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Table of Contents FEBRUARY 2017

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A Look Ahead Gas & Oil Events

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Gas & Oil Industry Off to ‘Great Start’ for 2017

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Aslanides Steps Into OOGA Leadership Role

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Ohio Farm Bureau Speaker Calls Gas & Oil Industry ’Volatile’

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Ohio’s Oil & Gas Industry to Award Student Scholarships

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Andrew S. Dix ASDix@dixcom.com

OOGA Celebrates the Holidays

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Silver Lake Considers Proposal to Drill for Natural Gas

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Severed Mineral Owners to Face Legal Hurdles

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Court Rules Sunoco Can Use Eminent Domain for Pipeline

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EXECUTIVE EDITORS

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Natural Gas Plays Role in Increased Barge Traffic

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Environmental and Other Groups Praise Kasich Veto of HB 554

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ADVER TISING Kim Brenning Cambridge, Ohio Office KBrenning@dixcom.com 740-439-3531

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• February 10, 2017 OOGA Region III & IV Producers Meeting at the Southgate Hotel in Cambridge, Ohio. Online registration is required for this event and is available until February 10th. Visit www.ooga.org/events for more information or to register.

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Gas & Oil Events • February 17, 2017 door. Onsite registration is $65 / member and $85 / nonOOGA Region I & II Producers Meeting at the Comfort Inn in member. Visit www.appalachianpipeliners.org for more Canton, Ohio. Online registration is required for this event information. and is available until February 17th. Visit www.ooga.org/ events for more information or to register.

• March 8-10, 2017 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Winter Meeting, Easton Hilton, • February 21, 2017 Columbus. This event brings together top state and national Appalachian Pipeliners Association Feb Speaker Dinner industry leaders who will discuss current issues impacting from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn/Southpointe in the Ohio oil and gas industry. In addition to the business Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Our February speaker is Keith sessions, vendors exhibiting products and services pertinent Naughton, Ph.D., co-founder and principal at Silent Majority to the industry will participate in the trade show portion of Strategies. Dr. Naughton will discuss the political challenges the event. Visit oogawintermeeting.com for more facing pipeline development, the dynamics of controversial information. Early registration goes until February 17, 2017. political issues and provide overview of national and state politics facing the industry. Online pre-registration costs are • March 9, 2017 as follows: $55 / member and $75 / non-member. Online Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Scholarship Luncheon registration closes at Noon on February 20. If you miss online at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Columbus at Easton in Columbus, registration, you are welcome to attend and pay at the Ohio.

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017 is off to a truly amazing start when it comes to shale-related news for the Buckeye State. Week after week we are hearing positive news about investment and job creation coming to the state — and it’s all thanks to fracking. From pipeline projects, natural gas-fired power plants and drilling programs signaling a return to exploration and production, it’s “all good,” as Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan recently said.

This week was no exception, as the Youngstown Business Journal reported steel manufacturing is coming back online. In an interview with EID, newly elected state Sen. Sean O’Brien (D) — whose district is an area of Ohio that has been heavily impacted by the ancillary industries that support oil and gas development — credited shale development for the investment coming to his district and emphasized that 2017 is off to a “great” start when it comes to the industry driving economic growth in the state,

2017 is looking very promising” It has been confirmed that an Ohio steel manufacturing company has announced that it is indeed hiring, and it’s full steam ahead as they look to fill orders created by the demand for steel pipe used by the oil and gas industry. All eyes are on Vallourec Star, as the company has announced its plans to ramp up production of steel pipe used in oil and gas exploration.

A company spokesperson, Jean Gaetano told the Youngstown Business Journal, “We’ve seen signs of improvement in the U.S. oil and gas market where the rig count and OCTG [oil country tubular goods] demand have increased for the first time since the end of 2014. The increased demand has resulted in increased production volumes at all Vallourec Star locations. This progressive market recovery is anticipated for 2017.”

Ohio’s current rig count stands at 20, which is a vast improvement over the lows of last year, signaling a slow recovery in oil and natural gas drilling in the Utica Shale. The news today also reinforces statements that were recently made at a bipartisan event touting the manufacturing and energy infrastructure associated with the oil and gas industry. The news also underscores the extensive economic impact horizontal drilling and —Senator O’Brien hydraulic fracturing has on a community. In this case, thanks to improvement in rig counts, Vallourec Star is “This is a positive sign for the entire region. There’s ramping up production to create the steel pipe used as no question energy development in Ohio is off to a part of the process. To bring gas and oil to market we great start this year. For my district, the state of Ohio also need energy infrastructure. and the country, the return of natural gas exploration and the ancillary industries that support it are critical Bipartisan support for oil and gas development is also to bringing back middle-class jobs. This week alone, evident in a recent poll conducted by the National we have the announcement of return to work and new Association of Manufacturers (NAM) that found 84 hiring’s at Vallourec; in Lordstown, the announcement of percent of Buckeye State residents — a mix of Democrats the construction of a second gas fired power plant. These and Republicans — said they would like to see U.S. two projects will create hundreds of good paying jobs, energy development increase. Eighty-six percent of billions of dollars in investments and will have a huge those surveyed said they support construction of more impact on the area. Both of these projects are a direct pipelines, natural gas compressor stations and power result from what is happening with the oil and gas here plants. in Ohio. So from an economic and energy standpoint,

