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Energy Coalition Resumes Meetings

Bringing People Together

Political Landscape for Gas/Oil Industry

Mile Stones Abundant in Current Shale Play

American Refining Group Breaks Ground

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Who in State Elections

Communication Key at Well Site Fires

Kent State Stark Hosts Utica Summit II

Simple Substances Create Educational Opportunity

Map Books Provide Pipeline Information

Stark Sheriff Department Ahead of Curve

Partnerships Needed to Handle Oil and Gas Influx

Engineering Class Provides Practical Experience

Ohio CAT Invests $1 Million in Foundation

Belmont College Safety Classes Expanded

Energy Industry Employing Social Media

New Stem Academy for Mahoning Schools

PUBLISHERS Andrew S. Dix G.C. Dix II

Judie Perkowski / Dix Communication

David Dix

State Senator Troy Balderson / Ohio 20th District Marc Kovac / Dix Capital Bureau

Sophie Kruse / Dix Communications

EXECUTIVE EDITORS Lance White

Kimberly Lewis / Dix Communication

Roger DiPaolo

Marc Kovac / Dix Capital Bureau

Ray Booth

John Lowe / Dix Communications

Rob Todor

Rachel Sluss / Dix Communications Linda Hall / Dix Communications

REGIONAL EDITORS Laurie Huffman / Dix Communication Laurie Huffman / Dix Communication Judie Perkowski / Dix Communication

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Shale Production Still on Rise

Stark Commissioner Says Gas and Oil Welcome

Reseeding Over Pipeline

Company Donation Aids Students

Court of Appeals Weighs in on Dormant Mineral Act

West Branch Students Prep for Stem Careers

Newbie on Scene in Columbus

Energy Briefs

Embrace Energy Independence

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Buckeye State Energy Plans Annual Meeting

OOGA Presents a Unified Voice

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he said. “We are very safety conscious on the sites and in the communities where we do business.” Mize relies on his 21 years experience as a firefighter in his home town of Shreveport, Louisiana. He has held several highranking first responder designations and safety-related positions from which he retired in 2011. In 2013 he was offered and accepted his current position at Momentum. “Oil and gas companies have invested more than $14 billion in Ohio. We want to see more money come back to local communities for infrastructure, schools, expanding businesses and opening new ones. There is a lot of growth yet to come. Most experts say we have at least 150 years of oil and gas production, maybe more. “Even with the Scio and Kensington facilities both operating, we cannot deliver our product fast enough. Right now the product we produce from natural gas liquids today is already to be shipped out tomorrow, either by rail cars, trucks or pipelines. We are not yet in the storage mode. Referring to the propane crisis last winter throughout the country, Mize said Momentum is trying to keep up with the demand and with three facilities online, they will be prepared for the winter months. He said 76 percent of trucks carrying propane from Momentum facilities will stay in Ohio. The triple complex of the Scio, Kensington and Leesburg plants are natural gas gathering and compression facilities constructed and operated by a partnership between M3 Midstream, EnerVest and Williams, and includes processing, natural gas liquids fractionation, loading and terminal facilities constructed and operated by Momentum. jperkowski@daily-jeff.com

