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State Budget Debate Governor Presses Severance Tax Increase in Upcoming State Budget Debate By: Brian Hickman

hio Governor (R) has been you know what they say? We should take this and run. But then they get Opressing his desire to increase the severance their lobbyists and all these other people and they obscure the issue.” tax on Ohio oil and gas production in recent media interviews ahead of the upcoming state budget debate. In these interviews, Kasich has mentioned A key focus of the Governor’s plan has been a reduction that accepting a proposal might be a better option of the state’s 5.9% income tax. than facing a potential ballot initiative that would create a higher increase in taxes. To achieve this goal, the Governor continues to push an increase in severance taxes levied on oil and gas In recent year-end interviews with the media, production from horizontal wells. Kasich has been setting the tone for the upcoming budget debate. He made it clear that the upcoming budget covering fiscal years 2014-2015 Kasich then went on to mention that the industry might want to consider will deal with a new formula along with a system the fact that, if a severance tax increase is not agreed to, a ballot initiative of comprehensive tax reforms for the state of may be started to achieve this goal. “Nobody’s talking about an 8 percent Ohio. A key focus of the Governor’s plan has been severance tax, except for somebody that might end up putting it on the a reduction of the state’s 5.9% income tax. ballot. We’re talking about something that’s reasonable,” Kasich mentioned. To achieve this goal, the Governor continues to In another interview, Dale Butland, of the liberal-activist group push an increase in severance taxes levied on oil Innovation Ohio, stated his group has thought about gathering and gas production from horizontal wells. In his signatures for a ballot initiative. If a petition would to be started, Butland view, the state’s severance tax on oil and natural noted that the revenues would go to additional social programs and not gas resources needs to be modernized and, if the regulatory agency or an income tax rebate. increased, should not be a deterrent to Utica Shale drilling activity. “How about we tax Big Oil at the same rate that they are taxed in the state of Texas and then use the money to offset those budget cuts to “Modernizing the severance tax keeps us as schools and local governments that are causing regular taxpayers to have the lowest severance tax state in the country,” to raise their own taxes at the local level,” said Butland. mentioned Kasich at a recent press interview. “There is no danger that people are running While no signature drive has been planned as of now, the group would away. Since we’ve been talking about this, they’ve consider starting one should the legislature not take the appropriate continued to invest billions.” action and, as Butland said during the interview, “do the right thing”. Kasich added, “I think there’s an apprehension, if The debate is expected to heat up in early February. On February 4th, you put this on, are you going to drive somebody the Governor will introduce his Executive Budget – the first version of a away? Are you kidding me? I’ve done some budget bill to be deliberated by the state legislature. A budget bill must foreign travel, down to Houston, and every be approved by the state legislature by law by the beginning of the state single time I meet with the industry privately, fiscal year (or by July 1st of this year).