“We’re starting to see significant economic change in the valley due largely to oil and gas development here in Ohio.”

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Aslanides Steps Into OOGA Leadership Role

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Ray Booth • Dix Communications erhaps the trait that sets Jim Aslanides apart in his new Between those two role as president of the Ohio Oil & Gas Association is terms on the OOGA passion. board, Aslanides was the Ohio Rep. for the Aslanides brings a multi-faceted background into his 94th and 95th House new post, as he follows a stellar term by David Hill, who was Districts. While in president of OOGA from January of 2014 to December of 2016. the Ohio House, he was chairman of the Currently president of Media Fuel Company (dba MFC Drilling, Agriculture and Natural Inc.), Aslanides has been a member of OOGA since 1981, which Resources Committee. was when MFC Drilling was founded. His company is actively involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas in All of this put him in a OOGA’s New President Jim Aslanides Ohio. He has served on the OOGA Board of Trustees twice, with position to be the next the first term beginning in 1996 and a second term beginning in leader of OOGA and he said he welcomes the chance to promote 2009. While on the Board, he served as chairman of the OOGA and help lead the association. meetings committee and the government affairs committee.

“I was always passionate about policy,” Aslanides said. “I just want to make sure people in the Statehouse know the industry is important. That’s what led me to run for public office and be chairman of the natural resource committee.

“The entire state is in transition, with conventional and unconventional development. Part of my role will be to make sure regulations don’t overwhelm development. Legislation initiatives can’t be based on anything but solid facts and physics.

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Aslanides said his goals are simply to help the association present a unified front in OOGA’s effort to promote and lead gas and oil developers and producers in Ohio.

“The recent horizontal development in Ohio has changed the industry in our state but so did hydrological fracturing in 1952.

We embraced new producers, new technology, in 1952 and we’re doing so now in recent horizontal development. We have an honorable tradition. I remember that when I spoke before members of the Association, I was somewhat intimidated, but I was never intimidated when I spoke in front of the House. I still am somewhat intimidated by the honorable membership we have.”

Aslanides speaks to the recent growth of the oil and gas industry when he looks at the future.

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“First of all, what people may not know, is that arguably 35% of natural gas has been discovered only within the past five years.

The industry is a lot more instantaneous, a lot more capable of reacting very quickly to the economic environment. A large portion of what our nation relies on was only recently discovered.

“Look at what’s happening in our eastern counties, natural gas wells recently built or in development and the development of power plants that will take pipelines and natural gas to supply them. Look at the proposed facility for Belmont County that would create 5,000 new jobs for construction and then some 900 continued jobs to run that place. I think this is extremely important; our pursuit of capital in order to supply these facilities is extremely important. Undue regulation, unnecessary and higher taxes would be detrimental to our region.

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Not enough to hurt the consumer but enough to aid in the growth of the industry. Look at all the success stories that can be written. The growth along I-77 the last five years has been unbelievable.”

Aslanides also pointed to technological advances being crucial to the industry, noting that technological advances are helping conventional producers as well, using new concepts to enhance production, potentially horizontal laterals with conventional vertical wells.

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“Currently the EPA is requesting all producers comply with providing information about potential methane emissions. This would have the potential to devastate production across the state,” Aslanides said. “The current (national) administration sees the value in our industry. All our industry really wants is for folks that live in our region to see the value in what we do and make sure the information is out there that allows regulators to understand the value in what we do.

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Ohio Farm Bureau Speaker Calls

Gas & Oil Industry ‘Volatile’

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f you’re not at the table, you’re part of the menu,” Dale Arnold of the Ohio Farm Bureau told dozens of community, business and economic development leaders on Jan. 5.

The event was the most recent Coffee & Commerce informational session hosted by the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce.

As director for energy, utility and local government policy for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Arnold discussed the interplay of energy and agriculture with local government policy.

Given the decades-long cycle of energy commodities, including natural gas and oil, businesses must be always thinking toward the future, Arnold said.

“A 30-year time block is considered immediate,” he said. “Standing on the side and not being involved is not an option.”

