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A Look Ahead Gas & Oil Events
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FERC Approves Nexus Pipeline
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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson Talks Energy Regulation, Independence During Pipeline Tour
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Ohio Groundwater & Air Quality Issues Currently Below Levels of Health Concern for EPA
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Gas & Oil Events • October 1-3, 2017
Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission 2017 Annual Conference: Join us for this year’s Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to discuss developing regulatory plans for emerging challenges and current issues facing the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Register today for one of IOGCC’s most highly anticipated meetings with other state regulators, federal officials and industry executives: http://iogcc.ok.gov/general-information1
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FERC Approves Nexus Pipeline Shane Hoover • GateHouse Ohio Media
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he Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The 255-mile pipeline will start near Hanoverton in approved the NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline Columbiana County and cross Washington, Nimishillen, Aug. 25. Marlboro and Lake townships in Stark County before entering the city of Green. The order clears the way for NEXUS to build a 36-inch diameter pipeline across parts of Stark and Summit counties, and gives NEXUS power to take land through eminent domain proceedings. Some landowners and municipalities along the route, including the city of Green, oppose the $2.1 billion project, which was challenged in state and federal courts.
The pipeline is designed to carry up to 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas a day from the Utica and Marcellus shales to users in Ohio, Michigan and Canada.
Detroit-based DTE Energy and Spectra Energy, which merged this year with Enbridge, a Canadian company, DTE Energy estimated last month it would take seven to 10 months to build the pipeline once FERC approved the are partners in the project. project. In a news release Friday, NEXUS said it would give an updated 2018 in-service date after reviewing its construction plans and FERC’s decision.
“We are very pleased to reach this significant milestone and move one step closer to construction of the pipeline, which will diversify the region’s energy sources and generate significant economic benefits for local communities,” the news release said. Conditions to meet NEXUS must meet several conditions before it can start building the pipeline, including FERC approval of its construction plan. One of FERC’s concerns is how NEXUS will drill a path for the pipeline beneath obstacles like rivers, lakes and highways.
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The unrelated Rover Pipeline has leaked drilling slurry during its construction, including 2 million gallons in Bethlehem Township along the Tuscarawas River in April. After the spill, FERC ordered Rover to monitor for and prevent leaks, and ordered it to drill through solid rock
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at the river crossing. The Commission added similar environmental advantage’ in their opinion. There are requirements for NEXUS, which crosses the Tuscarawas many facets to this pipeline both environmental and River in New Franklin. economic, and we will continue to engage all our legal options to oppose this pipeline to ensure our community FERC also is requiring NEXUS to repair or replace is not harmed.” drainage tiles and springs damaged during construction, monitor crop productivity on farms crossed by the A lawsuit against the project brought by the Coalition to pipeline and develop a system for handling environmental Re-route NEXUS is pending in federal court. complaints. Paul Gierosky, a CORN board member, said he expected Long process the judge to dismiss the case now that FERC had approved the pipeline. FERC’s decision Friday was the latest step in a contentious process that started in 2015 when NEXUS applied to “Obviously this is a very disappointing development, build the pipeline. but I would say we expected this,” Gierosky said. Opponents argued against the pipeline, saying it was too He said members of Congress weren’t interested in close to populated areas, would harm property values helping landowners stop a foreign company from taking and the environment and would hamper future economic their land to ship natural gas to Canada. development in the city of Green. “How is this going to make us energy independent? How Officials in Green went so far as to offer an alternative is this going to make America great again?” Gierosky route that would have sent the pipeline through southern asked. “Excuse me, if property rights are not sacred, as Stark County, but FERC said no alternative offered a guaranteed by our Constitution, how close are we to major environmental advantage to the route NEXUS tyranny?” favored. Bureaucracy stalled the project earlier this year when resignations left FERC without a quorum of commissioners, but that changed when the U.S. Senate confirmed two of President Donald J. Trump’s nominees this month.
