$30 million facility should be finished by next year. Read the full story here. From The Tribune | March 27, 2017 […]
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Eastern Ohio leads natural gas production
State’s output up 43% in 2016 MOUNT PLEASANT — The sight of two active drilling rigs and multiple pipeline crews working along Ohio 647 northwest of Martins Ferry seems to fit with reports of the Buckeye State growing natural gas production from the Utica Shale by more than 43 percent in 2016. Ohio Department of […]
Despite odds, Ohio coal miners put faith in Trump
FREEPORT — It takes coal miners 25 minutes to travel a cramped, gray-ribbed path from the hillside’s mouth down to its belly. A black wall of coal awaits. Seated on the ground next to a mining machine, Matt Beaver presses the controls of a shoebox-size remote, sending rows of toothed gears to gnash and chew […]
Corporate development booming
Portsmouth and Scioto County received 10th place nationally with six total projects in Site Selection magazine’s annual ranking of Top Micropolitans, cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people, which cover at least one county. Site Selection’s Projects Database focuses on new corporate facility projects with significant impact. This includes headquarters, manufacturing plants, research and development operations […]
Prices, politics give Ohio oil, gas producers reason for optimism
The best thing about 2017 is that it is not 2016, according to Ohio oil and gas producers. Commodity prices remain low but are up from last year, and there are encouraging signs in the marketplace. This was the sentiment as industry leaders gathered for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association’s winter conference on Thursday. […]
Engineer says Columbia Gas pipeline project begins in county
“I just received notification that the Columbia Gas pipeline project is coming to Morgan County this week,” explained Morgan County Engineer Steve Hook. “The pipeliners are leaving Noble County and will be here to start the first phase of cutting timber.” The timber-cutters are just the first crew of workers to begin construction, in Deerfield […]
Oil and gas boost trickles through county
ZANESVILLE – A boost from the oil and gas industry has begun to trickle through Muskingum County again, according to Matt Abbott, director of Zanesville-Muskingum County Port Authority. “Places like Haliburton and Producers Services are picking up,” Abbott said. “Tilley Pressure Test has purchased nine acres in the EastPointe Business Park with plans to build this […]
PTT Global Delays Decision on Belmont Cracker Plant
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – PTTGC America, the Thailand-based petrochemicals giant considering building a $5.7 billion ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, today announced it would postpone its decision on whether to move forward with the project. The final investment decision is planned toward the end of this year instead of its initial target of March, Toasaporn […]
Solar company grew from owners’ need, interest
Michelle and Geoff Greenfield didn’t set out to create a business when they started researching solar power in Ohio at the beginning of the millennium. But what they learned in a quest for solar panels on the house they were building in rural Athens County pointed them to an unexpected opportunity. Since Third Sun Solar’s […]
Mingo Junction Steel Mill Is Getting Ready to Roll Again
MINGO JUNCTION — Almost eight years after Russian firm OAO Severstal shuttered the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. mill in Mingo Junction, new hot metal should soon roll out of the facility that is now known as ACERO Junction. “We are working on it. We hope to start making our products available to the customer the […]