In years past, folks scoffed at expert claims that one day hydraulic fracturing and wind and solar generated electricity would occupy a prominent position in discussions of viable energy sources.

Dale Arnold, l, and David Hill discussed the latest trends in the natural gas and oil industry during the latest Coffee and Commerce informational session, sponsored by the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce. Jo Sexton (center) serves as Chamber president.

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“That’s never going to happen,” Arnold electrical service upgrades are under way. said was the critics’ response at the time.

“Well, it’s here.”

Several pipelines — according to Arnold the safest and most cost effective means He likened market trends for crude oil, to transmit oil and natural gas — are natural gas and the generation of electricity planned in the Buckeye State. when charted, to the appearance of a “roller coaster.”

An ethane cracker plant is pending in Belmont County.

“I’ve got one word: volatility,” Arnold said.

Geologist David Hill also addressed For businesses to survive they must attendees, updating them on the latest possess the means to adapt to a changing trends in natural gas and oil developments. energy climate. They must adopt a team approach in which several different fuel At the peak in the fall of 2014 about 1,600 courses are used. In other words, they drilling rigs were active in the United must create a diversified energy portfolio. States. OPEC, viewing American oil as a threat, dropped prices, and the number of “There is no ‘silver bullet’ when it comes active drilling operations fell substantially. to energy,” he said. “But there’s a lot of silver buckshot.”

At one time 22 rigs operated in Guernsey County. Currently, only nine are active.

For businesses, cutting energy costs can But that condition is slowly reversing. take the form of software deployment, lighting technology revisions, HVAC “The good news is it’s on the upswing,” upgrades and additional insulation and Hill said. sealing.

However, the cost of a barrel of crude oil When considering the length of time must reach about $75 before there will be required for the realization of energy a “dramatic uptick in drilling.” projects, Arnold suggested a look at the construction of the interstate highway The PTT Global Chemical cracker plant, system. From conception through design if approved, will provide a tremendous and construction, the process spanned economic boost for the area, including decades.

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About 5,000 construction jobs would be created, as “We must start to talk about those [energy well as 500 permanent jobs. projects] now,” he said.

A decision regarding the Belmont County Among those pending energy projects are plant is expected within the next few solar farms planned in a dozen counties, weeks. two within a 30-minute drive from Cambridge.

“The future’s bright for eastern Ohio,” Hill said.

A power plant is in the works south of Meadowbrook High School. Horizontal The Southgate Hotel hosted the event. drilling techniques are being applied to Denny’s provided breakfast for attendees tapping oil reserves other than those in free of charge. shale deposits. Statewide $4.5 billion in GasandOilMag.com

Ohio’s Oil & Gas Industry to

Award Student Scholarships Qualifying Students Will Represent More Than 75 Different Energy Related Career Paths

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tudents interested in pursuing careers and training in the crude oil and natural gas industry have until March 1 to submit their scholarship applications to the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP). Qualifying students will receive $1,000 renewable scholarships to attend an accredited Ohio college, university, technical or trade school of their choice. To date, more than 300 scholarships have been awarded to Ohio students.

“Ohio’s oil and gas industry recognizes the vital importance of students to the future of our state and our industry,” said OOGEEP Executive Director Rhonda Reda. “OOGEEP’s scholarship winners will be part of the next generation to develop Ohio’s energy resources and we’re proud to do all that we can to support education across Ohio.”

college, university, technical or trade school. Students must also have and maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

In 2016, OOGEEP funded 50 new and renewal scholarships to students attending 18 different Ohio institutions representing 39 different majors. OOGEEP’s scholarships are funded through their 501(c)(3) foundation. Producers and affiliated companies interested in supporting the industry’s scholarship efforts are encouraged to contact OOGEEP to learn how to make a tax-deductible donation.

In addition to the scholarship program, OOGEEP works with over 70 Ohio colleges, universities, and career and technical schools that offer training for the 75 different careers serving the crude oil and natural gas industry.

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“In a world where energy needs are growing exponentially, the oil and gas industry needs young, bright minds more than ever,” said Ohio State University student and repeat scholarship winner James Roche.

“Exciting things are happening in the oil and gas field, and I am very much looking forward to being a part of it,” added Zane State College student Jordan Watson.

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OOGA Celebrates the Holidays

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Bids Farewell to President David Hill and Welcomes Incoming President Jim Aslanides

he Ohio Oil & Gas Association marked a transition in leadership recently with David Hill of Cambridge stepping down as president and James Aslanides of Coshocton assuming that mantle of leadership.

prices; he started his term as the industry began to peak and saw prices collapse at the end of 2015 but he is leaving at a time when prices have begun to pick up. In addition, he was here to see the Association through a major transition when Tom Stewart retired as the OOGA’s executive vice president after 21 years in late 2014, and Shawn Bennett, also of Cambridge, took over the position to manage and lead the organization. These events only begin to skim the surface.

