a different company. The lease expired; no well was drilled. The current landowner had an attorney file an affidavit of forfeiture, naming the current producer and citing the volume and page of the 2010 assignment but, mistakenly, citing the volume/page of the 1995 lease. The county recorder, according to statute, canceled the 1995 lease. However, the 1980s lease remains in full force and effect. The property’s still HBP. Bone-headed dumbness. I rest my case. Bill Dannley has worked in the oil and gas business for over 35 years as both a title abstractor and petroleum landman. He is a partner in Leasmap Ohio, which specializes in lease takeoff research and has over 40 Ohio townships on file. Bill can be reached at 330-262-0588. For more information visit www. leasemapohio.com.
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OOSTER — The administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently stopped in to see how Rayco Manufacturing was using its safety grant dollars, and he liked what he saw. Administrator Steve Buehrer toured the plant along East Lincoln Way where Rayco employees make stump grinders, brush chippers, forestry mulchers and horizontal grinders. Plant manager Jim Miller and human resources manager Jim Pindell literally walked Buehrer and staff through the manufacturing process, starting where the equipment starts out as raw materials and wrapping up with the finished product. The roughly 150 workers at Rayco take raw steel and cut it, fabricate parts, weld pieces and assemble the units. The main focus was to show Buehrer some welding tables the company purchased. Because Rayco workers make practically every piece that ends up on the final product, and when it comes to welding together all of the parts that make up the grinder drums, it can tough on the back and knees. But throughout the tour, Buehrer learned of how Rayco got started. John Bowling had a tree service, and he found himself in need of a stump grinder. However, one was not available,
and it was going to take a year to get one. Bowling did not have the time, so he built one. A friend like it so much, he wanted to buy it, so Bowling built a second one. The company has been growing. Miller said, unfortunately, when bad things happen, sales of Rayco equipment goes up. After Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, the company sold a number of units to help with the restoration. However, another area of growth for Rayco has been the gas and oil industry. Companies have been buying Rayco equipment to clear land. “If they need to make a temporary dirt road, they will use our forest mulchers and stump cutters,” Pindell said. “We have sold them in Ohio, North Dakota, Canada and Russia.” The Rayco equipment will help cut a path to make a road where the drilling companies can bring in drilling apparatus and pipe. The company introduced its first dedicated forestry mulcher in 2005. For more information about Rayco, call 330-264-8699.
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Wells Permitted Wells Drilling Wells Drilled Not Drilled Wells Producing Inactive Plugged Total Horizontal Permits
UTICA SHALE 3 7 8 Wells Permitted 113 Wells Drilling 272 Wells Drilled 0 Not Drilled 385 Wells Producing 0 Inactive 0 Plugged 1148 Total Horizontal Permits
Data as of 3/15/14 Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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KRON -- Excelsior Marking, a marking despite their efforts, Excelsior has found it somewhat difficult and engraving company in Akron, Ohio, to establish themselves. is an example of a non-oil related busi“What we have learned is that it is a tough industry for small ness which is trying to apply its expertise to the companies like us to break into,” Sutter said. “What I have field. found is that the larger companies aren’t based in the area. Excelsior Marking currently works inside many industries. Their headquarters are elsewhere. Even though there is a lot Examples are tires, name plates and barcode labels. Now that of activity with natural gas it is hard to get to the buying influit is trying to branch into the gas and oil realm, finding the ences” right role is the biggest priority. But Sutter said that through the OOGA, the company offi“We are hoping to find the niche that we can supply for the cials have met a few potential customers and made some conoil and gas market,” said David Sutter, the president of Ex- tacts of who could help them break into the field. selsior. Excelsior employs 24 people and are always looking for new “Whether that be providing tags and different types of markets to branch into, according to Sutter. To do so, Sutter products for marking on the oil sites, or machining some small said that his company may have to take a new approach. parts for them … There are a couple things that we can pro“For some people, it is almost that you have to go out to the vide for them and that is what we are trying to break into.” oil site and find out who the foreman is and start asking that Excelsior has done a lot of ground work to break into the in- way. That can be a tough business because you are just bouncdustry and make the right connections. They joined the Ohio ing from oil site to oil site. The trick is to try find out to get in Oil and Gas Association last year and have tried to introduce with the corporate offices and get set up. “ Sutter said. themselves to corporations who may need their services. The company is determined to become more involved in the Along with networking through memberships, they have industry. Sutter said he feels that the industry would be a posialso visited events to get their company name known. Recent- tive arena to grow. ly, the company was a part of the Cleveland Oil Expo. They “We have not been able to [ break into the oil and gas indushave also attended several seminars on the industry. However, try] yet, but we are still working on it.” Sutter said.