AMBRIDGE, OH — After a three-month hiatus, the Guernsey Energy Coalition met Sept. 4 at its usual venue at the Southgate Hotel in Cambridge. The meeting was sponsored by Dominion East Ohio. The monthly Coalition meetings, moderated by Jo Sexton, president of the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce, have been the epicenter of education of the gas and oil industry in eastern Ohio for the past three years, until Sexton announced in June that the meetings would continue, but only quarterly. “The meetings are still very important to help keep community leaders and business people up-to-date about the gas and oil industry, and it has been a great place to network. During the course of the past three years, we have covered every topic, more than once, with speakers from every facet of the industry. We now want to continue the momentum with great speakers on a quarterly schedule. Sexton introduced Eric Mize, emergency preparedness/public awareness manager, who presented an overview of his position and responsibilities at Momentum, a division of Texas-based M3 Midstream. Mize operates out of an office in Salineville in Columbiana County, famous as the place where Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan was captured during the Civil War in 1863. Salineville is now famous for the Kensington gas collection and processing plant, the second phase of a natural gas fractionation, storage, rail processing complex, which includes the Scio plant in Harrison County. Both facilities opened in 2013. Completing the trilogy is the Leesburg Cryogenic Processing facility in Carroll County, scheduled to open in mid-October. Mize explained the terms upstream, which refers to exploration and production phase; midstream refers to the transmission, refining and processing of the product; and downstream is the distribution and retail sales of the product. Momentum Midstream provides oil and gas producers with reliable midstream services linking the wellhead to the market. “If you go to any oil and gas company in Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas, a picture of Ohio is on the wall. Ohio is the new Texas,” he said. Mize quickly captured the audience’s attention with his southern drawl and self-deprecating humor. He spoke about emergency preparedness and how Momentum has contributed back to the communities on several levels by making sure they operate in a safer environment. In his position, Mize is dedicated to indoctrinating employees throughout the company and surrounding communities about safety by staging five-day safety program for local firefighters. “Education is one way the company gives back to the community. Safety is not only built in to the process to protect company assets, but also to protect workers, the ground, wetlands and the total environment. We are doing much more than is being reported,”

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ne of the biggest contributions of the oil and gas industry in southeastern Ohio has been the continued economic growth and job opportunities presented to the people and communities in the region. This industry has been a boon to the area in terms of jobs, education, and economic development. We are still in the early stages, and our goal is to continue the growth and make sure the skill-specific education is in place to ensure that these jobs remain southeastern Ohio jobs. It’s great to see our educational institutions developing curricula around this industry, and in turn, the industry communicating what it needs in terms of skills and expertise to our universities, colleges, and community technical schools. Other important oil & gas issues There are a number of substantial needs when it comes to the oil and gas industry in southeastern and eastern Ohio. When we fulfill these needs in ways such as putting in place effective infrastructure and workforce development, we find a productive way to keep these communities thriving, even after the resource has been taken out. Continued infrastructure development is a key to actually utilizing the resource once it comes out of the ground. By focusing on getting the essentials in place, our state will realize this resource’s full potential for our energy sector and economy. We must also focus on Ohio’s greatest asset — our dedicated workforce. During this General Assembly, I sponsored Senate Bill 1, which helps Ohio’s unemployed and underemployed find work through continued education and job training, with a focus on the energy sector. Senate Bill 1 authorizes a revolving fund, which will pro-

vide loans to Ohioans who need additional job training. The loans will be distributed through public and private colleges, universities and career centers. This bill is another piece of the puzzle that connects job seekers with new opportunities right here in the Buckeye State. Building relationships between businesses, schools, and career centers will help shape curriculum in a way that prepares graduates for open job opportunities, which will in turn facilitate quick job placement. By investing in both our infrastructure and our people, southeastern Ohio communities directly affected by oil and gas exploration will continue to see growth and sustainability through a trained workforce and future economic development. Oil and gas exploration has been an enormous benefit to this area, and we must continue fostering relationships between businesses and the people to move forward in a productive manner.

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OLUMBUS — David Hill’s position on politicians isn’t complicated. The longtime Guernsey County oil and gas operator and current president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association looks for candidates who will back straight-forward legislation and policies that balance the needs of eastern Ohio’s growing shale oilfields with environmental regulations that penalize egregious offenders. “If we know going forward that these legislators support sound energy policy that balances energy development with the best interests of the state of Ohio... those are the people we can support,” Hill said during a recent stop at the Statehouse. Hill and Shawn Bennett, senior vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, recently sat down with Gas & Oil to discuss the state of shale exploration in Ohio and the coming general election, which will shape oil and gas policies over the next two years. Here’s what they had to say: • Production Statistics: The Ohio Department of Natural Re-