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Valerie Wolford, spokesperson for the city of Green, released a statement on FERC’s decision late Friday night. “We are deeply disappointed in this initial approval of the NEXUS pipeline by the new FERC commissioners,” the statement said. “The City of Green continues to disagree with FERC’s finding that the alternative routes the City of Green proposed do not demonstrate a ‘significant
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During a meeting of the Rolling Hills Local Board of Education on Thursday night, the administration, school board members and officials of the planned Guernsey Power Station announced the agreement which will see $42 million given to the district over a span of 30 years. The sum will pay 51 percent of the construction tab with the remainder picked up by the state.
times for us,” Superintendent Ryan Caldwell said as the audience of several dozen district staffers and members of the public greeted the announcement with thunderous applause. Not only will the power station supply funds for the Rolling Hills facilities’ construction, it also will provide $300,000 for scholarships to Meadowbrook High School graduates, Caldwell said. He said the company had applied for abatement and its officials have been in negotiations with the district for almost a year.
“It’s an unbelievable opportunity and it’s super exciting Developers Mary and Michael King of Apex Power Group were on hand to witness the board’s unanimous approval of the agreement’s sheet of terms. “We have had a great opportunity to work with the community,” Mary said. “We have some financial partners — Caithness Energy — who are working with us on this project. We worked very closely with them and with Ryan and [Treasurer] Kandi [Raach] to come up with this.”
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“I’ll just add to it and say it’s truly humbling to work in your community,” Michael said. “There are so many good people doing so many good things. It just drives us all the more to get this to the finish line.” Caldwell said the opportunity could not have come at a better time. “We need new facilities,” he said. “We have one building that is almost 100 years old. We understand that the taxpayers in the district can’t afford [a levy]. We learned that in May [during the primary election]. “We have reached an agreement that will enable [the company] to move forward and we will receive a large sum of money to build new facilities.” The district will also partner with the Ohio School Facilities Commission, which will provide the remaining
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49 percent of the construction costs. Meanwhile, the company, in effect, will provide the local, matching share, said Caldwell, adding that “this is all about the kids.” “We will have new or renovated facilities for K-12,” he said. “We’re ecstatic. This will impact the district for generations to come. It’s going to be transformational for the entire district and the county. We are truly blessed. It’s a great time to be a Colt.” During the primary election, district officials had sought a pair of levies that would have funded renovations at Meadowbrook High School and the construction of two buildings — a new middle school and a K-5 building. As for the plans for the Guernsey Power Station, it will be a 1,100-megawatt plant fueled by natural gas.
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Developers hope to have all of the financials worked out and the deal closed by March, Mary said. Groundbreaking would quickly follow and construction would take about three years. Quite a few jobs will be created for the construction phase, she said.
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Antero Resources recently donated $13,000 to 16 area food banks during a luncheon honoring the groups.
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ntero Resources donated $13,000 to 16 area food banks during a September luncheon honoring the groups for their continued efforts in reducing hunger.
Representatives from food banks in Washington, Monroe, Noble, Belmont and Guernsey counties gathered at the Marietta Lafayette Hotel for the second annual event to discuss ways to better serve those in need. “The people who gathered today do incredible work helping provide food to neighbors in our communities who can’t afford it,” said Al Schopp, Antero Resources’ chief administrative officer and senior regional vice president. “We’re proud to recognize and support these food banks and we hope that our small part can help make a difference in combating hunger in our region.” During the event, Candy Waite, executive director of the Gospel Mission Food Pantry in Marietta, talked about her organization’s efforts to serve local families and the critical role that charitable giving plays in making this work possible.
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Earlier this summer, Antero held a similar program Methodist Church; The Daily Bread Kitchen; Gilman and donation event at their Bridgeport, W.Va. offices to United Methodist Church. recognize and honor area food banks. • Belmont County — Barnesville St. Vincent DePaul Society.
Last year, Antero donated more than $600,000 to charitable organizations in West Virginia and Ohio as part of outreach efforts that also include volunteer work, community events and fundraisers.
