2020 IOGA News September Issue

The Voice of the

Independent Since 1959

NEWS

September 2020

O&G Festival Names 2020 Man of the Year Jan Chapman, Key Oil, has been named the 2020 Oil and Gas Man of the Year by the West Virginia Oil & Gas Festival board.

Barbara Vincent, representing the West Virginia Oil & Gas Fair Board, “We are excited to name Mr. Chapman as the 2020 Oil and Gas Man of the Year. Due to COVID-19, it is unfortunate we cannot conduct our usual honoree luncheon. However, if at all possible, the Festival Board hopes to conduct an awards ceremony and luncheon in Spring 2021 in Sistersville.”

“IOGA applauds the Festival’s decision,” said Executive Director Charlie Burd. “I can think of no

one more deserving than Jan to receive this prestigious award.”

Chapman will be honored on February 18 during the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia’s Winter Meeting.

Born and raised around West Union in Doddridge County, Jan Chapman was raised by his father who had several wells, so he grew up in the industry. Armed with his BS degree in psychology from Fairmont State University, Chapman took the “obvious” career choice and went to work for Carl E. Smith Pipeline Construction in 1977.

He worked six months for Smith and another several months for

Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation.

“Joe McLaughlin offered me a job as a well tender, landman, etc. in December of 1978 and I accepted,” Chapman said.

“I was the first full-time employee hired by Key Oil Company.”

In 1992, he had the opportunity to buy Key Oil Company. Since then, Chapman has been able to acquire the drilling acreage, raise the capital and, with the help of many good Man of theYear Continued on page 16

Make Plans Now for Sports Outing 2020 IOGA Vice President and Program Chair Maribeth Anderson encourages everyone to register now to join the fun at the 2020 IOGA Sports (Weekend) Outing on Friday, September 18, at Bridgeport Country Club.

Activities begin at 8:00 a.m. with registration and breakfast, sponsored

by SLS Land and Energy Development. The four-person scramble golf tournament features a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. at the Bridgeport Country Club course.

For those who would prefer shooting sporting clays, arrangements have been made at A Mountain Clays, 1900 Meadowbrook Road, Bridgeport, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Your $55 per person fee in-

cludes 100 rounds of sporting clays, sodas, water and snacks. Should you have any questions, please call Lori Miller Smith directly at (304) 344-9867.

Lunch will be served following golf and sporting clays at the Bridgeport Country Club. There will be skill prizes for the golfers and shooters and door prizes galore for all to win! Please know this IOGA event will be following all applicable COVID-19 rules, including social distancing and the wearing of masks, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and executive orders from Governor Jim Justice.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, West Virginia University finds itself

without an opponent on September 19 because the Big 10 Conference is not allowing non-conference games. At this time, there will Maribeth Anderson be no football Vice President and game or tailgate Program Chair party this year.

IOGA’s Sports (Weekend) Outing attracts many decision makers in our industry, in a setting that allows the participants to mix, mingle and network, while social distancing and following CDC guidelines. As a leader in our industry, you recognize the Sports Outing Continued on page 9

INSIDE

Ben Sullivan / 2 Mark Clark / 3 Charlie Burd / 4 Greg Kozera / 5 Industry Events / 6 Member News / 7 Thomas Downs / 8 Kathy Hill / 9 David Haney / 10 Hugh Byers / 11 Alex Epstein / 12 Dave Dorward / 13 Bob Radabaugh / 14 IPAA News / 15 Sports Outing Sponsor Form / 20 Sports Outing Registration Form / 21

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Ben Sullivan IOGA President

We’re Working to Help Our Industry Grow and Adapt It is my sincere pleasure to write this column as the recently inaugurated president of IOGA West Virginia, and please allow me to begin by thanking the Board of Directors for entrusting me with the tremendous opportunity and honor of leading IOGA for the upcoming year. It is with great anticipation and reverence to those who have preceded me that I accept this responsibility to serve and to advance issues most important to our members and which will hopefully result in a healthier and more prosperous industry. IOGA is the premier producer-driven oil and natural gas trade association representing operators and the diverse array of businesses that serve them.

I first joined our industry more than 15 years ago as a young man and newly minted attorney and have had the opportunity over the years to meet and work with many of you. Growing up in the Charleston area, many of my friends’ parents and leaders of the community were in the oil and gas business. I spent many a day hiking and bike riding around wells and pipelines. In college, I had the opportunity to intern for Columbia Natural Resources as a summer roustabout – it was a thrilling experience to spend my days working outside in nature.

These days, I am the Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation, and still live in the Charleston area, sharing the task of running a farm and home with my wife Stephanie and our two children Hannah and Liam.

Working in our beloved indus-

try has allowed me to make many friends all over the world, and my career and life have been immeasurably improved by those friendships.

There are too many to mention and include long-time stalwarts of the industry such as Don Supcoe, Charlie Burd, Ben Hardesty, Jim McKinney, Steve Perdue and Mike McCown. These “old lions” are still very much active and have been joined by a new generation of leaders in the State’s industry – men such as Rusty Hutson of Diversified Gas & Oil, Toby Rice of EQT, Jeff Isner of Pillar Energy, Scott Freshwater of Reserve and Kyle Mork of Greylock – all friends and leaders working hard to grow West Virginia, our communities, and our industry forward in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner.

These are strange and turbulent times. Commodity prices have slightly improved from their recent historic lows, but negative basis continues to raise its ugly head.

Two large pipeline projects counted on by many to help improve the State’s pricing situation have been pushed back years – or shelved for an indeterminate amount of time – Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline. And we enter the fall not knowing whether our State’s children will be able to return to school, offering them a welcome and needed respite from the last six months of a largely solitary existence. But our State and our citizens are famous for their resiliency and we are as well situated as anyone in the United States for a rebound. Our ancestors carved a

living out of rugged mountains and forests. And like our predecessors, we and our industry will grow and adapt.