The Association hosted its annual holiday membership reception at the Cherry Valley Lodge in Newark late in December with 250 members coming out to celebrate the holiday season with colleagues, friends and Association staff. The onslaught of legislative and regulatory changes presented from both the state Prior to the reception, the Association and federal government throughout this held an annual meeting for the OOGA time has been unprecedented. Hill has Executive Committee and Board of been instrumental in helping to identify Directors to elect a new president, possible threats to the industry and guide necessary due to term limitations. the OOGA to deal with them accordingly.

The Association has been under the leadership of David R. Hill from January “I would be remiss if I didn’t give a 2014 to December 2016. This is an unusual proper farewell to our President David term for the Association’s president R. Hill,” said Bennett, OOGA’s executive to hold, but when the OOGA needed vice president. “Anyone can hold the someone to step-up and fulfill an extra helm when the sea is calm. David year of an unexpired presidential term, however took the helm during some of Hill stepped right in. the roughest seas our industry has faced in many years. Without his guidance and To say Hill faced a difficult term would leadership, our Association would not be an understatement. Over the past have been in the position it is today. We 36 months he guided the Association thank you for your time, your effort, those through wildly fluctuating oil and gas years we have unintentionally taken off of your life by being the President of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association.”

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a better pick to follow David,” said Bennett. “He is a true leader and as a former legislator, he will be invaluable as we continue to drive oil and gas policy at the Ohio Statehouse.”

Aslanides has a multi-faceted background that will greatly benefit the Association.

Jim has served in various capacities during his career, as Chair and a member of OOGA Committees, as a member of the Ohio House of Representative, and now, as the Association’s President.

Aslanides currently serves as president of Media Fuel Company (dba MFC Drilling, Inc.). The company, founded in 1981, is actively involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Ohio.

The company has also made new field discoveries in the State of Ohio.

Aslanides has been a member of the Ohio Oil & Gas Association since 1981. He has served on the OOGA Board of Trustees twice, with the first run beginning in 1996. He served for six years, ending his first Board of Trustees run in 2001.

Jim rejoined the OOGA Board in 2009, where he has served ever since. During this time, he has served as the Chair of the OOGA Meetings Committee and the Governmental Affairs Committee.

When Aslanides was away, he was serving the constituents of the 94th and 95th House Districts. On June 30, 1999, he was elected to replace Rep. Joy Padgett, Hill will continue to who had resigned. Aslanides served an stay involved with the additional four terms in this position.

OOGA and among the past presidents As Aslanides prepares to take over council. leadership of the Association, he said he is reminded of a saying that he is “Having worked fond of: “As a family of producers, there with Jim (Aslanides) is no one of us that is as good as all of over the years, there us.” Aslanides said he will use this as a couldn’t have been mantra for his upcoming presidency.

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Drill for Natural Gas Phil Keren • Dix Communications ill the village of Silver Lake allow drilling for a natural gas well on property south of Village Hall?

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ask the village to enter into a three-year lease with his company and would plan to drill the well in the summer. He estimated the drilling itself would take six days and the whole process “would be about a month.”

That is a question village leaders are pondering after hearing from David Beck, Vice President of Beck Energy Corporation, at a village council meeting in late December.

Beck said his company operates about 300 wells in 10 Ohio counties. He noted his company has “many” gas wells in Portage County that are 20 to 25 years old, and are still producing.

“I think it’s worth pursuing and I think we should take this up, probably sooner [rather] than later,” said Council President At Large Jerry Jones after hearing Beck’s presentation. “If it produces what he thinks it might, it’s certainly income that we can use.”

Beck encouraged village officials to consider this opportunity.

“I just think you have a good opportunity,” Beck told Village Council and the administration Dec. 19. “I think you have a sweet spot where [there] could be a lot [of natural gas] there.”

“This part of Summit County has a long history of oil and natural gas production. I search for places where I have a strong feeling of success [for drilling a well].”

Beck later told the Cuyahoga Falls NewsPress that the precise location of the wellhead and other necessary equipment would be “approved and agreed upon between Beck Energy and the village. It appears that they have enough acreage and the adequate spacing to be the sole landowner involved.”

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources requires that drilling down less than 4,000 feet be done on at least 20 acres and that the well be at least 200 feet from an occupied building, said Beck. He noted the ODNR also stipulates that any landowner whose property is within 300 feet of the well must approve of the drilling of the well. Beck said he is confident that the well can be drilled on the parcel in question and meet the ODNR rules to where the village itself would be the only property owner that would need to agree to the drilling.