• Noble County — GMN Caldwell Senior Nutrition, Samaritan House, Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Food Pantry. • Monroe County — Lewisville Community Center FP SOMA, Monroe County Senior Center (GMN Caldwell Senior Nutrition), Woodsfield Manna, SOMA c/o St. Paul’s United Church of Christ.
To learn more about Antero, one of the largest natural Local foodbanks honored during the most recent event gas producers in the region, visit AnteroResources.com included: and AnteroMidstream.com. • Guernsey County — Robert T Secrest Senior Center, For news and updates, follow the company on Twitter (@ Living Water Fellowship, Pleasant City Food Pantry. AnteroResources) and Facebook: facebook.com/AnteroResources. • Washington County — Gospel Mission Food Pantry, Community Food Pantry, First Congregational Church; Marietta Church of God Food Pantry; Norwood United
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Hurricane Harvey Hits Ohio’s Gas Prices Though Ohio didn’t get flooded, its gas prices sure did.
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Jacob Runnels • GateHouse Media urricane Harvey put a temporary dent in the price of crude oil nationally, but its effects were still evident in Ohio.
gas prices have plateaued to $2.44, a 10.4 percent increase from Aug. 22. However, West Texas Intermediate NYMEX crude oil prices have gone up only 4.7 percent since Aug. 22, according to macrotrends.net.
The hurricane, its damages estimated to be more expensive than hurricanes Katrina and Sandy combined, hit Texas in late August. Though since then and into the beginning of September, the retail price of gasoline in Ohio had seen a 14.93 percent increase, going from $2.21 on Aug. 22 to $2.54 on Sept. 3, according to ohiogasprices.com.
“The biggest impact was the refineries flooded or closed large portions of their refining capacity,” said Art Berman, a petroleum geologist and Director of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil. “Therefore, less crude oil is going through refineries, which means… less gasoline available.”
Berman said explaining why gas price trends, when Prices are stabilizing as of this writing, but it seems to be a compared to oil price trends, during a natural disaster are slow trickle. With Hurricane Irma taking its turn to wreak more complicated to track. He said, while there are supplies havoc upon the south, at the time of this writing on Sept. 14, of crude oil leftover, the transport of refined product can get blocked off. “As usual, the devil is in the details,” he said. “It doesn’t take but a couple of broken links in a transportation supply chain to cancel the quick recovery of a refinery. They’re working great, but they can’t move all of their product.” Though oil can be extracted, only 48 percent of a barrel of crude oil goes to creating commercial gasoline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. With that, Berman said refineries were taking in less crude oil because of Hurricane Harvey, which means there was even less gasoline being produced. He also said Hurricane Harvey didn’t behave like a normal hurricane. With Harvey came increased amounts of rain hitting the Gulf of Mexico persistently. He said, because of the unusual amount of rain from Harvey, it caught refineries by surprise. “It was a very unusual weather event,” he said. “In this particular storm, because it was unlike many hurricanes that are mostly wind and not much water, this was a ton of water. The resulting flooding from it was extreme.” By disrupting the process for transporting refined products to other states, Berman said Ohio was caught up in this supply chain problem and its consumers were “caught in a larger macro-process” and a lot of refinery capacity was “shut in.” 10 OhioGas&Oil
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Though the effects of Harvey are evident in gas prices — and not so much in oil prices — he said the market won’t get too disrupted by the hurricane. He said, for the last 10 to 15 years, hurricane-ravaged Gulf of Mexico had some of the focus for oil production pulled away and settled into other areas. Because of this, he said the economic impact produced by refineries being shut down wouldn’t leave much of a lasting impression. Berman said it’s important to note that, just because the refineries are opened up doesn’t mean prices are going to stabilize and all “problems are solved.” “I think it’s the overall infrastructure over the refineries that are more of the unknown,” he said. “ As always, the business is a hugely complex process and I think it’s going to take a couple of weeks before we really understand all of the effects of the storm on total infrastructure.”