sources recently released production totals for the second quarter of the year. A total of 2.5 million barrels of oil and 88 billion cubic feet of natural gas were produced from a little more than 500 horizontal wells in April, May and June, up from 1.9 million barrels of oil and 67 billion cubic feet of natural gas produced during the first quarter. Three wells in Seneca Township in Noble County reported the highest oil production in the state, while wells in Monroe and Belmont counties reported the highest natural gas production. Hill said the totals will continue to rise, particularly as exploration and production technologies advance. “We’re still on the front end,” he said. “We’re in the embryonic stages of this play. I think we have 45 rigs running. I expect that number will continue to increase. ... Here’s something about the play that gets missed: As we sit here today, there’s this nice sweet spot that we talk about, Guernsey, Noble, Monroe, moving a little bit into Washington. But that’s the liquids-rich part of the play. If you go east, that gas gets drier, but it’s abundant gas... The price

of natural gas is depressed right now, but it’s not always going to be depressed. So there will be a day when we grow out of this pod we’re working in now. If the price of natural gas goes up, we’re going to go start drilling all the way to the Ohio River. Simultaneously, on the other side of the play, by the time you get to Muskingum County, Liking County, that’s the oil window. We currently don’t have the technology to produce the oil window. That’s as we sit here today... We’re in the embryonic stages. Ohio, we’ll figure this oil window out. ... It’s going to go east, and it’s going to go west.” He added, “As an oil and gas producer myself and representing 3,300 members, what I really want to do is help them go find more oil and gas, because it’s creating thousands of jobs here in Ohio. Ohio really is in the middle of this phenomenon we’re experiencing, where oil production in the United States is actually rising... In the United States of America, we consume 19 million barrels of oil per day. We’re currently producing 8.5 million barrels a day, and that’s the highest level in the last 27 years. So oil production in the United States is rising, which makes us less dependent on foreign oil, and with all of the things going on and where the oil is located in the Middle East, these become national security issues.” • Severance Tax: In May, the Ohio House, on a split vote, passed a much-debated plan to increase tax rates on oil and gas produced via horizontal hydraulic fracturing. HB 375 would set that tax rate at 2.5 percent, with lower rates for vertical wells. The first $10 million of production will not be taxed, allowing companies to recoup their initial well investments. The state also would provide nonrefundable tax credits for commercial activity taxes paid on horizontal wells. Of the resulting revenues, more than $20 million would go to state regulatory efforts, a new well-plugging program and geological mapping activities. A total of 17.5 percent of the remainder would be directed to local governments, with specified amounts directed to eastern Ohio shale counties. The remaining money would be used for a statewide income tax cut. The final vote in the House was 55-38, with many Democrats and a few Republicans opposing. The bill does not have the support of Gov. John Kasich, who has long pushed for a bigger increase in the severance tax. The Ohio Oil and Gas Association supports the legislation, joining backers in saying it would provide clarity and certainty to producers, enable the state to gain some benefit from increased oil and gas production, cover regulatory costs and orphan well capping and provide additional funding for communities near the state’s emerging shale oilfields. “As written, we support it,” Hill said. “We’d love to get this issue resolved and go on about the businesses of finding oil and gas. ... We want to eliminate uncertainty. In the oil and gas industry, we have so many uncertainties it would frighten you. We’ve got geology, we’ve got availability of machinery, we’ve got all of these issues. And, so, the uncertainty of where that tax rate’s going to be is troublesome. We need to get it behind us. ... We’re supporting a severance tax — a reasonable severance tax. The severance tax was designed to fund the regulatory body. ... It was never contemplated to do any more than that.” HB 375 could be among the bills lawmakers take up during their final voting sessions of the year. “It’s lame duck” Bennett said. “There are no bets when it comes to lame duck legislation. Anything can happen.”