Working with Diversified Gas & Oil, a business that operates thousands of wells across a seven-state region, affords me a unique

Grow & Adapt Continued on page 19

2020-2021 OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS Ben Sullivan President Maribeth Anderson Vice President/Program Chair Jim Pritt Secretary-Treasurer/Commerce Committee Chair J. Kevin Ellis Immediate Past President Doug Douglass Director/Vice Chair Producer Issues Comm. and Finance & Taxation Comm.

Jon Farmer Director/Producers Issues Committee Chair Michael Forbes Director/Membership Committee Chair David Haney Director/Safety Committee Chair Jon Hildreth Director/Membership Committee Vice Chair Jeff Isner Director/ Comm. & Educ. Comm. Chair Bob Radabaugh Director/Environmental Committee Chair Eric Vir Director/Commerce Committee Vice Chair Chris Weikle Director/ Govt. Affairs Comm. Chair Marc Monteleone Finance & Taxation Committee Chair

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Mark D. Clark Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Final NSPS OOOO and OOOOa Rules Released

In the October 2019 IOGA News, we reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed rulemaking revisions to the regulation of methane and volatile organic compounds ("VOCs"). The rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, with a November 25, 2019 comment deadline. That rulemaking proposed reconsideration amendments to the new source performance standards (NSPS). The amendments proposed to remove sources in the transmission and storage segment from the source category, rescind the NSPS (including both the volatile organic compounds (VOC) and methane requirements) applicable to those sources, and rescind the methane-specific requirements (the “methane requirements�) of the NSPS applicable to sources in the production and processing segments. The EPA also proposed, in the alternative, to rescind the methane requirements of the NSPS

applicable to all oil and natural gas sources, without removing any sources from the source category.

In long awaited decisions, on August 13, 2020, the EPA issued final policy amendments to the 2012 and 2016 NSPS for the oil and gas industry along with final technical amendments to the 2016 NSPS. The amendments rollback and reduce some of the previously implemented rules that imposed regulatory burdens that fell heavily on small and medium-size energy businesses. Three different segments of the oil and gas industry have been regulated under the NSPS since 2016: 1) the production segment; 2) the processing segment; and 3) the transmission and storage segment. The two rules make changes to the NSPS for each of those three segments by revising the VOC NSPS for certain facilities in the production and processing segments, rescinding the methane NSPS for those segments, and rescinding all NSPS for the trans-

mission and storage segment.

The transmission and storage segment of the oil and gas industry is exempted from these regulations by rescinding the emissions standards for that segment. The EPA explained that the Clean Air Act requires a formal finding that a pollutant contributes significantly to air pollution, but that the Obama administration did not make such a finding. Therefore, the addition of the transmission and storage segment to the oil and gas category and the additional methane control requirements in the 2016 rule were inconsistent with the law.

The previous rules established NSPS for VOC emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, and the 2016 rule also established NSPS for greenhouse gases (GHGs), in the form of limitations on methane.

These amendments are intended to continue existing protections from emission sources within the regulated source category, while removing regulatory duplication. Thus, pollution controls used to reduce VOC emissions also reduce methane emissions making clear that separate regulation of methane imposed by the 2016 rule was improper and redundant.

The technical amendments to the 2016 NSPS revise overly burdensome federal overreach. As the EPA explains, the amendments make commonsense changes that will directly benefit smaller oil and gas operators who rely on straightforward regulatory policy to operate. The change that is likely to help more IOGA members is the exNSPS Rules Continued on page 17

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Charlie Burd Executive Director, IOGA

From the Burd’s Nest: Lots Going On In the Virtual World This time last year, who would have ever imagined that we would not just be automatically jumping into a vehicle or onto an airplane and heading off to a meeting somewhere in the four corners of the world? NO ONE! It was how we all did business, face-to-face, eye-to-eye over pastries and coffee, lunch or dinner. Leave one meeting and head off to another. I did this for the first 47 years of my career.

Well, that was then, and this is now. The COVID-19 virus is a deadly killer and one not to be taken lightly. Thousands of teams of scientists from across the globe are working around the clock to find a cure that, in my opinion, can eventually get us only closer to the old normal, but never totally back.

If there is to be one small ray of sunshine in this terrible pandemic, might it be in the realization that we have found a way to conduct business from a home office space or our dining room table? COVID-19 nearly instantaneously forced businesses of all sizes and everywhere to switch to a work-from-home format. Admittedly, I went into this new reality kicking and screaming. Changing my old habits did not come naturally and many who read this article may agree. I liked going to work, so this new reality of staring into a computer screen full of faces has taken some time to get used too--but we must.

IOGA got in step with the virtual world nearly overnight using ZOOM and other virtual platforms. It has, in my opinion, been quite successful.

We have conducted virtual meetings for our membership including ones with the WV Attorney Gen-

eral, the WV Secretary of State, the WVDEP’s Office of Oil and Gas and one that laid out the ground work and process for the CARES package of business loans. We developed a new look on our webpage and now are constantly focused on the changing workplace and world.

Everyone is going virtual. Nearly all in-person meetings across the state and nation have been cancelled or converted to virtual format. For IOGA, this includes the monthly Commerce Committee meetings and most recently, the Annual Membership Meeting. This meeting would have normally been conducted as part of the Summer Meeting which was cancelled in an overabundance of caution and safety for all concerned.

The IOGA Virtual Annual Membership meeting that took place August 19 featured reports on an array of important topics including the Columbia Gas Rate Case, the Equitrans gathering abandonment, the Dominion Pod Sale, IOGA’s work with the IPAA on the PHSMA Farm Tap matter, proposed changes to SERC Tier II filing fees, the ongoing effort to fix the current property tax assessment on oil and natural gas wells and the latest facts and figures on the siting and construction of natural gas-fired power plants. It was conducted with great efficiency and no one had to leave home to attend!