Industry experts believe it will take time to completely understand the effects of the storms on the overall infrastructure. West Texas Intermediate NYMEX crude oil prices have gone up 4.7 percent since Aug. 22nd according to macrotrends.net.
experienced partial shutdowns because of Harvey. Schaffer said some of the concerns with pipelines during hurricanes He said the market will follow typical patterns if the include flooding, of course. However, he said pipelines are Story continued on page 12 problems with refinery transport lines are fixed within two weeks to a month after the time this was written. However, he said he’d have some concerns if things didn’t stabilize after two months. Despite Harvey being an unusual kind of hurricane, that eventually turned into a tropical storm when it hit the refineries, refineries and midstream transport companies had enough experience with other natural disasters. Nathan Schaffer, a partner at energy consulting firm Groppe, Long & Littell, said refineries were able to “take advantage of lessons learned with previous storms,” such as Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike.
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companies will start worrying about those pipelines cracking or bursting because of the erosion. Schaffer said this led to a shortage of refined gasoline getting to markets in the midwest, particularly the Explorer pipeline reaching markets in Ohio.
OhioGasPrices.com shows that Ohio has seen a 14.93 percent increase from Aug. 22 to Sept. 3rd.
“If the Chicago market gets depleted because it can’t get stuff from the Gulf Coast, that’s going to pull some of that Ohio region production away from Ohio and toward Chicago,” he said. “hen we talk about supply and demand, you now suddenly have a bigger demand from the Ohio refinery, because… it’s not just what’s supplying Ohio, but what is supporting the midwest.”
Because the pipelines are experiencing setbacks generally built underground and happen to run alongside doesn’t mean the end of the world. Schaffer rivers. said it usually doesn’t take that long to open up a pipeline after a refinery opens back up after a natural disaster, but When the rivers start flooding and its flow gets heavier, it the pipelines opening up doesn’t immediately solve the affects the pipelines, which will experience erosion. Then, price problem. He said it usually takes a month to resupply the markets and resume transport once the refineries are back online.
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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson Talks Energy Regulation, Independence
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tanding in an open field covered in straw under a sweltering September sun, U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson and a Kinder Morgan executive discussed the federal regulatory process and energy independence during a tour of the nearly completed Utopia Pipeline.
On Thursday, Kinder Morgan employees took the congressman to Warren Township, where the pipeline crosses New Cumberland Road south of state Route 212. No portion of the pipeline was visible. There was just an open expanse of land along its path.
where it will be turned into plastics. Work began on the $540 million project in February.
The main pipeline is already done, Fore said. It has been welded and inspected, and the company is now in the process of “This is what pipelines look like right hydro-testing it to guarantee the integrity Allen Fore, vice president for public affairs here,” Fore told Johnson. “Give this a year, of the pipe. There are just a few connections for Kinder Morgan, said the company’s give this a season ...’ that still need to be finished. pipeline is 98 percent finished and should go in service by the end of the year. Johnson finished his sentence, “Next “The construction of a project like this is year, there will be really the easy part,” he said. “It’s a very soybeans growing simple process. The tough part is the here.” regulatory process. We want to meet and exceed all of the environmental protections He added, “I wish that the state of Ohio or whatever state more Americans has. And we can do that. If we know the could see what regulatory scheme ahead of time, we can things look like put together a plan to address that. The when you guys get problem is when it keeps moving.” done.” Johnson responded, “The reason it keeps The 215-mile Utopia moving is because there is so much Pipeline, which overlap, redundancy, duplication. The travels through regulatory agencies don’t talk to one Harrison, Carroll another, so one agency doesn’t take the and Tuscarawas other agency’s word for it. If you’re trying counties, will to find out what the soil composition is carry ethane gas right here, by God, one federal agency from a MarkWest ought to be able to take another federal processing facility agency’s word for it that we’ve done the in Cadiz to an testing and here’s what it is. That’s the existing Kinder kind of mind-boggling frustration we’re Morgan pipeline dealing with at the federal level.” in northwest Ohio. From there, the Their discussion then turned to energy ethane will be independence for America. taken to the Nova Chemicals plant in “When you talk about energy Windsor, Ontario, independence, you’ve got to look at what
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the word independence means,” Johnson said. “It means you’re not dependent on somebody else. I would submit to you that we are already ‚Äî and have been for a long time ‚Äî energy independent, because we have the capability of not asking anybody else for help with our energy resources. “We are not energy secure because we choose not to be. Our policies make us energy insecure. The president’s changing that conversation because we’re no longer talking about energy independence and security, we’re talking about energy dominance. And when we want to be the big kingpin at the head of the table determining global energy policies and directing the performance of global energy markets, we’ve got to have a permitting process and philosophy that says, let’s go. Let’s move out.” Johnson said the work done to restore the land after the Utopia Pipeline was constructed is similar to reclamation work he has seen at strip mines in southern Ohio.