• Dumping Penalties: Another bill being considered by state lawmakers is HB 490, which outlines increased penalties for those who illegally dump oilfield waste. The bill was prompted, in part, by an incident in Youngstown that led to a criminal conviction against the perpetrator. HB 490 would expand ODNR’s authority to revoke or suspend drilling and related activities of those who break the state’s environmental regulations. The legislation also would tighten requirements for transporting brine and increase potential prison time and civil penalties for violations. The Ohio Oil and Gas Association is supportive of law changes that would penalize individuals who purposely break the law. But members are concerned about unintended consequences. “As an association, we want to ensure that the law addresses bad actors appropriately,” Bennett said. “The last thing we want to see happen is a bill that may no be worded correctly or appropriately that may cause some of our members to become felons.” Hill added, “I’ve been an oil and gas operator in the state of Ohio for 35 years. We need policing, we need the bad actors to pay a consequence for what they do. It makes the entire industry look bad. We fully support having teeth [to oil and gas regulations]. We just need to make sure that unintended consequences of that don’t hurt oil and gas operators that are trying to do the right thing.” On the Youngstown incident, he offered, “The guy was doing something egregious. Some citizens saw it happen. They reported it to the authorities, and by that evening, they identified who the perpetrator was and what was going on... Bottom line, the system works.” • Differing Opinions: Differences in positions on issues like the severance tax aren’t “deal breakers” for Hill and others when considering which candidates to support in November. “We look at the situation and the politician in its totality,” he said. “We’re not going to separate things out. I think it would be reckless for us to say we would let anything be a deal breaker. ... Politics is the art of the possible. We can work with politicians who differ with us on the severance tax issue.... There will be life after severance tax. There’s going to be a lot of other issues we’ll have to work on. There’s always going to be new regulations that come down the pike. There are going to be technologies developed in the next five years we haven’t even thought of yet. It’s going to create different aspects of how we regulate that. There’s going to be conversations driven by changing technology.” He added, “Are there areas where we have differences of opinion? Obviously. Ohio has always been business friendly and has treated oil and gas favorably. We want to continue that, because ultimately, if we’re successful in finding oil and gas, that’s good for all of Ohio. With all of the things going on in the world right now, there’s supply disruptions all over the world, if we didn’t have this shale revolution going on in the United States, we’d be paying a lot more than $3.30 for our gasoline, a lot more. The domestic natural gas prices in the United States Would not be at their record low levels we have now....” Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at mkovac@dixcom.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog. u

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OLUMBUS, OH — Aug. 12 was a big day for the Utica shale industry, which is dominant in Ohio, when it recorded the 1,000th horizontal well drilled into the ground. Now, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Oil and Gas division, the Utica/Point Pleasant Shale has surpassed that number — clocking in with 1,076 wells drilled as of Sept. 13. “It shows that this play is the real deal,” said Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. “There’s more ahead of us than behind us.” According to Chadsey, this is important for logistics of the area. “What it does is help establish the boundaries of the play,” he said. There’s more for the industry to be excited for as the Utica play is just one permit shy of reaching 1,500 horizontal permits. In the second quarter of 2014, these horizontal shale wells produced 2,467,283 barrels of oil and 88,673,741 Mcf of natural gas (or 88 billion cubic feet), according to the ODNR. These products were produced by 504 different wells, which each individually produced on average 4,895 barrels of oil and 175,939 Mcf of gas. According to the report that was released by ODNR, the highest producing oil well was Antero Resources “Myron” well in Noble County. It produced 78,309 barrels in 91 days of production. The highest producing gas well was Hall Drilling’s “Hercher North” well, located in Monroe County. It produced 1.4 billion cubic feet of gas in 91 days of production. There are other milestones to celebrate. According to a report by the Energy Information Administration, natural gas production in the Utica shale play has increased by 10 times since January 2012, making Utica one of the fastest growing areas of gas production in the country. The region was producing 155 million cubic feet per day in January 2012 and has risen to an estimated 1.3 billion cubic feet a day presently. However, compared to some of Utica’s neighbors, it has further to go. While another report by the EIA said that Utica is leading in terms of emerging shale plays, and will be added to the US Department of Energy’s monthly oil and gas report this month — which includes the country’s six most prominent regions, it still is produc-

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INERAL CITY, OH —- Representatives from American Refining Group Inc. (ARG) and Campbell Construction Inc. gathered Tuesday to break ground on a $1.2 million project to build a new 9,136-square-foot facility at ARG’s Sandyville crude-oil terminal in Mineral City. When complete, the facility will enclose 4,144 square feet of office capacity and 4,992 square feet of shop space and will include a conference room equipped with state-of-the-art technology. A staff of 18 will be based there comprising drivers, administrative support and supervisory personnel. “We’re (currently) in a building that was never designed for office use and we’ve outgrown it,” said Gary Welker, ARG’s manager of crude-oil operations.