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OOSTER -- In 2010, the staff of The Daily Record in Wooster started receiving calls about people coming into the Wayne County Recorder’s Office dredging through deeds. They were looking through the gas and oil leases. People also started calling the newspaper about landmen approaching property owners and offering them $20 an acre to lease deep drilling rights on their properties. Some thought $20 an acre a year for land that had been unproductive, in terms of gas and oil drilling, did not seem too bad and accepted the offer. Property owners became concerned about what the oil producers might do to the land and whether lease offers would be fair, and they started forming landowner groups. Wayne County Farm Bureau had its concerns, too, and arranged for public information meetings in conjunction with the Ohio State University Wayne County Extension Office. Attorneys were busy working with clients, helping them navigate through the process. After all, it was a David-and-Goliath situation with these billion-dollar, multi-national energy corporations approaching farming families in rural Wayne County and trying to convey what was in their best interest when it came to their land. Lease amounts began to rise. The Recorder’s Office saw more activity. There were more landowner meetings and more Extension-led informational meetings. On paper, everything in this area looked as if everything was headed in the direction of higher lease payments and more deep, horizontal wells. At one point, an attorney speculated any farmer or family
with significant acreage was sure to be an instant multi-millionaire from lease payments. Hopes were raised further when Devon Energy Production received permits to drill in Ashland County, Lodi and then in Wayne and Holmes counties. But, Devon officials were not too keen on the production of the wells at the time and decided to exit this market. Recorder Jane Carmichael recalled the progression of activity in her office, how it was slowly built. However, in the past six months she has not seen much action. The numbers bear this out. The activity began in 2010 when 228 lease-related documents were filed with Carmichael’s office. The number nearly tripled in 2011 with 643 documents filed. Then, the activity began to slow down. There were 369 documents filed in 2012 and just 184 in 2013. Chris Finney, an attorney with Logee, Hostetler, Stutzman and Lehman, said he would get about eight to 10 appointments over a few days to review leases. It turned out, the leases were the same and generally came from the same meeting. Most were unfavorable for the property owner and needed some revision, he said. “Many people signed these leases early on for under $100 per acre,” Finney said. “The most that I have actually seen paid for Wayne County property is $2,500 per acre. I have had many landowner clients who were promised $3,000-$4,000, but none of them ever received the money.” Since the end of 2011, Finney has had only a handful of clients ask him to review leases. The excitement around Devon constructing a well near Apple Creek is gone.
“At that time, that well site was saturated with vehicles and equipment,” Finney said. “If you were to drive by that site today, I don’t think you could even tell where it was.” Finney remembers those talks about millions of dollars for all of the farmers in the area. “That may still happen, but it hasn’t happened to anyone yet that I am aware of,” he said. John Cook, a partner with the accounting firm of Long, Cook & Samsa, and Mark Witmer, president and chief executive officer of First National Bank, have clients who did do well with gas and oil leases, but they were for properties to the east. “A lot of people bought hunting property in Southeast Ohio, like Harrison, Carroll and Monroe counties, and they bought it years ago. Now, they got a big check for leasing,” Witmer said. “The area of gas and oil leasing and activity has become more focused in a half dozen counties” in Ohio, like Belmont, Monroe, Guernsey and Carroll, said attorney Dan Plumly of Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston. The major producers are flocking to where wet gas has been discovered and where it is easier to extract from the ground. “Where would you drill?” Plumly asked. “Would you go for the low-hanging fruit or the high-hanging fruit?” While the hydrocarbons are here in Wayne and Holmes
counties, it is more difficult and more costly to get it, Plumly said. When the technology improves and there are better and more cost-effective recovery methods, Plumly predicts there will be more drilling here. “My understanding is that the oil and gas companies will be back in this area in the next 10 years or so,” Finney said. “The biggest benefit to landowners in Wayne County is that they now have time to become educated on the subject. Three or four years ago, most people in this area had no idea what fracking was or that oil could be produced from shale or that such shale is here in Wayne County. Now I think it would be difficult to find anyone in the area who hasn’t heard of fracking or oil shale. “I think the lessons to be learned from a few years ago are not to rush into signing anything without a thorough review, consider joining a landowner group and know the status of your right to lease your property. If you didn’t sign a lease yet, you now have time to educate yourself without someone pressuring you to sign a lease.” Reporter Bobby Warren can be reached at 330-287-1639 or bwarren@the-daily-record.com. He is @BobbyWarrenTDR on Twitter.