U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, talks with Allen Fore, vice president for public affairs for Kinder-Morgan, at the site of the Utopia Pipeline near New Cumberland Thursday. (TimesReporter.com / Jim Cummings)
“There’s a right way and a wrong way to do this stuff, and I think Minnesota Ltd. was the contractor for the project and operated a we’ve learned over generations that the right way is the better contractor yard in New Philadelphia. way,” he said. “We need to take advantage of our own natural resources. That’s what this is all about.” Jon Baker is a staff writer for The Times-Reporter.
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Jackie Stewart • Energy In Depth-Ohio t has been six years since the first Ohio shale gas well went into production (June 14, 2011, in Harrison County, to be exact). Since then, nearly 2,600 Utica Shale wells have been brought into production or are in various stages of development, which has resulted in record-breaking natural gas production in the state and made the Utica one of the hottest shale plays in the country. There have been three Ohio-based academic studies conducted by the University of Cincinnati over the past six years researching the environmental impact on groundwater and air from natural gas extraction. All three studies have found no evidence that natural gas extraction has led to groundwater contamination or air quality issues in Ohio exceeding EPA levels of health concern.
UC has conducted two air quality studies based on direct air measurements taken near production sites, and both found emissions were well below EPA health concern thresholds. Another UC study took water samples throughout areas of southeastern Ohio where fracking is taking place and found “no evidence for natural gas contamination,” which is the same conclusion reached by 20-plus academic and regulatory agency studies conducted throughout the country. Notably, these UC studies were so highly thought of by the Ohio environmental community that UC announced in 2014, “UC Fracking Research Receives First-Ever Science and Community Award from Ohio Environmental Council.” The Ohio EPA has also reported recent air quality improvements in Southwestern Ohio, largely due to major employers like Miller Coors Brewing Company and Wright Patterson Air Force base switching their fuel sources to clean burning natural gas. As a result, this summer marked the first time in over a decade that Southwestern Ohio motorists were not on the hook for the U.S. EPA-mandated use of “Low Reid Vapor Pressure” gasoline, which had resulted in a 12 cent-per-gallon increase in fuel costs for motorists in previous years. Overall, the Utica Shale development has led to more than $50 billion in new revenue and the creation of thousands of jobs in Ohio, according to Cleveland State University. Oil and natural gas development in the buckeye state has created a considerable economic boom after six years of shale development. Production site emissions will no doubt be an important topic of research and study over the coming years, in order to make sure that their impact continues to remain below the EPA health concern thresholds. About EID: Energy In Depth (EID) is a research, education and public outreach campaign focused on getting the facts out about the promise and potential of responsibly developing America’s onshore energy resource base – especially abundant sources of oil and natural gas from shale and other “tight” formations across the country.
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Natural Gas Brings Back
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Jackie Stewart • Energy In Depth-Ohio ollowing decades Acero Junction, one of the companies of steel mill that is proudly making American closures, the Wall steel in Ohio was formed just last Street Journal year. According to Acero’s website, reported in 2012 that the company credits the region for U.S. steel companies could see a its very existence: resurgence as a direct result of local, affordable and abundant natural gas. “The mill lies in the heart of Marcellus and Utica gas regions In the Appalachian Basin where and is serviced by two railroads, the the Marcellus and Utica Shale-rich Norfolk Southern and Wheeling Lake region is boasting the lowest natural Erie. Our strategic location gives us gas prices in the developed world, excellent access to our customers, energy intensive industries like as well as convenient access to high steel manufacturing are on the rise, quality raw material.” thanks to a global cost advantage. Over the past 30 years, Ohio has seen many of its steel jobs moving overseas. Plants have closed in Steubenville, Yo u n g s t o w n , Lorain and Cleveland to name a few. Mingo Junction, a town that was built around its steel mill, was one such place where residents saw their mill shut down completely in 2008.
