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Local officials discuss the benefits the oil and natural gas industry has brought to local communities during a meeting Friday at the Hannibal Industrial Park in Monroe County. Pictured, from left, are Mick Romick, career readiness coordinator for the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District; Monroe County Commissioner Bill Bolon; Monroe County Commissioner Mick Schumacher; Monroe County Commissioner Diane Burkhart; and Jim Milleson, member of the National Association of Royalty Owners.
CLARINGTON Local officials met Friday to discuss the benefits the oil and natural gas industry has brought to local communities, including providing funding for community projects, schools and road repairs, among others.
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Plans for a Mountaineer Natural Gas Liquids storage facility near the Ohio River in Monroe County are raising fears of pollution and long-term damage to the area and its people.
A virtual meeting was held Thursday evening in which environmental groups shared information and comments, with the overall goal of telling the public to reach out to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources during a 30-day comment period that ends Feb. 6.
PTT Global Chemical America has reached an agreement with Mountaineer NGL, which intends to use salt caverns to store liquid components of the local natural gas stream, such as ethane, underground. That ethane would serve as feedstock for a PTTGCA ethane cracker plant if it is built as proposed a few miles to the north. A final investment decision about the cracker has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE The Ebbert Farm Market once again hosted a U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots distribution for the Ohio Oil &Gas Association during their stop in Belmont County. The association is providing Christmas gifts for children in Eastern Ohio throughout the week.
Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil & Gas Association, thanked the Ebberts for the use of their property once again.
“It’s a great site. It’s centrally-located, really friendly and easy to work with. The folks have done it before, so it makes it easy for folks coming by,” he said.