Because of a significant increase in available maintenance-shop space, ARG also aims to add another full-time mechanic. “We’ve had to contract a lot of our truck maintenance and repair work to third parties because there just wasn’t room,” Welker said. ARG’s Ohio operations also include a terminal in Randolph where five crude-truck drivers and a dispatcher are based. Between the two sites, Ohio operations supply an average of 1.35 million barrels of crude oil annually, the vast majority of which is shipped by rail, to the refinery in Bradford, Pa. ARG’s refinery is situated on approximately 131 acres in the heart of McKean County and was the birthplace of the domestic oil industry more than 130 years ago. The refinery has a rated capacity of 11,000 barrels per day and processes light sweet paraffinic crude.

ARG reported it partnered with Campbell Construction, a Butler builder, due in part to “shared values such as integrity, trust, excellence and quality, as well as a commitment to community and social responsibility.” According to Campbell Vice President of Business Development Jeff Stevenson, more than 50 people will work toward the project’s completion, which is expected by the end of February. “This is a complete turn-key, design-build project. We handle all design, engineering, permitting and construction,” Stevenson said. ARG President and Chief Operating Officer Jeannine Schoenecker said, “We are pleased to be able to make this major investment in our Ohio operations, which will also enable us to better serve our crude suppliers now and far into the future. “The crude oil we gather in Ohio is crucial to our refinery’s operations,” Schoenecker explained, “and this expanded, improved facility will only become more critical to our growth and success there.” u

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OLUMBUS, OH — Ohio voters will decide next month whether to give Gov. John Kasich and a slate of other statewide Republicans second terms or replace them with Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and a slate of other Democratic hopefuls. All five main statewide officeholders are on the ballots, as well as two Ohio Supreme Court justices, about half of Ohio’s senators and all 99 state representatives. Republicans currently control all statewide offices and the state’s high court, plus both chamber of the state legislature. GOP members hold super majorities in the latter. Here’s a quick rundown of the statewide races: • Governor: Kasich was elected four years ago with plans to privatize the state’s economic development efforts, eliminate unnecessary and burdensome business regulations and reduce tax rates, among other campaign promises. He’s accomplished those tasks, via the creation of the nonprofit JobsOhio, the establishment of his Common Sense Initiative to review regulations and multiple tax cuts implemented as part of biennial and mid-biennium budget bills. The governor also touts a lower unemployment rate, a rainy day fund that went from less than a dollar to more than $1.4 billion and an expansion of Medicaid eligibility implemented over objections from many Statehouse Republicans. But his opponent says Kasich’s policy decisions have actually hampered the state’s post-recession recover. FitzGerald cites statistics showing Ohio’s work force is growing at a slower rate than most of the rest of the country. Democrats also point out Kasich support of Senate Bill 5 (public employee collective bargaining reform that was soundly defeated by voters), abortion restrictions and other law changes that they say are hurting needy Ohioans. On the oil and gas front, Kasich is pushing for an increase in the severance tax on production from horizontal wells — a stance that has put him at odds with some Republican members of the Ohio House. FitzGerald has said he would look to communities around eastern Ohio’s emerging shale oilfields before considering substantive changes in the severance tax.