the Ohio River. The Mingo Junctionbased mill has re-opened under new ownership and now employs 125 permanent employees, with plans to add up to at least 145 more, something Mingo Junction Mayor Ed Fithen, a former employee at the mill, never thought he’d see, “After being down for 8 years – I worked there for 35 — I said this place will never start up. It’s too down.” Community members along the Ohio River make up a large percentage of the 48,000 U.S. steel manufacturing jobs that have been lost since 2000. In 2017, Ohio has been making and shipping domestically produced steel along the Ohio River again. As Mingo Junction Councilman George Irvin Jr. recently said, “It’s kind of like an answer to a whole bunch of prayers. I’m sure many people here in the village have spent times praying for something to come, and this is just one huge aspect of the good that’s coming in to Mingo Junction.” Local economic development professionals are gearing up for an opportunity for American steel to rebound. Ed Looman, Project Manager for the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG) recently told a group of business leaders at an event held by the Ohio Valley Oil and Gas Association, “It’s an exciting time in the Ohio Valley.” To prepare for the growth, Ohio is actively marketing 500 sites for development.
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and now President Donald Trump, forecasted the very thing that has now become a reality during his speech at the Shale Insight conference: “The development of the Marcellus and Utica shales will fundamentally change the landscape of this region. More jobs, higher wages, a larger tax base, and dollars flowing into our country for a change, instead of out of our country. Under a Trump administration, we are going to bring back steel jobs and we are going to rebuild this nation.�
While there have been 48,000 U.S. steel manufacturing jobs lost since 2000, steel is making a comeback this year along the Ohio River.
The U.S. has been given an lighting, and appliances, among incredible competitive edge, which has trickled down to impact other applications. manufacturing including steel, petrochemicals, transportation, With a final investment decision
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elmont College officials said they were pleased to announce that they have partnered with Hess Corporation for a fourth straight year to host the Shale Safety Institute 2017.
Shale Safety Institute 2017 will be held at Belmont College’s Main Campus on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, designed to educate first responders about emergency situations, potential oilfield incidents, confined space rescue and more, is available at no cost for all emergency service personnel. Continuing education unit’s (CEU) for Fire, EMS, Fire and EMS Instructor will be issued on site the day of the event. Lunch will be provided for all participants.
Institute, are highly relevant to our local first responders,” said Ailsa Vogelsang, Belmont College EMS/ Fire Safety Coordinator. It is important to have hands-on instruction to be familiar with the necessary equipment and guidelines in case of an emergency situation. Through the Shale Safety Institute, first responders will receive the highly relevant training and education they need to be able to respond to emergency situations, as well as oilfield related incidents and keep our communities safe.”
rotators in rescue operations involving large vehicles and machinery. Hess Corporation is a leading global independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. More information on Hess Corporation is available at www.hess.com.
Additional partnerships for the event include: Bill’s Towing; Howell Rescue Systems/ Genesis Rescue Systems; Medtronic; Ohio Valley Medical Center; Hands-on training for multiple scenarios Saw Sales & Machinery Co.; Stat MedEvac; will be available, including: Extrication Sunset Heights Fire Department; Wetzel Tools, Limited Access Rescue, Mass County EMS; and WVU Hospital. Casualty Incidents, as well as an interactive simulation lab and a Heavy Lifting session For information, or to register for Shale Safety which is designed to orient first responders Institute 2017 visit http:// www.belmontcollege. “Training events, such as the Shale Safety to the benefit and use of heavy wreckers/ edu/ fireems or call 740-699-3900.
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