The Mid-Year meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission was all held in virtual format that included all standing and operational committees through a series of meetings in June and early July and culminating with the Business Meeting on July 21 that, as First

Vice Chairman, I had the privilege to chair. This was a first for the IOGCC, but it all came off without a hitch. The collective attendance from all the committee meetings was remarkable and as successful as an in-person event. They have already cancelled their Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas originally planned for early November. It, too, will be virtual.

Going forward, IOGA is still planning to hold its Annual Sports Outing at the Bridgeport Country Club on Friday, September 18. You can register for this fun outdoor event at www.iogawv.com. Activities will include a breakfast hosted by SLS Land and Energy Development, great golf, trap and skeet shooting, lunch, a wonderful gift to all participants provided by Apex Pipeline and lots of skill and door prizes.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID restrictions put in place by the Big 10 Conference, our traditional Saturday WVU football game (originally scheduled versus the University of Maryland) will not be possible.

In closing this article, I do so with the hope that we will see each other soon but, in the meantime, know that your IOGA team is still on the job and representing all things good and important with our wonderful industry. Should you need anything, the staff and I are still on duty. Our ability as a people to quickly adapt to our ever-changing environment is truly amazing.

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The World Changed. Did You or IOGA Get Any Thank You Cards?

My wife and I used the opportunity of slower business and less travel to paint our office. Lynnda is the expert on removing wall paper.

I got to do all of the painting. Paint was everywhere, my hair, my feet, (I was in sandals) and the carpet.

I only tracked a little out of the office. Fortunately, paint cleans up with water. By the time I started the second coat I felt like a pro. We have been going through and throwing out accumulated stuff before putting things back.

I had a chance to review newspapers and magazines that ran my articles and others going back 15-20 years. The world was different then.

We were in the middle of an energy crisis. We were getting most of our oil from OPEC. One of the big concerns was high gasoline prices.

We were paying over $3 per gallon except after Hurricane Katrina when gasoline went over $4 in the Shale Crescent USA Region. The refinery in Ashland, KY where we got a lot

of gasoline was refining OPEC oil coming up from the Gulf Coast, except during the Hurricane. Today that refinery is making gasoline from Marcellus and Utica production.

In newspapers and magazines 10-15 years ago, we were hopeful Shale Drilling in the Marcellus and other reservoirs around the country would get us out of the Energy Crisis. The commonly held belief was, we could not drill our way out of this crisis. A lot of articles were written on renewables like wind and solar. The concern was about climate change and the Paris Agreement. Many people held the belief wind and solar would be essential to get us out of the Energy Crisis.

It is easy to look back now knowing what happened. Hind sight is always 20/20. Most important, understanding what happened and why can help us with future decisions we and our country are facing. In hindsight, we accomplished a lot. What did we do and how?

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• We had no idea how prolific the Utica and Marcellus would become. In 2008, it took 45 days to drill 8,000 feet deep and out 3,000 feet horizontally. Today in 15 days we can drill over 10,000 feet deep and over 3 miles horizontally.

• We had no idea the USA would become the leading natural gas and oil producer in the world.

The Shale Crescent USA Region is responsible for 85% of new natural gas production and now one third of all US natural gas production. OPEC and Russia weren’t happy with us. We were good customers of theirs.

• There was an expectation 15 years ago for wind and solar to play a major role in our energy mix. That hasn’t happened.

They are now approximately 5% of the US energy market and are still very expensive and unreliable without a backup energy source like natural gas. California has chosen to rely more on wind and solar than most states. Their people are currently suffering through brownouts because they shut down a 3000 MW nuclear power plant and some natural gas power plants.

They tried to replace them with wind and solar. Electric rates in California since June 2018 are over 20 cents per KW hour. I Thank You Card Continued on page 10

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Industry Events

Important Upcoming Events September 4 and 18, 2020 WVU Safety & Health Extension Service “Drive Safe” Training Virtual Platform Info: https://extapps.wvu.edu/extforms/index.cfm?formid=258

October 5-7, 2020 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Colorado Convention Center Denver, CO Info: www.spe.org

December 1-3, 2020 Dug East David L. Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA Info: www.hartenergyconferences. com/dug-east

September 15-16, 2020 10th Annual Shale Water Management Congress Marcellus & Utica Returns Marriott City Center Hotel Pittsburgh, PA Info: www.shale-water-marcellus-utica.com

October 12-14, 2020 WV Governor’s Energy Summit Stonewall Resort Roanoke, WV Info: tiffany.j.bailey@wv.gov

December 4-5, 2020 WV Manufacturers Association Winter Convention The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, WV Info: www.wvma.com

September 16-18, 2020 2020 SPE Regional Meeting Nemacolin Woodlands Farmington, PA Info: www.speeasternregional.org/ September 18, 2020 IOGAWV Sports Weekend Bridgeport, WV Info: www.iogawv.com September 22 & 23, 2020 PIOGA Fall Conference and Golf & Clay Shoot Seven Springs Mountain Resort Champion, PA Info: Click here Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2020 Shale Insight Conference Bayfront Convention Center Erie, PA Info: https://shaleinsight.com/ October 8, 2020 Ted Cranmer Memorial Golf Outing and Steak Fry Wanango Country Club Reno, PA Info: Click here

October 14, 2020 PIOGA Annual Meeting Info: www.pioga.org November 5-6, 2020 WVONGA Fall Meeting Morgantown Waterfront Marriott Morgantown, WV Info: www.wvonga.com November 2020 IOGCC 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Conference Info: http://iogcc.ok.gov/events

February 17-18, 2021 IOGAWV Winter Meeting Town Center Marriott Hotel Charleston, WV Info: www.iogawv.com May 15-18, 2021 IOGCC Annual Business Meeting Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City, OK Info: http://iogcc.ok.gov/events August 1-3, 2021 IOGAWV Summer Meeting The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, WV Info: www.iogawv.com

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Member News

EQT and ShalePro Energy Services Making News in Industry and Community EQT Donates $210,000 to Local First Responders

As part of EQT Corporation’s continuing efforts to financially support communities in its core operational footprint, the Company announced $210,000 in donations to local first responders. The donations were made to 21 volunteer fire departments identified as a primary first responder in the Company’s current operations areas.