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If the village decides it is interested in Beck told the council he would like to having a well drilled, Beck said he would drill a vertical natural gas well on a parcel owned by the village which is south of Village Hall in an area where village officials keep MADE IN equipment.

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drilling process requires using a lot of equipment, Beck said the end product is a tank battery and a wellhead.

would offer an “allotment” of free natural gas that can be used by Village Hall.

Additionally, as owner of the property, the village would receive a monthly royalty equating to 12.5 percent of the gross profits generated by the sale of any natural gas or crude oil produced by the well, according to Beck. He added that, under the terms of the lease, the village would have to pay a state severance tax.

Beck noted he would be willing to pay the village a $15,000 royalty prior to drilling the well. If the well fails to generate natural gas, the village would still have $15,000. If the well is successful, Beck said he hopes it would generate $2,000 to $3,000 per month for the village.

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He later told the Falls News-Press that the estimates “are hard to predict before the well is completed.” He added that the income projection is based on the current price of natural gas and crude oil, as well as the success of the well.

Beck said he would have to see the village’s gas bill to see whether the well he would like to drill could also provide service to the village’s other buildings.

The property’s location away from the lake and the neighborhoods attracted Beck to the site.

“I don’t want to go under your lake,” said Beck. “I don’t want to go under your beautiful neighborhood. I don’t want anybody to see it.”

Another attractive feature of the site?

Beck noted he would not have to remove any trees before performing the drilling.

He said whenever he wants to build a well, there are two primary issues people are concerned about: will the water supply be protected and what is the risk that the well will blow up?

Beck explained there are 52 different requirements he must meet in order to acquire a permit to drill a well and added a “good share” of those deal with the casing and the surface of the well.

The Cuyahoga Falls water table is about 120 feet deep, while the natural gas is believed to be about 4,000 feet below the surface, said Beck.

“From the beginning of that drilling process, we’ll spend close to $100,000 just to get through that water field to protect it,” said Beck, who noted the state has requirements for drilling and state officials will monitor the drilling process. The city of Cuyahoga Falls would also be kept in the loop. “ As part of that process we run an 11-inch casing

through the water table, cement around it, run another casing 400 feet deep and cement around that. Before we even drill, before we even get close to the oil and gas, we have two strings of pipe surrounded by two cement casings.”

Plugging the wells are his company’s responsibility, according to Beck.

“Beck Energy has a bond,” said Beck. “I have to be responsible to plug all or any of my wells at any time the state holds me financially responsible.”

Beck offered to show council members other projects his company did at Twin Falls United Methodist Church in Munroe Falls.

He emphasized that if the village was not interested in drilling a well, then he would move on to other opportunities.

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David J. Wigham • Attorney n September 15, 2016, the Supreme In the wake of Corban, some severed mineral interest Court of Ohio issued its long owners are finding that, before they can lease their awaited decision in Corban v. minerals and receive bonus and royalty payments, they Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, must take certain legal actions, including: (1) filing estate 2016-Ohio-5796, holding that the 1989 proceedings or other documents showing that they are the version of the Ohio Dormant Minerals Act (“1989 true heirs who inherited the severed mineral interest, (2) DMA”) could only be relied upon by surface owners in clearing off faulty abandonment claims filed by surface cases brought before June 30, 2006. In Corban, the Court owners under the 2006 DMA and otherwise establishing also held that the 1989 DMA was nothing more than an ownership to the minerals via litigation, and (3) contesting evidentiary mechanism that assisted in proving a claim surface owner claims, such as Marketable Title Act claims for abandonment of minerals and did not automatically or claims that the 2006 DMA, as interpreted in Corban, abandon and vest ownership of severed mineral rights in violates the U.S. Constitution. the As a result, since the 2006 The Vendor 30  surface June 1, 2011owners at that time.

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Finally, while Corban, and the string of cases decided in its wake, were expected to eliminate legal proceedings under the 1989 DMA, many severed mineral interest holders are finding that some surface owners are not giving up easily. One of the cases on the 1989 DMA decided by the Ohio Supreme Court in the wake of Corban was Walker v.

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Similarly, many Ohio severed mineral interest holders whose cases remained pending at the trial level have found that surface owners are now seeking to amend their complaints to include similar claims. Importantly, as a result of these claims, some producers still refuse to make payments to severed mineral interest owners even when those owners have already obtained quiet title judgments against the surface owners unless those producers were joined in the underlying court cases. Situations like these highlight the importance of following proper procedures and joining all parties claiming an interest in the mineral estate in the course of litigation.