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olumbus — Who controls the location of oil and gas wells — local communities with zoning regulations in place or the Ohio Department of Natural Resources? That’s the question the state’s high court is considering, following oral arguments Feb. 26 in a case that pits the city of Munroe Falls against the state and Ravenna-based Beck Energy. Beck sought and received permits from ODNR to drill in an area zoned for residential uses on Munroe Falls Avenue in 2011. The city challenged the location, saying local zoning rules prohibited drilling in the area and instead should be focused in industrial areas. The Summit County Court of Common Pleas sided with Munroe Falls. Beck Energy appealed and the Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled the driller had to comply with local ordinances regulating developers in general but that the city’s zoning rules specifically aimed at drillers were in conflict with state law. The city appealed that decision to the state Supreme Court. “The city of Munroe Falls would like to ask the court to support their traditional role of zoning which allows cities to plan for orderly growth,” attorney Tom Houlihan, who is representing the city, told the Ohio Supreme Court Feb. 26. Houlihan argued that the local zoning ordinance and state regulations could operate in harmony, because they address different issues. The zoning rules focus on the location, while ODNR regulates drilling methods and production. If a company wants to drill in a certain area, he said, they must ensure they comply with local zoning ordinances and get ODNR approvals. That didn’t happen in the Munroe Falls case. “The driller took the position that they didn’t have to comply with any of our regulations,” Houlihan said, adding later, “[ODNR is] granting permits for locations without any regard to whether or not the driller has complied with local zoning.” Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger asked Houlihan about several other states and “are they all taking the position that local zoning can operate in addition to the state regulations?” “The same arguments advanced by the oil and gas industry here,” responded Houlihan, “were rejected in Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New York and most recently Penn-
sylvania. And what that teaches us, not that we follow the law of other states, but that the effective exploitation of oil and gas does not require the trammeling of local zoning. Texas is a great leader in that sort of production and that’s the way it’s built into their system.” Legal counsel for the state and Beck Energy Corp. countered that state law clearly gives ODNR sole authority to regulate the location of wells. “We think that local zoning ordinances trying to restrict oil and gas drilling to particular zones would conflict with the state law,” said Peter Glenn-Applegate, representing ODNR. Justice Paul Pfeifer pressed, “So the position of the state of Ohio through the attorney general is local zoning has no place in the regulation of oil and gas well drilling in this state?” Glenn-Applegate responded, “Yes, your honor.” Attorney John Keller, who is representing Beck Energy, told the court that current state law, dating to 2004, is based on experience over previous decades when the state and municipalities had authority together and then municipalities alone had the authority. Lanziger asked Keller about a comment made earlier by Houlihan that the state law does not bar municipalities from enforcing local zoning regulations. “There’s nothing that says municipalities do not have home rule authority in this statute, and there are other statutes that do have that case,” said Lanziger, with Keller disagreeing. “We believe it would be difficult to find stronger language as expressed by the General Assembly beyond the sole and exclusive authority that the General Assembly chose to use,” he said. Glenn-Applegate told the court that the ODNR does take local conditions into consideration when granting permits. “ODNR is absolutely committed to the safety and welfare of the residents,” he said. “It’s not a permit that’s easy to get,” he added. “You have to comply with substantial regulations.” Justices will consider the case in coming weeks. There is no timeframe for them to issue a ruling. Stow Sentry reporter Jeff Saunders contributed to this story. Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at mkovac@dixcom.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.