The following departments in each received a $10,000 donation: West Virginia: • B.A.N.C.S. Volunteer Fire Department, Doddridge County, WV • Hundred Volunteer Fire Department, Wetzel County, WV • Jacksonburg Volunteer Fire Department, Wetzel County, WV • Wileyville Volunteer Fire Department, Wetzel County, WV Ohio: • Cumberland Trail Fire District, Belmont County, OH • Smith Township Volunteer Fire Department, Belmont County, OH Pennsylvania: • Amwell Township Volunteer Fire Department, Washington County, PA

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Center Township Volunteer Fire Company, Greene County, PA • Claysville Fire Company, Washington County, PA • Cokeburg Volunteer Fire Department, Washington County, PA • Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department, Washington County, PA • Fallowfield Township Fire Company, Washington County, PA • Forward Township Volunteer Fire Company, Allegheny County, PA • Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Company, Greene County, PA • Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department, Washington County, PA • Marianna Fire Company, Washington County, PA • New Freeport Volunteer Fire Company, Greene County, PA • Richeyville Fire Company, Washington County, PA • Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Company, Greene County, PA • Waynesburg Franklin Volunteer Fire Company, Greene County, PA • West Finley Township Fire Company, Washington County, PA “The past several months have been tough for many local volunteer departments due to the cancellation or postponement of many fundraisers and community events,” said Mike Lauderbaugh, Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety with EQT Corporation. “While these donations would have happened, regardless of the pandemic, we want to pay special attention to

and recognize all that these men and women do on a daily basis to keep our communities safe.”

“Covering the costs of needed equipment is becoming harder and harder every day. The cost of a new fire truck has almost doubled in the past twenty-five years,” said Jeff Marshall, Chief of the Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company. “We are always looking for partners to assist us in staying up to date with our equipment needs.

EQT has historically been just that, an excellent partner that is there when needed. This donation will go to offset the cost of our new fire truck and the equipment that will be stored on that truck. As always EQT is there for us when needed.”

ShalePro Energy Makes Inc. 500 List for 4th Year

Inc. magazine announced that ShalePro Energy Services is No. 1034 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

Headquartered near Canonsburg, PA, ShalePro was listed, for the second year in a row, as the fastest growing energy company in Pennsylvania, the 41st fastest growing energy company in the nation and the ninth fastest growing company overall in the Pittsburgh area.

“We are so proud to be included on this prestigious list for the fourth time,” said ShalePro CEO Bill Johnson. “We are even more excited that we rank #1 in the Energy sector in the state of Pennsylvania for a second year.”

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Thomas Downs WeatherBELL Analytics

WeatherBELL’s Hurricane Season Update So far, the hurricane season has followed our forecast that we first issued in eary April. The early season saw an impactful burst of relatively weak storms right in the areas that we outlined in red.

Through mid-August, the most notable thing was the record number of storms to form so early in the season, though most of them were very weak.

Kyle was the earliest “K” storm to form (August 14), beating out the previous record-holder, Katrina., by 10 days.

The peak of the season, centered on September, should feature impactful major hurricanes for both the Gulf Coast and East Coast.

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Sports Outing Continued from page 1 importance of supporting IOGA, and the benefits of promoting your company’s image. So not only will you want to attend this great event, but you may want to get even more recognition as a sponsor.

By becoming a Sports (Weekend) Outing sponsor at the bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond event levels, your company will receive special recognition throughout the industry by coverage during the event, in IOGA News, on www.iogawv.

com and on sponsor boards posted in and around the pro shop, the golf course and the trap and skeet location,. Diamond Event Sponsors receive a special recognition banner at your sponsored event, including your color logo.

A block of rooms has been reserved at Courtyard by Marriott Bridgeport/Clarksburg for Thursday and Friday nights at a rate of $95 (plus tax) per room per night. To make reservations by Friday, Sep-

Register for upcoming meetings now at: iogawv.com

tember 4, call (304) 933-8051.

To register for the Sports (Weekend) Outing, please use the forms on pages 20 and 21 and return them to the IOGA office no later than Friday, September 4, or register online by the same date.

GOpac reminds everyone that this is one of two major fundraisers dedicated to support our industry’s state legislative lobbying efforts. To that end, you are encouraged to take the opportunity to contribute to GOpac.

Other than cash, contributions to GOpac must be made by personal check only. GOpac is a separate and distinct entity from IOGA. Registrations are limited to comply with West Virginia executive orders, so sign up now. Please understand that, should conditions necessitate, IOGA reserves the right to cancel this event at any time.

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David Haney Safety Chair

“Drive Safe” Training Announced IOGA wants to let all members know that the WVU Safety and Health Extension Service is presenting free “Drive Safe” teleconferencing training for oil and natural gas personnel, including IOGA members.

The WVUSHE announces this interactive course will be conducted

via Videoconferencing (Zoom). All workers must have their camera/ audio on the entire course and able to access our online learning system site.

If you are interested in your workers being better prepared to recognize and mitigate hazards related to driving, enroll them in one of the

courses now. All courses run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Here are the upcoming dates: • September 4, 2020 • September 18, 2020 REGISTRATION IS FREE and for course description and to register please click here: https://extapps.wvu.edu/extforms/index.cfm?formid=258

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pay 11 cents per KW hour in West Virginia.

We learned we could increase our use of natural gas and reduce GHG emissions. The USA is the ONLY large country on track to meet the Paris Climate Change agreement even though we are not part of it. American natural gas is now cleaning the air in countries like India. New recycling technologies in our Region will create sustainable plastics. Manufacturing close to energy, feedstock and consumers in the Shale Crescent will further lower carbon footprint and GHG emissions.