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Court Rules Sunoco Can Use

Eminent Domain for Pipeline

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Monica E. Russell Russell • Attorney n September 29, 2016, an Ohio appeals court found that propane and butane are considered “petroleum” and the construction and maintenance of a pipeline across private property to transport propane and butane is necessary and for a public use.

The case of Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. v. Teter, 2016-Ohio-7073, arose from a petition for appropriation and complaint for condemnation filed by Sunoco to obtain two permanent easements for a pipeline across a 162 acre farm in Jewett, Ohio. The farm is owned by Carol A. Teter, Trustee of the Carol A. Teter Revocable Living Trust.

The pipeline is part of the “Mariner East 2 Pipeline” project which will transport propane and butane from facilities in Scio, Ohio about 350 miles to Sunoco’s Marcus Hook Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Harrison County Court of Common Pleas granted Sunoco’s request for appropriation and Teter appealed to Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals.

Ohio Revised Code § 1723.01 allows a private company, which is organized for the purpose of transporting petroleum, to appropriate land in order to lay pipelines.

Ohio Revised Code 163.021(A) requires that the government (or a corporation authorized by the government) seeking to appropriate property through eminent domain must prove that it is “necessary and for a public use.”

The Seventh District first considered whether or not propane and butane are “petroleum.” Ohio Revised Code § 1723.01 does not include a definition of petroleum.

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standard pressure. Pure propane and pure butane are not petroleum because they are not a mixture and they are gasses at standard pressure. Teter also argued that the Ohio legislature did not intend for the term petroleum to include products such as propane and butane back when the statute was enacted.

automobiles start in the cold winter months. The products would also be used at “cracker” plants. Cracker plants process products like propane and butane to create petrochemicals that are used to make common household products, including plastics. Sunoco claimed that these products would come back to Ohio consumers. Sunoco also argued that without the pipeline, the Utica and Marcellus shale development and production would stagnate. For these reasons, Sunoco contended that the pipeline is necessary and for a public use.

Sunoco argued that other parts of the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code contain definitions of petroleum that include propane and butane and those definitions should be used in this case. Sunoco’s principal engineer testified in the trial court that in The Seventh District agreed with Sunoco the oil and gas industry, any component of and found that “propane and butane petroleum is considered petroleum. are also used in the production of many products our society uses every day. Thus, The Seventh District agreed with Sunoco the transportation of propane and butane and found that although petroleum is provides more than economic benefit to not defined in R.C. 1723.01, other Ohio Ohio, it provides some of the necessities Revised and Administrative Code sections of life.” The Seventh District affirmed the indicate pure propane and pure butane Harrison County Court of Common Pleas are considered petroleum. Furthermore, decision granting Sunoco’s request for we conclude the word ‘petroleum’ has appropriation. taken on a technical or industry definition, which includes pure propane and pure Teter filed an appeal of the Seventh butane.”

District’s decision with the Ohio Supreme Court on October 11, 2016. She requested The Seventh District also considered that the court issue an order staying whether or not Sunoco’s proposed pipeline the execution of the Seventh District’s was necessary and for a public use. Teter judgment while the appeal is pending. argued that the propane and butane Sunoco opposed this request and asked transported through the pipeline would be that Teter be required to post a bond to processed into plastics by Sunoco for use cover Sunoco’s losses, which it estimated in commercial manufacturing or shipped to be $9.5 million in losses and damages overseas for similar processing. The per week. The court granted the stay pipeline does not have any “off ramps” in without requiring a bond be posted and Ohio which, according to Teter, means that the appeal remains pending. all of the products would be shipped and consumed outside of Ohio. As a result, Mrs. Russell is of counsel to Critchfield, she maintained that the pipeline was not Critchfield and Johnston, Ltd., a law firm with necessary and was not for a public use. extensive experience in all aspects of the oil and gas industry which has been representing Sunoco argued that the propane and landowners, producers, drillers, service butane would be used to heat homes providers, and others in the industry for over and as an additive to gasoline to help 75 years.

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n just three months, barge traffic on the Ohio River at Hannibal has tripled since a new company was contracted to manage harbor operations at Center Port Terminal, according to terminal owner Eric J. Spirtas.

“Many customers understand the logistical advantage of having both barge and rail at their fingertips, provided through one company,” Jim Lind said. Lind is chief executive officer of McKees Rocks Harbor Services.

McKees Rocks Harbor Services now manages the harbor and Spirtas could not be more pleased.

“When demand is high, the option of a second supply chain mode becomes critical,” he said.

“I think we made a great decision to engage McKees Rocks Harbor Services,” he said.

Among tenants at Center Port Terminal are Fairmont Sandtrol, Wildcat Minerals, Mid South Carbon Corp., G-Metro Inc., EQT, Alpha Hunter Drilling and Blue Racer Midstream in association with Caiman Energy and Evolution Energy Solutions.