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OOSTER -- The major, multi-national gas and oil producers might not be as excited about Wayne County right now as they once were, but a Dublin-based energy company acquired the rights to 2,200 acres here to drill in the shallower Clinton sandstone formation. Cardinal Energy Group acquired the rights from Woosterbased Chase Energy Group in February 2013. Devon Energy held the deep drilling rights on the land for production, but now the company has abandoned this area, Cardinal Energy President and CEO Timothy Crawford said his firm needs to think about how to proceed. Cardinal acquired the shallow rights fairly inexpensively, Crawford said. “If we want to continue to hold (the land), we would have to pay leases.” When Cardinal acquired the leases, there was some excitement. “We are enthusiastic about this acquisition,” Crawford said a year ago. “We plan on drilling five wells in the first half of 2013 on the acreage acquired. The acreage is currently held by production by Devon Energy, which owns the deep lease rights.” Cardinal Energy, which has a couple of wells in Holmes County, has not drilled here ... yet. It has focused on Texas, where it purchased a 618-acre field with 32 wells.
“We’re targeting oil,” Crawford said. Company leaders revisited the idea of drilling five wells here, and if the price hits around $4.40 for a thousand cubic feet, then “it starts making sense to do gas wells, but how long will the price hold up? ... For a well to pay for itself, we need $4 MCF.” The Clinton and Berea sands have been productive for drillers in Ohio, said Eric Smith, board chairman of the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program and owner of Maric Drilling, Mount Eaton. Smith, who lives in Winesburg, has been involved in drilling wells since 1975 and started his company in 1995, said the industry had been relatively unchanged for nearly a century in Ohio. But, things changed dramatically within the past few years. Gas and oil companies generally were family businesses started by someone’s grandfather, and they were drilling in the Clinton and Berea sands. Then, along came horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing and a shale play that attracted big, multi-national producers, “almost putting the legacy producers out of business,” said Smith, who operates “a little drilling company.” Because of the big corporations coming in, it has not done much for production for small companies like Maric Drilling. With natural gas prices low, it is not economical for legacy pro-
ducers to drill for natural gas, Smith said. From Smith’s perspective, the large producers come in, produce a well and when production declines, they want to get out, sell it and have someone else come in. Cardinal Energy has generally purchased wells where production had diminished. It would go in, do some rehabilitation of the wells and increase the productivity, Crawford said. “This industry is always cyclical with its ups and downs,” he said. “What is different now is shale is so big, I see no ups for conventional producers.” Reporter Bobby Warren can be reached at 330-287-1639 or bwarren@the-daily-record.com. He is @BobbyWarrenTDR on Twitter.
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OLUMBUS, Ohio, March 6, 2014 — The Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) welcomed its class of 2014 Hall of Fame inductees during a ceremony held last night as part of the association’s annual Winter Meeting. The OOGA Hall of Fame, which was created in 1987, honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of Ohio’s oil and gas industry. The Hall of Fame inducts new members every four years. Inductees are nominated by their industry peers and selected by OOGA’s executive committee. After yesterday’s ceremony, Hall of Fame membership is now 125. “The individuals selected for the Hall of Fame are passionate about and committed to Ohio’s oil and gas industry,” said David R. Hill, OOGA president. “We thank them for their unwavering support and congratulate them for achieving the industry’s highest honor in Ohio.” The 2014 OOGA Hall of Fame inductees are: Fred A. Badertscher — Owner of Buckeye Water Services Robert D. Barrick — Employee at Tech Star, Inc. Thomas P. Giusti — Principal at Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.