Fifteen years ago, we were losing manufacturing jobs to Asia.

The USA and Asia were both getting energy and feedstock from OPEC. Asia had cheaper labor. We had no idea in 2008 our Region would begin to see the return of manufacturing. We didn’t expect advanced manufacturing, abundant natural gas and location close to markets to make Shale Crescent USA one

of the most profitable places in the world for manufacturing.

Did you notice the American oil and gas industry solved our energy problem and is helping to bring manufacturing jobs back to the USA? Did you know that IOGA member companies played a major role in our Region producing 85% of all new US natural gas production?

Sustainability focuses on meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

The three pillars of sustainability are economic, environmental and social (people). What it means is meeting our needs today so that our grandchildren and greatgrandchildren will have the resources for a bright economic future and have a cleaner environment than we have. It was what we learned in Boy Scouts.

We always left our campsite better than we found it. This is the concept of conservation. When we fish and hunt it is done in a way that fish and wild life can re-

produce allowing for fishing and hunting in the future.

The main reason the USA is on track to meet the Paris agreement targets is because of expanded use of natural gas. We are also helping countries like India to lower their CO2 emissions.

Bringing manufacturing back to the USA and to our Region from places like China will also help global CO2 emissions. The “antis” don’t like to talk about American natural gas lowering CO2 emissions while most of the rest of the world is continuing to increase emissions.

One of the big discussions today is about energy. What can we do today so in 50 years, future generations have the energy they need and a planet fit to live on?

The USA went from energy crisis to energy abundance in less than 10 years because of new technology and American ingenuity.

Studies show we have several hundred years of natural gas supply based on current technolo-

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sources like geothermal that already works well in Iceland and possibly hydrogen or advanced nuclear technology.

As important as the environment is, people’s first focus is feeding their family. Someone unemployed is concerned about getting a job. Climate change is low on the list. We know from the past 15 years Americans can solve problems like energy, the environment and bringing manufacturing jobs back to the USA. In spite of all this success there are candidates running for office planning to ban hydraulic fracturing, if elected. They have no idea how many renewable manufacturing jobs they will drive back to China. They don’t know they

will be taking PPE away from our front-line health care workers and destroying the US economy. They have no idea PPE, electric cars, windmills and solar panels are products requiring petrochemicals from hydraulic fracturing.

Banning “fracking” will actually increase global CO2. Russia and OPEC will continue to frac and ship oil here with a greater CO2 footprint than domestic production.

If the past is an indication of the future, working together we can solve any problem. We need to tell our story, especially to those in the healthcare industry.

We have a lot to be proud of.

Believe in your future. THANKS for all you do!

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Alex Epstein Center for Industrial Progress

2020 Talking Points on American Energy Policy

In the last 15 years America has become the world’s leading energy producer thanks to energy freedom--allowing all sources of energy to compete and innovate. To make even more progress we need more energy freedom--not mandates of renewables or bans of fossil fuels and nuclear.

Quick summary • America’s future depends on America’s energy industry. Energy is the industry that powers every other industry. The lower cost and more reliable our energy is, the more competitive every American company is and the lower the cost of living is for every American.

• In the last 15 years America has become a world energy leader largely through enormous

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growth in producing the #1 and #3 forms of energy in the world: oil and natural gas. This was only possible because of our unrivaled freedom to develop and innovate.1,2 America can only remain an energy leader if we continue producing fossil fuels--the world’s largest and fastest-growing source of energy. Fossil fuels are by far the lowest cost source of energy for billions of people.

Unreliable solar and wind can’t come close.3,4 Contrary to the myth that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are causing a climate crisis, the climate death rate is actually lower than ever thanks to human adaptation. Rising CO2 levels will continue to cause manageable

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warming as well as significant global greening--not a crisis.5,6,7 The only way to lower CO2 emissions and benefit America is to promote innovation that makes low-carbon energy truly reliable and low-cost. Are China and India going to stop using fossil fuels so long as they are the lowest-cost option? They won’t and they shouldn’t.

America can lower emissions and energy costs by decriminalizing nuclear energy. Nuclear is actually the safest source of energy and the only way to provide reliable non-carbon electricity anywhere in the world. Yet politicians are overregulating it to death.8

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Dave Dorward StinStixx

An Optimist Facing Armageddon As a small operator of oil and gas wells in Appalachia, I am facing an economic Armageddon. Most of my wells are gas wells, located in North Central WV and North Western PA. As you know, gas prices are so low that I can little afford any but the most pressing maintenance work on many of these marginal wells. I may also have to plug wells that still have good potential for production.

Yet, I remain an optimist. That is why I recently tried out a new method of acidizing a 44-year-old gas well. I was a bit disappointed with the results that tripled production from 10 mcf/day to 30 mcf/ day. 50 mcf/day was the goal. Told you I am an optimist. The total cost including electric wireline was quite reasonable. It will take about one year of operation at $2.50 gas prices to recover the investment. Prices, after negative basis, etc., are nowhere near $2.50 now and therefore I did what -- all-along -- I had planned to do: I shut the well in until prices rise, which I expect to happen during within the next few months. If I am wrong about the timing, I will wait until I am right. I do believe that declining production by the major producers and increasing demand from improved economic conditions will work its supply and demand magic.

It happens that this was the first gas-only well in Appalachia to be stimulated by this new system. It was a simple operation and would be extremely cost-effective under a reasonable price scenario. Still, until gas prices rise, the greatest payoffs could be in different kinds of wells.

We believe that oil wells offer the greatest return; first, because oil’s

current low price is nowhere near as low as that of gas. And second, because oil wells often need acidizing even more than gas-only wells.

Paraffin is the main culprit, fouling everything from tubing and downhole pumps to the perforations and formation facings. In addition, I am learning from other producers that there are many other types of wells that benefit from well-targeted acidizing. Some examples are: disposal wells, commercial water wells, and even CBM wells.