In addition to McKees’ expertise, several factors have contributed to the Hannibal facility’s success: Location and infrastructure.

With much of the tri-state region of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia atop the bedrock of the gas and oil infused Marcellus and Utica shale formations, the Hannibal site sits at the epicenter of the natural gas play. But more than location, the site has infrastructure to complement that advantage.

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The nexus of rail and river infrastructure provides an efficient multimodal advantage for companies seeking cost-effective product distribution. Spirtas said officials of McKees Rocks Harbor Services have a deep knowledge of the region and understand the need for water-based transloading services.

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Praise Kasich Veto of HB 554

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ouse Bill 554 was introduced into the Ohio House of Representatives by Rep. Ron Amstutz, a Wooster Republican, and is a companion to Senate Bill 320, which was introduced by Cincinnati Republican Sen. Bill Seitz.

company to use waste heat to create electricity and then that company could sell that electricity as a “renewable” energy.

•Al Rosenfield, energy lobbyist for the League of Women Voters of Ohio: “While states such as Michigan and Illinois go forward with renewable energy, the Ohio Legislature seems One of the goals of House Bill 554 was to end state mandates and determined to anchor us in the last century. We are pleased let markets determine whether energy efficiency technologies that HB 554 has been vetoed by Gov. Kasich.” are adopted and whether more wind, solar and hydro projects would be built.

• Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston: “The governor’s veto will help protect Ohioans’ electric bills. I look forward House Bill 554 would have required renewable energy to to working with legislators in the future toward maximizing account for a straight 2.5 percent of the total kilowatt-hours of consumer benefits from energy efficiency, while limiting the power annually sold through 2027. The bill also would have costs and profits that utilities’ charge consumers for energy broadened the definition of what is technically considered efficiency programs. Our goal is to reduce what Ohioans pay “renewable”. for electricity.”

For example, if it had not been vetoed, it could have been • Christian Coalition of Ohio State Director Tyler Duvelius: considered “renewable” energy to allow a large industrial “We are grateful for Gov. Kasich’s leadership on the issue of

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We want Ohio to lead the nation in energy production to provide jobs for our families, savings for our churches, and safety for our children through American energy independence.”

•Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold: “Conservative politics and profitable clean energy go hand-in-hand. Gov. Kasich gets it and Ohioans owe him a big thanks.”

And Marnie Urso, Audubon’s senior program manager in Ohio: “Energy efficiency and renewable energy are vital components to protecting Ohio’s birds, wildlife and people from the threats of pollution and climate change. Ohio has been a leader on renewable energy and Gov. Kasich has ensured that Ohio will keep moving forward.”

• Collin O’Mara, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Wildlife Federation: “By vetoing House Bill 554, the governor shows his commitment to creating jobs, growing the economy, and reducing harmful carbon emissions. We know that we must reduce carbon emissions or prepare Ohio for the worst impacts of climate change which include more harmful

algal blooms, more invasive species and damage to tourism, agriculture and public health. The Ohio General Assembly should follow the governor’s lead and ignore calls for further uncertainty which will only hurt Ohio’s competitive advantage in attracting billions of dollars in clean energy investment into our communities, businesses and workforce.”

• Samantha Williams, staff attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council: “Gov. Kasich’s veto sends the signal that Ohio is back in the clean energy game, and ready to deliver good jobs and a healthy environment to businesses and families. While the lawmakers who fast-tracked this legislation seem determined to freeze Ohio in the past, the administration wisely sees that embracing the clean energy shift that is already underway can only help the state move forward. Jobs and investment are coming to the region — the governor is right to steer them to Ohio.”

• Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund Executive Director Heather Taylor-Miesle: “I applaud Gov. Kasich for showing true leadership and vetoing this bill. HB 554 is a sloppy piece of legislation that could increase electric bills and clog our air with pollution while hampering innovation and job growth. We urge legislators to follow Gov. Kasich’s lead and allow Ohio’s clean energy potential to be unleashed.”

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he Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) is preparing for an online oil and gas lease sale on March 23, 2017. The online auction will begin at 8 a.m. on the EnergyNet site (www.

EnergyNet.com). Each parcel will have its own unique open bidding period. The bidding process itself is expected to last a total of three hours.

The BLM list of parcels for this sale includes 21 parcels (approximately 1,186 acres) located in the Marietta Unit of the Wayne National Forest, Ohio. The Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale, March 23, 2017 is accessible at the BLM-ES website: https://www.blm.gov/ programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/ regional-lease-sales/eastern-states.

The posting of the competitive lease sale initiates a 30day protest period of the proposed lease parcels. Protests must be delivered in hard copy via postal service or fax; protests may not be e-mailed or hand-delivered.