Steven L. Grose — Partner at Concord Park Energy Development, LLC. James R. Halloran — Vice president at PNC Wealth Management Carl Heinrich — Partner at Heinrich Enterprises, Inc. Dr. William Hlavin — President and owner of Bass Energy, Inc. Angela Howard — Retired, OOGA member Thomas E. Niehaus — Principal at Vorys Advisors, former Ohio senate president Richard C. Poling — Owner of R.C. Poling, Co. James R. Smail — Owner of J.R. Smail, Inc. Thomas E. Stewart — Executive vice president, OOGA About the Ohio Oil and Gas Association: The Ohio Oil and Gas Association is a trade association with more than 3,200 members who are actively engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas within the state of Ohio. For more information, visit www.ooga.org.
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mong those recently inducted into the Ohio Oil & Gas Association Hall of Fame is OOGA Executive Vice President Thomas “Tom” Stewart. Stewart, who started working in the oil and gas industry in 1974, said that it was an honor to receive the news of his induction because of the family ties it holds. “In 1989, my father [William “Bill” Stewart] who I started out my career working for, was inducted into the hall of fame. That was a great event for him and to me to be inducted into the same organization as my father is certainly a capstone to my career.” Stewart said. Tom described his father as a small oil and gas producer out of Lancaster, Ohio. He served on multiple committees and had a profound impact on his son. Out of high school the current leader of the OOGA went to work for his father and eventually developed a small business with him. Tom said that working with his father will always hold a special place for him, and taught him that honor and respect should always be a top priority. “He wasn’t the greatest oil finder in the world but he sure cared about out reputation, honor and the company of his associates.” Stewart said. Stewart now oversees the Ohio Oil & Gas Association as its chief executive. His job is to run the organization. He joined the OOGA in 1991 while serving as the chair of the legislative committee and technical committee. He was 40 years old and said that he felt it was a good time to start a new path in his career. When he started, it was not an easy time for the industry in the state. There was a lot of regulatory backlash and oil prices had taken a noise dive not soon before he started. Stewart was able to maneuver the organization through the times, and feels that his organization’s influence is as important as ever. “I always believed that the Oil and Gas Association should serve as the primary advocacy voice for the industry,” he said. “The OOGA is a traditional transassociation offering all
kinds of things … but we what we have tried to do over the last 20 years is try to focus the mission on public policy and advocacy, engaging the public debate over oil and gas development. That is where we tried to point it and that’s where we have gone.” Stewart has always been one to voice his concern for the industry’s need to stay united. He still maintains that the association must ensure that different tactics to tending — conventional and non-conventional — does not split the group. He said that he noticed before Ohio’s shale development that other states oil people had trouble staying together. It has not been an easy task, but Stewart said that he feels there has been success. Stewart measures success by how successful the organization defends the industry against attacks, successfully advancing an agenda that is pro-growth and pro-domestic energy. He also said that he is proud that the organization has reached out to organizations which are sometimes considered adversaries, like environmental groups. Also, he feels that the OOGA’s standing in the oil and gas community across the country is strong. “I think the OOGA is well regarded with other Gas and Oil organizations across the state and across the country,” he said.
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OOSTER – The “tough” mineral owners who think they hold all the cards by refusing to enter into a Utica lease for their land should be warned. Holding out may cost these landowners in both lost royalties and bonus payments. An Ohio statute that has been on the books for nearly 50 years is being used by Utica producers to force unwilling (or unknowing) landowners into drilling units so their land can be developed for oil and gas. Ohio’s unitization statute, found at Ohio Revised Code Section 1509.28, was originally enacted in 1965 and recently amended as of September 13, 2013. Under this statute, producers can file an application with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (“ODNR”) to pool (or include) unleased property to become part of a drilling unit. The producer must have at least 65% of the unit under lease. In addition, the producer must present evidence that a unitization order is “reasonably necessary to increase substantially the ultimate recovery of oil and gas, and the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas exceeds the estimated additional cost [of operating the unit].” The philosophy behind Ohio’s unitization law is based on the theory of correlative rights, which applies when many landowners have access to a sharing pool of natural resources. Under this theory, a few landowners cannot prevent the development of larger tracts of land where the large majority of other landowners have already agreed to leases and are willing to reap the benefits of the minerals. If the ODNR is satisfied that an application and the proposed unit complies with the statute and is necessary for increased recovery, it will issue a unitization order. Because forced-in landowners have not signed a lease, the ODNR will typically decide how much royalty and lease bonus the forced-in landowner will receive. In two recent cases involving Chesapeake, the forced-in landowner received only a 1/8th (12.5%) royalty interest, which is significantly below the range
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averages at $3.44/gallon. The price of CNG is $2 [per gallon equivalent].” The funding approved by the Controlling Board was part of nearly $2.5 million in grants and loans approved as part of the Development Services Agency’s Local Government Innovation Fund. The latter backs projects that promote “collaboration, efficiency, mergers, and shared services among local governments,” according to documents. “Projects are also expected to facilitate improved business environments and promote community attraction.” The Local Government Innovation Council signed off on the funding at its December meeting. Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at mkovac@dixcom.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.