• Attorney General: In the attorney general’s race, Republican incumbent Mike DeWine faces Democratic challenger David Pepper, a former Cincinnati city councilman and Hamilton County commissioner. Among issues being debated in this race are the state’s efforts to combat prescription painkiller and heroin abuse and addiction and the pace at which the state’s crime lab is processing DNA evidence. • Secretary of State: Republican incumbent Jon Husted faces Democratic challenger Nina Turner, a state senator from Cleveland, in the race for secretary of state. Much of the debate in this race has focused on election issues — in particular, a federal judge’s ruling that Republican-backed law changes and directives issued by Husted were unconstitutional. Husted set uniform early in-person voting hours for all counties based on the recommendations of bipartisan county elections boards, absent action by the state legislature. Turner has said the secretary should allow more evening and weekend hours for early voting. • Auditor: Republican incumbent Dave Yost faces Democratic challenger John Carney, a state representative from the Columbus area, in the race for state auditor. One issue that continues to surface in this contest is JobsOhio, the private nonprofit created to spearhead the state’s economic development efforts. State law blocks the auditor from fully reviewing the financial books of JobsOhio. Yost was at odds with the group and issued subpoenas during his term to review JobsOhio’s operations. Carney says he would have done more to force the nonprofit to reveal how it is spending public money. • Treasurer: Republican incumbent Josh Mandel faces Democratic challenger Connie Pillich, a state lawmaker from Cincinnati, in the race for state treasurer. Among other issues, Mandel has faced criticism for a series of telephone town hall meetings — sessions that his office says help to connect with Ohioans and that his opponents say amount to spending public funds to support his campaign. But Mandel also points out that cost-cutting measures implemented since he took office have saved $6 million. • Supreme Court: Two incumbent Supreme Court justices face challengers. Republicans Judi French and Sharon Kennedy will face Democrats John P. O’Donnell and Tom Letson, respectively. Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. Email him at mkovac@dixcom.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.

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AMBRIDGE, OH —- Local firefighters have all of the company-supplied, chemical information they need to tackle confidently any fires that may occur on gas and oil well sites in Guernsey County. That was the consensus expressed recently by various local fire chiefs. The two-pronged issue of transparency about hazardous materials and consequent preparedness of fire departments arose after a June incident in Monroe County involving a fire at an oil well site and a fish kill in a nearby creek. According to reports in various media, including The Columbus Dispatch, WKSU (a radio station of Kent State University) and Mother Jones magazine, a June 28 fire at a Monroe County oil well site destroyed trucks and enabled toxic chemicals to flow into Opossum Creek as a result of firefighters from eight departments using about 300,000 gallons of water to douse the blaze. In the immediate aftermath, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said the agency could not confirm the fish kill was related to the fire. However, a subsequent report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency contended that several chemicals entered the stream during the fire, resulting in the deaths of more than 14,000 “aquatic animals.” (Media reports had claimed a kill of 70,000 fish.)

Allegations also were made that the oil company stonewalled in releasing information about some of the chemicals on site because the information was proprietary and, therefore, a secret protected by trade rights. The contention was that delaying tactics could pose a hazard for firefighters, for residents in the vicinity of a fire and for the environment. Contrary to those contentions, a group of area fire chiefs indicated they were confident they are being informed of chemicals at well sites. “The local [oil well] companies have been helpful,” Cambridge Fire Chief Jeff Deeks said. “They have been stopping by to get to know us and we’re real appreciative of that.” Deeks said it is important to know what chemicals are present at a site. “That’s always a concern,” he said. “That’s always an issue ... and not just for oil and gas companies. It could change our tactics greatly. If we find out they have xyz chemical, that could change entirely how we fight the fire. “The local companies have been helpful. They give us a Tier 2 report that lists the chemicals they have on site and each fire department gets a copy of that.” But Deeks’ department, although it has received training on oil well fires, likely will not have to contend with such fires very often. “We’re not likely to face it here in Cambridge,” he said. “That’s