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Page 2 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association President’s Comments 2013 Board of Trustees Your Association Officers Joel Rudicil – President, Richfield David R. Hill – Vice President, Byesville drilled my first well in 1978 James S. Aslanides –Treasurer, Coshocton Iand joined the Ohio Oil & Gas Thomas E. Stewart – Executive Vice President, Granville Association shortly thereafter. To get Trustees the Ark Springs Baptist Church #1 *W. Jonathan Airey, Columbus *Tom Booth, Massillon well drilled it took a promising lease, Dow Bowman, Sugargrove investor money, and a lot of help from Brent Breon, North Canton David E. Callahan, Harrisburg, PA an established producer, contractors and Clinton W. Cameron, Zanesville suppliers. I am grateful for all of those Benjamin W. Cart, Poland that freely offered advice and guidance Brian Chavez, Reno Brian Coblentz, Millersburg to get me started-it is why I fell in love Mark G. Conway, Wooster with this business 35 years ago. Todd Dever, Cambridge *Steven Downey, Charleston, WV Based upon the rapid expansion of John Eads, Houston, TX Barry Ferguson, Columbus our membership, you may be looking Thomas P. Giusti, Columbus to drill that first well or to provide a Frank W. Gonzalez, Canton Joel Rudicil service. My overarching objective as James R. Halloran, Chagrin Falls William Hlavin, Akron OOGA President President of OOGA is to continue the *Mark D. Jordan, New Albany unwavering mission of the Association Tony Kovacevich, North Canton *Bruce A. Levengood, Dover that was established in 1947 to “Protect, Mark S. Lytle, Wooster promote, and advance the common interests of all those involved in the Ohio crude Greg Mason, Coshocton oil and natural gas industry”. To me, the goal is to maintain a predictable and fair Timothy Mcnutt, North Canton *Jack K. Miller, Wooster regulatory and tax environment that encourages ALL producers (whether start-up John W. Miller, Canton or established) to do business in Ohio. Jeff Moore, Stow Gregory New, Beloit While adhering to strong core values and principles, OOGA has changed to match Charlotte Pierce, Powell Richard C. Poling, Somerset today’s challenges. To serve the burgeoning membership, staff has been added in Dan Pottmeyer, Zanesville the areas of management, communication, event coordination, public relations and Roy Poulson, Wooster community outreach. To assure availability and proximity to governmental officials *Scott Rotruck, Oklahoma City, OK Mark A. Sparr, Wooster and policy makers we have opened a public affairs office in Columbus across the street Ralph W. Talmage, Columbus from the state capitol. Is all of this necessary? In a word: yes. I attended a meeting last Benjamin H. Thomas, Marietta Sarah J. Tipka, Dover summer where an agency official actually opened the meeting with the statement, “we Howard J. Wenger, Dalton are from the government and are here to help”. No kidding. Lord, please help us. Honorary Trustees Continued on page 6 Leo Altier, Corning *Jeffrey J. A. Baker, Westerville William Bennett, Wooster R. Gene Brasel, Middleport Charles E. Call, Stow James H. Cameron, Zanesville Steven L. Grose, Hartville Jerry James, Marietta Alan W. Jones, Mount Gilead Jerry D. Jordan, Columbus Kirk A. Jordan, Sarasota, FL William G. Kinney, Twinsburg Edgar W. Mccauley, Newark James C. Morgan, II, The Villages, FL Jerry C. Olds, Worthington Graham R. Robb, Zanesville R. J. Schwarz, Columbus Berman J. Shafer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Guy F. Sitler, Jr., Newark James R. Smail, Wooster E. A. Smith, Naples, Fl J. W. Straker, Zanesville John W. Straker, Jr, Zanesville John C. Wright, Sistersville, WV *Executive Committee

January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 3 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Contents 2013-2014 Committee Chairs

Audit Committee Federal Policy Review Mike Eberhart U.S. EPA Releases Progress Report on Hydraulic Fracturing Study 10 [email protected] 330-453-7633 State Policy Review Commerce Committee Connie Slocum Governor Presses Severance Tax Increase in Upcoming [email protected] 614-776-1383 State Budget Debate 1 Steven Downey Balderson to Lead Senate Energy Committee 5 [email protected] 304-343-5505 House Announces Committees for 130th General Assembly 8 Contractors Committee James R. Smail Reports & Editorials [email protected] 330-264-7500 President’s Comments 3 Environmental Committee Oil & Gas Lobby Day at the Statehouse 11 Gregory Russell [email protected] 614-464-5468 Mike McCormac Retires From DOGRM 17 Exploration Committee Underground Protection Legislation Enacted, OGPUPS Working Towards Compliance 18 Larry Wickstrom [email protected] 614-301-6721 IGS Energy Subsidiary Creating CNG Fueling Corridor 19 Governmental Affairs Committee How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Impact You 20 James Aslanides Update on Federal and Ohio Tax Seminar, January 10, 2013 23 [email protected] 740-622-5600 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity 24 Legal Committee Press Releases 28 Jonathan Airey [email protected] 614-464-6346 OOGEEP Foundation’s 2013 Scholarship Application 40 Meetings Committee OOGEEP Exposes “Fracktivist’s” Fraudulent Water Prop 42 David Hill 2012 Bulletin Index – Article, Month/Page 48 [email protected] 740-685-5168 OOGA Member News Membership Committee Greg Mason OOGA Presents Building Renovation Plans 14-16 [email protected] 740-622-1844 Safety Article – BWC Offers Safety Services at No Additional Cost 23 PAC Committee In Memoriam 25 Thomas Booth Explorer Foundation Corporate Members 26 [email protected] 330-833-5558 New OOGA Members 30 Past President’s Council New Member Profiles 35 Jeffrey Baker [email protected] 614-898-7590 Bulletin Advertisers 37 Producers Committee Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices 44-46 Duane Clark Events [email protected] 330-653-5526 Clint Cameron OOGA 2013 Annual Winter Meeting 12 740-453-3300 OOGA Events 38 Safety Committee OOGEEP Events 39 Steven Miller [email protected] 304-951-8662 William Murray, Jr [email protected] 330-244-9607 Contact Your Association: Tax Committee Thomas Giusti Ohio Oil & Gas Association [email protected] 614-825-0011 Technical Committee 1718 Columbus Rd., S.W. (St. Rt. 16) John Eads P.O. Box 535, Granville, Ohio 43023-0535 713-365-6103 Tim Cummings Phone: 740-587-0444 Fax: 740-587-0446 [email protected] 330-453-2807 Visit us online at www.ooga.org