I am so optimistic about this new patented method of acidizing that we continue to look for new opportunities for the StimStixx Technology. Acidizing is not new, of course. The innovative aspect of this method and hardware is its ability to precisely deliver tailored acid combinations of HCL or various blends of HCL and HF. The highly reactive acid mixture is delivered exactly where it is needed, as a very hot vapor. And to do it with amazing safety and low cost.

In a patented process, the acids, chiefly HCl and HF, have been dried to the consistency of a powder and then compressed into a cylindrical shape that fits in a specially designed tool. The dried chemicals are inert at normal temperatures and only become active when ignited downhole at the planned delivery point, to 300 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

When the burn begins, the chemicals change form to a 100% acid gas and combine with the wellbore fluids to form a very hot vapor that travels with considerable force, through the perforations and deep into the interstitial spaces in the formations providing that the hydrostatic

pressure exceeds the static reservoir pressure.

Yet, the tools containing the acid can be shipped via ordinary delivery services that can handle moderately heavy packages. We used Federal Express from the factory in Calgary to a warehouse in Ohio. Then, we delivered them to the PA well site in a pickup truck. There is so little danger in shipping and handling of the StimStixx tools that they are classified by the DOT at one of the lowest levels of all hazardous materials.

StimStixx have been used around the world in much larger oil and gas E&P companies on higher producing wells but has modified and developed low cost application for lower productivity wells in the Appalachian basin. The devices are often manufactured in much larger sizes than we will typically use in Appalachia, since production casing size is a limitation and because they aim to optimize the product size and price to meet our market needs. Right sizing yields the greatest economic returns.

To perform a StimStixx stimulation, just two pieces of equipment are absolutely required: an electric wireline truck and a water truck.

Soon StimStixx will have a slickline deployable firing system which will further reduce cost. A hydraulic head over the tool downhole is required, thus the water truck. Permits by the State EPA, Division of Oil and Gas, typically are not required – unless new perforations will also be made.

After treatment, swabbing will frequently be necessary and desirable for low pressure and productivity gas wells. For oil wells on pump, the Optimist Continued on page 18

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Robert Radabaugh Environmental Committee Chair

2020 Zone Coverage Update for ASTs Shared

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has provided updated mapping information to WVDEP concerning changes in the Zones of Critical Concern (ZCCs), Zones of Peripheral Concern (ZPCs), and Wellhead Protection Areas (WPAs) which includes the conjunctive delineation as defined in 64 CSR 3. This information is utilized in the assignment of “levels” to regulated ASTs. Specific changes may be found in the table below.

The “level” classification previously assigned to ASTs that are located within the new coverage areas will change.

WVDEP will incorporate these changes into the AST database and notify AST owners via email of their new AST level, as applicable. The level changes will be effective on October 15, 2020. Prior to the level changes becoming effective, you

may view a map of the new coverage areas (see directions below).

The map of new coverage areas provided by DHHR will be available on WVDEP’s website on or about August 28, 2020.

This information is intended to assist AST owners as they make AST management decisions. However, it is not final and considered “draft” information prior to October 15, 2020. The information is subject to change and may be incomplete.

WVDEP anticipates annual updates to coverage zones will continue as water intakes are added or deleted.

You may view a map of the 2020 Source Water Coverage Update for ASTs by going to http://tagis.dep. wv.gov/WVWaterPlan and completing the following steps: 1. Click Agree 2. Click Layers (left side of the screen)

3. Check SWPA and click on the triangle to the left of the SWPA box to reveal the following sublayers. a. Check sublayers SB423 SWPA, SB423 ZCC, SB423 ZPC, and 2020 Source Water Coverage Update for AST’s 2020. It may take a moment for the coverage layers to load. b. Use the search bar located at the upper left corner of the map to search for a specific location.

Should you have any questions, please contact Joshua Hamrick by email at Joshua.R.Hamrick@wv.gov or by phone at 304-(304) 926-0499, ext. 49758, Jenna Palmer at (304) 926-0499, ext.49737, or by email at Jenna.D.Palmer@wv.gov, or Amaris Elliott at 304-926-0499 ext. 49740 or by email at Amaris.L.Elliott@wv.gov.

Zone Changes Regarding the AST Programs and Regulated AST’s for Year 2020

New ZCC Systems PWS_NAME TYPE Beech Bottom Water Dept ZCC Benwood Water Dept ZCC Belmont, City of ZCC Union Williams PSD ZCC McMechen Municipal Water ZCC Mason Co PSD-Letart ZCC Wellsburg, City of ZCC Tyler County PSD ZCC (FKA Friendly PSD) Glen Dale Water Works ZCC Grandview - Doolin PSD ZCC Newell Company ZCC Vienna ZCC Follansbee Municipal ZCC Paden City, City of ZCC New Martinsville ZCC

FAC NAME WELL 2 WELL #1 WELL #1 WELL 1 WELL #1 WELL 1 WELL #1 WELL NO1 WELL #1 WELL #2 WELL #4 WELL #9 WELL 2 WELL NO1 WELL 3 Bridgeman Ln

Mason Co PSD - Lakin Dist ZCC Moundsville ZCC Lubeck PSD ZCC Mason Co PSD-Crab Creek ZCC Terra Alter Water Works ZCC Terra Alter Water Works ZCC Terra Alter Water Works ZCC Harman Town of ZCC Harman Town of ZCC Harman Town of ZCC Expanded ZCC Systems PWS_NAME TYPE Mountain Top PSD ZCC

Removed ZCC Systems PWS_NAME TYPE Bishop Hodges Pastoral Ctr. ZCC AST Coverage

Well 1 WELL #8 WELL #A WELL 1 WELL 3 New WELL 2 New WELL 1 New WELL SPRING WELL

FAC NAME Mountain Top PSD Impnd FAC NAME Intake Impnd

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IPAA News

New Poll Shows Voters Support Oil and Natural Gas

With just over 70 days until Election Day, a new poll shows that voters across the country are ready to back candidates who support oil and natural gas development and that they believe this American-made energy has been vital in the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The poll, released by the American Petroleum Institute and conducted by Morning Consult, a non-partisan survey firm - Â found that 64 percent of respondents are "much more likely" or "somewhat more likely" to vote for a candidate who "supports policies that ensure consumers continue to have access to natural gas and oil produced in the U.S." Full details on the poll can be found here: The poll.