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something the volunteer fire departments, especially the ones to the east of us, would face although we may be called to help.” Byesville Fire Chief Ron Tatgenhorst said there are no wells in the territory served by his department. To the east is another story. The Quaker City Fire Department has responded to three or four fires at oil well sites although none has been spectacularly large, Chief Tim Eagon said. In one instance, a fire was started by a person answering a cellular telephone. The friction of the man putting the phone to his ear resulted in a static spark that caused methane in the vicinity to explode. In all of the cases, the company representatives have been helpful, he said. “They let us do our job,” he said, adding that the foreman at a given site always meets firefighters as they arrive, informing them about what has happened and providing them with any other information they may need. When necessary, firefighters have used foam as an extinguishing agent and the oil companies “have been generous on cost recovery,” he said. “They’re nice people to work with,” Eagon said. The Antrim Fire Department has assisted in fighting several oil well site fires, Chief Don Warnock said. But most of those have been at conventional wells dating to the 1970s and were caused by lighting strikes, he said. The Antrim department also has been called for emergency medical services involving smashed fingers and smashed feet. “But from the fire side, there have been no issues,” Warnock said. “I think they’re trying really hard to be good neighbors.”

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ANTON, OH — Utica Summit II will take place at Kent State University at Stark in the University Center Oct. 14 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event gathers industry experts to discuss Utica Shale development opportunity. Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, The Repository and Shale Directories are sponsoring this second annual event. Attendees will learn what an ethane cracker can do for Ohio. Ethane Crackers can turn Utica energy into the building blocks for plastics and chemicals. “The event is specifically directed toward a larger audience than we usually attract because we’re talking mostly about downstream benefits from the Utica gas, and mainly, the possibility of increased manufacturing in chemicals and plastics because of the ethane in the Utica,” David Kaminski, Director of Energy and Public Affairs at the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, said. Seven speakers will lead high-level discussions about what is possible in the present and future with current technology at the forum. The lineup of speakers will discuss what Utica Shale means to manufacturing, transportation job creation and more. Speakers include Senior Economic Advisor at American Petroleum Institute Rayola Dougher, Founder of TopLine Analytics of Philadelphia Tom Gellrich, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy Senior Vice President for Policy Christopher Guith, Center for Economic Development Assistant Director at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University Iryna Lendel, General Manager for GAIN Clean Fuel Bill Renz, Vice President of HIS Chemical Consulting Anthony Palmer and International Affairs and Trade Senior Director at SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association Michael Taylor. “We’ve given them [speakers and attendees] an opportunity to network at the meeting and given them a business opportunity,” Kaminski said. “The people who attend the meeting come because they want to be informed, and they want to find their place. Were creating an event for them to learn and figure out where to go with the information.”

Tickets are $250 and include a continental breakfast and a lunch. The American Petroleum Institute and Energy Nation are sponsoring a free reception after Summit II. The event called Women and Energy will promote career opportunities for women in the industry. Kaminski said he hopes Summit II attendees will stay for the reception and anyone interested show as well for this first-time event.

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OOSTER, OH — An organic substance — tuna, beef, or egg — lettuce leaves, a drink bottle, sand, balloon, pond or creek water, a balance scale and masking tape can be the stuff of which STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education is made. This particular set of items is used for a lesson developed by the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program for teachers who attended its annual Science Teacher Workshop, this year held at the end of July at the R.G. Drage Career Technical Center in Massillon. The lessons taught during the two-day workshop were ones teachers can take back to their own classrooms to involve their students in preparing for a burgeoning industry. This particular lesson, called “It’s A Gas,” said Rhonda Reda, OOGEEP’s executive director, is designed to mimic “old plant and animal life turned into a crude oil or vapor which we know as natural gas,” created by heat and pressure over time. As part of the hands-on experiment, the balloon, set in a sunny window, will fill up, creating methane, or natural gas, Reda said. Two other experiments taught at the workshop also serve as instruction in biotic materials and geologic time. OOGEEP anticipates teachers will not only associate scientific principles with the experiments, but also career connections, Reda pointed out. “I got involved with the OOGEEP workshop because I was searching for content that we could teach in a new course being offered at Northwestern Middle School called Energy and the Environment,” said teacher Lee Kimmich. “It is important for students to understand how the oil and gas industry impacts their lives,” Kimmich said, elaborating, “The workshop provided very useful information that educators could use in their classroom to help students understand how we harvest oil/ natural gas and distribute it to consumers.” “The OOGEEP workshop provided all attendees with an entire lab book of different activities (including supplies) that they could take back to their classrooms and do with their students,” Kimmich said, adding, “OOGEEP will also refresh the lab kits as needed.”