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ARROLLTON -- Carrollton High School’s Fine Arts room was filled to capacity March 6, for Carroll County Energy’s hearing with the Ohio Power Siting Board. Carroll County Energy, LLC proposes to construct a 700-MW, combined cycle generation facility which will be powered by natural gas. Located in Washington Township, Carroll County, the company intends to utilize gas combustion turbine generators with heat-recovery steam generators and a single-steam turbine generator. Although there was no opposition to the plant at the hearing, one resident, Harold Shurtz of Mobile Road, Carrollton, sent a letter to the OPSB asking the board not to approve the plant until the issues he mentions in his letter are “addressed and verified.” Although he stated he intended to attend the hearing and “hope to address my issues,” Shurtz did not give testimony. In his letter to the OPSB, Shurtz expressed concerns regarding road access to building, location of water and sewer connections to plant, proximity to residences and noise level. Larry Jenkins, whose family sold the 77 acres to Advanced Power, the parent company of Carroll County Energy, pointed out during his testimony that the decision to sell the land was not made lightly. “I am the third generation to farm that land,” he explained. “As a father, I hope my child and my brother’s child will also be part of the farm.” “Before we sold a piece of our farm that we hold close to our hearts, (Carroll County Energy) flew us out to see a similar plant in New York,” he said. “It was a hard decision to make, but we saw nothing wrong with that plant. We will continue to
farm on our family’s land.” As a resident who lives nearby on Brenner Road, Robert Wirkner, who also serves as Carroll County commissioner, spoke in support of the project. State Senator Lou Gentile (D-30th District) commended the board for allowing residents living near the proposed site an opportunity to ask questions and give testimony. He believes the construction of the plant “will have an economic impact not only in Carroll County, but the state of Ohio.” “I am here to advocate for good paying, skilled-labor jobs,” Gentile said. “We have a great domestic resource in the shale gas and understand that it can bolster our local economy.” The proposed project expects to create 500 construction jobs during construction resulting in an estimated $184.7 million in wages. Construction is estimated to have a total economic impact of $943.8 million for the state of Ohio. Upon the start of commercial operations, there are expected to be 25-30 permanent operations jobs. Carrollton Exempted Schools Superintendent Dr. Dave Quattrochi noted local students “would have an opportunity to have decent paying jobs.” He pointed out the district’s recent $4 million Straight A grant, which focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, “fits well with the Carroll County Energy project and gives the district not only the opportunity to receive some revenue (through taxes), but provides the students an opportunity to partner with Carroll County Energy.” Quattrochi calls the proposed plant a “win-win” for the students “who are the future of this great county.” Carroll County Commissioner Jeff Ohler believes “it is our
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Addressing Shurtz’s concerns, Szollosi said the skilled workforce “will do their part to minimize impact on the neighbors and adhere to local requirements for noise and egresses. There will be some inconveniences, but this plant will help anchor the local economy for years to come.” Also speaking in support of the project were Carroll County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Amy Rutledge, Sherrodsville resident and a former economic-development director Patricia McCullough, Carrollton businessman Todd Kelchner, Iron Workers Local Union No. 550 President Rick Moss and Business Manager William Sherer II.
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