Page 4 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Balderson to Lead Senate Energy Committee By: Brian Hickman

tate Senator Troy Balderson (R-Zanesville) has been selected Jones (R), Frank LaRose (R), Tom Patton (R), Bob Peterson Sby newly-elected Senate President Keith Faber to Chair (R), Joe Schiavoni (D), Shirley Smith (D), and Charleta the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for the Tavares (D). upcoming legislative session. Balderson, who served in the The Senate Finance Committee will have the task of working Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 – 2011 before being thru the Biennium Budget Bill for the next two-year cycle, appointed to the Ohio Senate in 2011, was previously the Vice which will most likely include an increased severance tax on Chair of the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee. oil and gas operations. “Energy development and expansion is playing a key role in The following is a list of standing Senate committees for the Ohio’s economic recovery,” said Balderson in a press release. upcoming 130th General Assembly: “I am honored to lead the charge on this important and growing industry in Ohio as chairman.” Agriculture: Chairman Sen. Cliff Hite (R-Findlay); Vice Chairman Sen. Troy Balderson (R-Zanesville); Sen. David Senator Kris Jordan was selected as the Vice Chair of the Burke (R-Marysville); Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Copley Twp.); Committee. Jordan, another former member of the Ohio Sen. Gayle Manning (R-N. Ridgeville); Sen. Bob Peterson House, had sponsored legislation regarding opening state (R-Sabina); Sen. (D-Steubenville), ranking lands for oil and gas leasing. Other members of the Energy and minority member; Sen. Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard); Sen. Natural Resources Committee include Senators Joe Schiavoni Shirley Smith (D-Cleveland). (D – Ranking Minority Member), Capri Cafaro (D), John Eklund (R), Lou Gentile (D), Cliff Hite (R), Tom Patton (R), Public Utilities: Chairman (R-Cincinnati); Vice Bob Peterson (R), (R), and Joe Uecker (R). Chairman LaRose; Sen. Balderson; Sen. Bill Coley (R-West Chester); Sen. Eklund; Sen. Hite; Sen. Shannon Jones Elsewhere, a longtime member of the General Assembly was (R-Springboro); Sen. Patton; Sen. Uecker; Sen. Gentile, selected to head the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Scott ranking minority member; Sen. Tom Sawyer (D-Akron); Sen. Oelslgaer (R – North Canton) was selected by President Faber Smith; Sen. Cafaro. to Chair the Committee. Oelslager has been serving in the Ohio legislature since 1985 in both the Ohio House and Senate. Ways & Means: Chairman Schaffer; Vice Chairman Sen. Bill Coley was selected as the Committee’s Vice Chair. Peterson; Sen. Beagle; Sen. Eklund; Sen. Hite; Sen. Obhof; Sen. Widener; Sen. Tavares, ranking minority member; Sen. Joining Sens. Oelslager and Coley on Senate Finance are Cafaro; Sen. Skindell. Senators Tom Sawyer (D – Ranking Minority Member), Dave Burke (R), Randy Gardner (R), Jim Hughes (R), Shannon Continued on page 6