At Northwestern Middle School, “we will most likely incorporate lab activities and other information regarding the drilling, refining and distributing processes into our Energy and the Environment course starting second semester.” One of the goals is preparation for future careers, when “the oil and gas industry is definitely an option for students as they graduate high school and begin working in a field of their choos choosing,” Kimmich said. “All STEM occupations can offer students a solid career path with many opportuni opportunities,” he said. “The exciting part about STEM education is it allows students to explore a wide variety of STEM careers while in middle (and) high school so they can discover their strengths (and) interests and build upon them if they so desire.” Rittman Middle School teacher Marilyn Peacock also demon demonstrated her interest in the topic by attending the workshop. “I teach renewable and nonre nonrenewable energy resources in my sixth-grade science classes,” Pea Peacock said. “Since I always have a lot of cur current information about renewable re resources, I thought I should learn about the most recent advances in the nonrenew nonrenewable resources,” she said. “I was especially interested to learn about fracking.” At the workshop, “we were divided into seven groups,” Peacock said, “and each group was given two lessons to teach to the entire group. All of the les lessons were hands-on and matched our science indicators.” “Two of the hands-on classroom lessons match my indicators on fossil fuels, so I plan to incorporate both of those into my lessons this year,” Peacock said, adding, “I also was given a DVD about fracking, which I intend to show to my students. “Finally, they offered to come into our classrooms to teach a lesson, and I plan to do this as well.” “(We) help coordinate guest speakers in the classroom,” Reda affirmed, connecting career chemists and geologists, for example, with related academic lessons, “not to only learn from an expert,” but to see a STEM career choice lived out.

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ORTH CANTON, OH — Industry representatives are invited to “Energy Nation, Women in Energy Reception,” Oct. 14 at Kent State University Stark. American Petroleum Institute will host Energy Nation — Women In Energy reception immediately following the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Utica Summit II at Kent State University at Stark in North Canton. The reception is free and open to anyone who’d like to network, learn more about Energy Nation and about workforce opportunities for women in the oil and natural gas industry.

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ARIETTA, OH — Marietta College and Brouse McDowell will host an oil and gas symposium from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Alma McDonough Auditorium in Marietta. Goals of the symposium include: • Introduce the college’s Land & Energy Management program • Offer “state of the industry” panel discussion to students, faculty and the business community • Provide networking opportunities for participants of the sym-

OLUMBUS, OH — Marcellus oil production, and predominantly gas production continues to grow at a blistering pace. However, operators are now faced with a new conundrum - whether to pursue liquid rich wells or find ways to make gas wells economic. The current gas price situation in the US means Marcellus operators need to be ahead of the game by developing highly advanced techniques for making marginal wells economic and developing completions strategies for optimizing liquid recovery. Operators are now actively making progress in reducing cluster spacing and optimizing stage and lateral lengths in liquid rich reservoirs to ensure incremental cost and performance gains. Due to the increasing number of trials measuring changes in such variables, the industry at large is now at a point where findings and information sharing could lead to significant commercial gains. The liquid rich Utica is arguably an easy win for Marcellus oper-

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ALDWELL, OH — The Noble County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Board is hosting the Thorla-McKee Festival Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the junction of Route 78 and Route 564. The festival celebrates the county’s rich 200-year history in black gold, beginning in 1824, when Silas Thorla and Robert McKee accidentally created the first oil well in North America, to today. Stop by for some refreshing chips, pop and water. Soup beans and hot dogs will be prepared cook-out style over a fire pit. Entertainment includes visit from the Shenandoah Traveling Museum and a banjo player who will play floksy tunes throughout the day. The Ohio Oil and Gas Association will be present with kids activities that teach them about oil. The festival also features a park dedication at noon and raffle prizes that will be drawn at 4 p.m.

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