This strong support for oil and natural gas is the big takeaway heading into November as

the poll surveyed voters in 12 different swing states including Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Those energy-producing states will help decide whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the White House and if Republicans or Democrats take control of Congress.

In addition to supporting prooil and natural gas candidates, several questions revealed just how important these fuels are to American consumers and workers.

Nearly 60 percent of respondents said it was "very" or "extremely important" that the United States continues "to improve how to get natural gas and oil to make it more efficient" and 82 percent said that oil and natural gas provides "a great deal of value" or "some value" to their lives. Another 75

percent said they "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" that oil and natural gas are "essential to a modern lifestyle."

A majority of respondents also stated they value the contribution of oil and natural gas in helping the economy bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic with 63 percent saying it has a "very important" or "somewhat important" role, while 66 percent agreed that oil and natural products byproducts "help make medical devices and protective equipment that are critical to healthcare providers and patients."

Looking ahead, respondents see a major role for oil and natural in America's future energy mix. Seventy-three percent said the fuels will play "a very significant role" or "somewhat" significant role" in meeting energy needs 20 years from now.

AST Coverage Continued from Page 14 Navy Information Operations ZCC Command / MB

Pocahontas Water System ZCC

Quality Inn ZCC

New ZPC Systems PWS_NAME TYPE Harman Town of ZPC Harman Town of ZPC Harman Town of ZPC Belmont, City of ZPC Follansbee Municipal ZPC Glen Dale Water Works ZPC Grandview - Doolin PSD ZPC Lubeck PSD ZPC

Intake-S Fork of the S Branch of the Potomac Intake-Abbs Valley Creek Intake-Stone Coal Creek FAC NAME Well Spring Well WELL #1 WELL 2 WELL #1 WELL #2 WELL #A

Mason Co PSD-Crab Creek ZPC Mason Co PSD-Lakin Dist ZPC Mason Co PSD-Letart ZPC McMechen Municipal Water ZPC Moundsville ZPC Newell Company ZPC New Martinsville ZPC

Vienna ZPC Wellsburg, City of ZPC Beech Bottom Water Dept ZPC Benwood Water Dept ZPC Tyler County PSD ZPC (FKA Friendly PSD) Paden City, City of ZCC Expanded ZPC Systems PWS_NAME TYPE Pendleton Co PSD Brandywine ZPC

WELL 1 WELL 1 WELL 1 WELL #1 WELL #8 WELL #4 WELL 3 Bridgeman Ln WELL #9 WELL #1 WELL 2 WELL #1 WELL NO1 WELL NO1 FAC NAME So. Fork River

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Man of the Year Continued from page 1 employees and contractors, drill 812 additional wells. Today, the company operates 935 wells in central West Virginia.

Chapman’s company has 13 employees, some of whom who have been with his since the beginning.

He said, “It’s been fun and I’ve never looked at it like going to work.”

Chapman has been married to his wife Robin since 2007 and his daughter, Jamie Chapman Mohr, is an attorney with Antero Resources.

Member News Continued from page 7 a full suite of best-in-class oil and natural gas field services spanning the Appalachian Basin – Marcellus/ Utica shale play, as well as basins across the U.S. Even amidst a global pandemic and a slowing natural-gas industry, ShalePro Energy Services has added two new divisions to their suite of services.

ShalePro announced their new helical pile division, HelicalPro. The division will focus on the installation of helical piles for natural gas construction projects.

“HelicalPro will offer our clients a cost and time savings alternative to traditional concrete foundations,” said Johnson.

HelicalPro is partnering with supplier Chance Foundation Solutions and Intech Anchoring Systems for distribution and engineering support.

They have also partnered with Digga to provide the drive head machinery needed for jobs.

In addition, Mike Probst joined ShalePro as the new manger of their Instrumentation & Electrical Services Division. “We are happy to have Mike join us and bring the experience, reputation, integrity and history of M&L Electric over the past 11 years into the ShalePro family,” said Johnson.

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emption of "low-production" wells from expending significant funds to monitor leaks. These low-producing wells are usually owned and operated by small businesses that do not have the same access to capital as larger companies. This change respects the economic differences between wells that produce large amounts of oil and gas per day and those that produce less than 15 barrels of oil a day or 90 mcf of natural gas per day instead of treating them the same.

In addition, the technical amendments (i) reduce monitoring of leaks at gathering and boosting compressor stations from quarterly to twice a year; (ii) improve cooperation with states by allowing industry to meet certain states’ requirements instead of complying with EPA’s requirements allowing owners and

operators in those states to comply with one set of regulations; (iii) remove burdens to utilize new and more efficient emissions reductions technologies to allow industry to innovate; (iv) updating the required schedule for repairing leaks to respect the realities of the oil and gas industry, such as allowing repair deferral if a repair within 30 days is not technically feasible; and (v) change recordkeeping and removing certain convoluted reporting requirements, reducing the cost burden by an estimated 25 percent per site.

These amendments are clearly beneficial revisions to oil and gas operators and reflect the ongoing efforts of the Trump administration to encourage oil and gas development and energy independence. It is worth noting that because these

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amendments were not finalized until August 13, 2020, that their effectiveness may be subject to reversal pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. However, that Act is unlikely to be of much significance unless the Republicans lose control of the White House and Senate and fail to gain a majority in the House of Representatives. More on what that could mean for rules promulgated by the Trump administration when we get closer to the election in about 60 days.

