ALLEGANY â A spokesman with Dimes Energy reported Thursday that employees with the company are back to work developing oil and gas wells and operating a recently completed gas pipeline in the Four Mile and West Branch Road areas
Areas off of the two roads in the town of Allegany have been the site of Dimesâ drilling of oil wells over the past few years. The area caught the attention of the surrounding community when Ron and Betty Jo Volzâs house on West Branch was destroyed by an explosion in November 2019. Over the past year, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officials have conducted an ongoing investigation of the wells near the former Volz residence to determine if there was a connection.