The BLM received consent from the U.S. Forest Service to offer these parcels, a decision which is in accordance with the Wayne National Forest 2006 revised Land and Resource Management Plan, and the forest’s 2012 Supplemental Information Report.

Additionally, resource specialists in the BLM Northeastern States District completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Oil and Gas Leasing, Wayne National Forest, Marietta Unit of the Athens Ranger District. During that process, public meetings were held in Marietta, Athens and Ironton, Ohio; and approximately 14,000 submissions were received during the 30-day comment period. The BLM extensively revised and updated the draft EA after careful consideration of public input, and the final EA was released October 13, 2016.

The March 23, 2017 lease sale will not authorize the successful bidders to develop their leases; rather, they are purchasing a lease which allows them to develop the parcel within ten years of the sale date. Because the sale action does not authorize drilling, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was released concurrently with the final EA. More information about the parcels, including maps and the EA can be found on BLM’s e-Planning website: http://go.usa.gov/xKHr4. Although

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the lease holder will need further authorization before developing or drilling a well, the leases do contain stipulations that are tailored to the specific situation of each parcel. Those stipulations are intended to mitigate risks to the environment due to ground disturbance, including for example risks due to: the possibility of soil erosion during construction activities; disruption to habitat for sensitive, threatened and endangered species; the detriment of authorized recreational use; or the impairment of archeological research.

Before any ground-disturbing activity may begin on the parcels to be leased in March, operators must first submit an Application for Permit to Drill (APD) to the BLM-ES. At that time, the BLM will initiate a sitespecific environmental analysis in partnership with the Wayne National Forest to determine the feasibility of the proposed drilling plan. Concurrently, the State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources will evaluate the APD to determine whether proposed operations will pose any risks to groundwater.

while providing a fair return for the American taxpayer.

Working together, the BLM and Forest Service ensure safe and environmentally responsible energy production on public lands that will provide the nation’s energy needs into the future.

BLM The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.

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Update On Increased Acreage for

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he Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced in Jaunary that it will lease another 1,186 acres in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF) in an upcoming auction set for March 23. In doing so, the BLM has increased the acreage up for sale by 65 percent over the last offering.

All of the acres for lease are in Monroe County, which is home to the most prolific dry natural gas in the state.

As EID recently reported, this news is very important, as it allows more mineral development in Monroe County.

This is the second lease sale of federal minerals in the forest, as the last sale included 719 acres, generating approximately $1.7 million in revenue off the lease sale for taxpayers. This new sale could yield an additional $2 million or more in revenue, and more importantly, the local government will see a portion of this sale, as well

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as a portion of the royalty payments, which is good news for the people who live and work in Monroe County.

Looking close at the auction sale announcement, you’ll notice that not all acres include 100 percent of federal mineral ownership, and in almost every case the acreage includes stipulations for its use. Some of the acres for sale only include “50%” ownership. For example, take a look at one area up for lease sale in the excerpt below. As you can clearly see, the United States government owns only a fraction of the mineral interest associated with this acreage; the section of land is also subject to various stipulations as well.

This excerpt from the upcoming lease sale notification highlights two key points. First, the debate over leasing in the Wayne National Forest is unique, as the federal government only holds mineral interest of a fraction of the

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minerals under the surface. Therefore, leasing is vital for private royalty owners to have their minerals developed.

Second, the debate over leasing in the Wayne includes significant environmental considerations, including but not limited to stipulations for each tract, as you can clearly see above. In addition, an operator must apply for an application to drill should the operator intend to develop the surface of the forest. The application to drill includes additional environmental provisions, as well as another opportunity for public comment. Moreover, the BLM has found time and time again that leasing will have “no significant” environmental impact to the forest.

Specifically, BLM District Manager Dean Gettinger has said, “Based upon a review of the EA (Environmental Assessment) and supporting documents, I have determined that the Proposed Action is not a major Federal action, and will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment, individually or cumulatively, with other actions in the general area.”

Still seething after their “Don’t Frack the Wayne” misinformation campaign was defeated last year, antifracking activists continue to vow to fight against

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While the fringe environmental extremists try to capitalize on a group of 10 students at Ohio University, we can assure you that the students, teachers and administration at Switzerland School in Monroe County feel differently about leasing minerals in the Wayne National Forest. Thanks to these sales, the students of the local school district in Monroe County will finally see some financial support. This most recent example (above) underscores how deeply out of touch fringe activists really are as compared to the 84 percent of Buckeye State residents — a mix of Democrats and Republicans — who said in a recent poll that they would like to see U.S. energy development increase. Thanks to this upcoming lease sale, energy development in Ohio will increase.

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