If you have questions or comments regarding this article, please contact Mark Clark at MClark@ Spilmanlaw.com, Joseph Unger at JUnger@Spilmanlaw.com, or Dave Yaussy at DYaussy@Spilmanlaw. com.

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Optimist Continued from page 13 requirement for clean-up swabbing, hauling and disposal of unspent acid prior to running the pumping string is eliminated further enhancing the economics. The stimulation itself goes very quickly, in as little as two to three hours.

We are seeking good candidate wells. In fact, very competitive prices are being offered and well analysis to interested operators. The latter is practically mandatory: when used in the right situations, we feel highly confident of good results, which is what we and you seek. Thus, we

want to see the logs and completion reports, and we want to hear your thinking and hard-earned knowledge of the local geology. In return, if we recommend treatment with StimStixx, we will provide the specific program we think is optimal, from a bang-for-the-buck perspective.

We know that the current low commodity prices are a high hurdle, but we expect prices will be on-therise in the coming months. There will be new life as we come through the other side of our industry’s

Armageddon. That is why we want you and StimStixx to be ahead of the curve when prices do rise and more optimists suddenly appear. You will be ready to turn on the tap, wide open, and we may be servicing more customers than we can handle. If interested, do something now. Please call or write Dave Dorward, at 614395-1524 or dave@stimsystems.com for more details and to request a review of your candidate well(s). For additional information please visit www.stimstixx.com.

tight oil resources in the United States. This was equal to about 63% of total U.S. crude oil production in 2019.” -U.S. Energy Information Administration 3 From 2018 to 2019 the consumption of coal, oil, and gas combined grew by 3.44 exajoules, despite a slight decline in coal consumption, compared to 3.15 exajoules for non-hydro renewables, 0.32 exajoules for hydroelectricity, and 0.76 exajoules for nuclear. Since 2015 fossil fuel consumption grew by over 26 exajoules, compared to over 10 exajoules for non-hydro renewables. BP Statistical Review of World Energy – all data, 1965-2019 4 Oil, gas, and coal provided 488.9 exajoules, or 83.9% of the world’s energy consumption in 2019. Solar and wind provided a combined 3.3%. BP Statistical Review of World Energy – all data, 1965-2019 5 For every million people on earth, annual deaths from climate-related causes (extreme temperature, drought, flood, storms, wildfires) declined 98%--from an average of 247 per year during the 1920s to 2.5 in per year during the 2010s. Data on disaster deaths come from EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium – www.emdat.be (D. Guha-Sapir). Population estimates for the 1920s from the Maddison Database 2010 come from the Groningen Growth and Development Centre, Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen.

For years not shown population is assumed to have grown at a steady rate. Population estimates for the 2010s come from World Bank Data. Using the average world

population in the 1980s (4.8 billion) and the 2010s (7.3 billion) and the average deaths per year from all meteorological, hydrological, and climatological disasters for both decades (66,697 and 18,342 respectively), the annual deaths rates per one million people from climate-related disasters has declined by over 80% from 13.8 to 2.5. Disaster deaths from EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium – www.emdat.be (D. Guha-Sapir).

Population estimates from World Bank Data.

6 See The So-Called Climate Crisis at energytalkingpoints.com.

7 Regional trends vary, but overall the world's leaf area increased by 5.4 million square kilometers, or an amazon rainforest worth of greening, between 2000 and 2017 alone with over 1/3 of vegetated land showing an increase while only 5% showed a loss of green vegetation. “Global vegetation models suggest that CO2 fertilization is the main driver of global vegetation greening.” -Piao, S., Wang, X., Park, T. et al. Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening.

Nat Rev Earth Environ 1, 14–27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0001-x 8 Nuclear energy is statistically the safest form of energy production by a wide margin, regardless of whether one takes into account speculative health impacts from air pollution, which nuclear technology does not create.

No other relevant technologies cause so few casualties per unit of energy produced.

World Nuclear Association - Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors

20 Points Continued from page 12 •

If America tries to rapidly eliminate fossil fuel use through a Green New Deal or Biden Climate Plan we will not prevent a crisis, we will cause a crisis by making energy completely unreliable and unaffordable for American industry and American consumers.

• America needs more energy freedom across the board, including in nuclear energy, fracking, development of federal lands, development offshore, pipelines, and export terminals--all of which can be done safely and responsibly.

References 1 “The United States surpassed Russia in 2011 to become the world's largest producer of natural gas and surpassed Saudi Arabia in 2018 to become the world's largest producer of petroleum.” U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 20, 2019 2 “The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in 2019, about 2.81 billion barrels (or 7.7 million barrels per day) of crude oil were produced directly from

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Grow and Adapt Continued from page 2 viewpoint to compare and contrast the industry and business climate of West Virginia versus those other States. There are some areas where West Virginia is leading – a generally positive and productive relationship with our regulators, a citizenry with a deep knowledge of and willingness to embrace the oil and gas industry, and government officials on both sides of the political aisle who generally understand and support

the important work that our workers do; and some areas where we need to substantially pick up the pace – developing and incentivizing downstream development and creating more efficient and predictable processes to fund and build new natural gas fired power generation facilities.

Those areas of improvement offer us a once in multi-generation ability to grow the industry, jobs and tax revenue over the next ten years.

Andrew Carnegie said, “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.” It will take hard work, determination and grit – there is much to accomplish to position oil and natural gas to become the new economic driver for West Virginia and I promise you that I will do my part this year and beyond to work with you, my friends, both in the field and at the Statehouse toward that future.

Remember to practice these safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to yourself and your family, coworkers, friends, neighbors and others:

• Practice “social distancing” • Avoid contact with people who are sick • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (it’s longer than you think — try saying the Pledge of Allegiance twice or sing “Happy Birthday” twice, too).

• Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (at least 60% alcohol) if soap and water are not available • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands

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