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 5 Balderson to Lead Senate Energy Committee (cont. from page 5)

Education: Chairwoman Lehner; Vice Chairman Hite; Sen. Commerce & Labor: Chairman Bacon; Vice Chairman Balderson; Sen. Bill Beagle (R-Tipp City); Sen. Coley; Sen. Eklund; Sen. Jones; Sen. Jordan; Sen. Oelslager; Sen. Seitz; Gardner; Sen. Manning; Sen. Sawyer, ranking minority Sen. Uecker; Sen. Brown, ranking minority member; Sen. member; Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland); Sen. Schiavoni. Schiavoni; Sen. Turner. Workforce & Economic Development: Chairman Medicaid, Health & Human Services: Chairwoman Jones; Beagle; Vice Chairwoman Manning; Sen. Balderson; Sen. Vice Chairman Burke; Sen. Gardner; Sen. Jordan; Sen. Gardner; Sen. Lehner; Sen. Schaffer; Sen. Chris Widener Lehner; Sen. Oelslager; Sen. Cafaro, ranking minority (R-Springfield); Sen. Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus), ranking member; Sen. Brown; Sen. Tavares. minority member; Sen. Schiavoni; Sen. Michael Skindell Insurance & Financial Institutions: Chairman Hughes; Vice (D-Lakewood). Chairman Bacon; Sen. Beagle; Sen. Burke; Sen. Hite; Sen. Jones; Transportation: Chairwoman Manning; Vice Chairman Sen. Manning; Sen. Obhof; Sen. Peterson; Sen. Turner, ranking Patton; Sen. Balderson; Sen. Gardner; Sen. LaRose; Sen. Seitz; minority member; Sen. Gentile; Sen. Skindell; Sen. Brown. Sen. Cafaro, ranking minority member; Sen. Gentile; Sen. Rules: Chairman Faber; Vice Chairman Widener; Sen. Burke; Turner. Sen. Coley; Sen. Hughes; Sen. Obhof; Sen. Oelslager; Sen. Public Safety, Local Government & Veterans Affairs: Patton; Sen. Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati) ranking minority Chairman LaRose; Vice Chairman Jim Hughes (R-Columbus); member; Sen. Schiavoni; Sen. Turner; Sen. Brown. Sen. Kevin Bacon (R-Columbus); Sen. Jordan; Sen. Patton; Sen. Reference: Chairman Jordan; Vice Chairman Oelslager; Sen. Schaffer; Sen. Uecker; Sen. Skindell, ranking minority member; Bacon; Sen. Gardner; Sen. Patton; Sen. Widener; Sen. Faber; Sen. Sen. Edna Brown (D-Toledo); Sen. Tavares. Kearney, ranking minority member; Sen. Schiavoni; Sen. Gentile. State Government Oversight & Reform: Chairman Burke; Finance Sub-Committee on Education: Chairman Gardner; Vice Chairman Uecker; Sen. Bacon; Sen. Coley; Sen. LaRose; Vice Chairwoman Lehner; Sen. Beagle; Sen. Hite; Sen. Sen. Larry Obhof (R-Lakeville); Sen. Seitz; Sen. Widener; Sen. Hughes; Sen. Manning; Sen. Uecker; Sen. Widener; Sen. Smith, ranking minority member; Sen. Brown; Sen. Skindell. Turner ranking minority member; Sen. Skindell; Sen. Sawyer. Criminal Justice: Chairman Eklund; Vice Chairman Seitz; Finance Sub-Committee on General Government: Sen. Hughes; Sen. LaRose; Sen. Lehner; Sen. Obhof; Sen. Chairman Peterson; Vice Chairman Schaffer; Sen. Balderson; Schaffer; Sen. Schiavoni, ranking minority member; Sen. Sen. Eklund; Sen. Obhof; Sen. Seitz; Sen. Schiavoni, ranking Sawyer; Sen. Smith. minority member; Sen. Gentile; Sen. Smith. Civil Justice: Chairman Coley; Vice Chairman Obhof; Sen. Finance Sub-Committee on Medicaid: Chairman Burke; Bacon; Sen. Eklund; Sen. Scott Oelslager (R-N. Canton); Sen. Vice Chairwoman Jones; Sen. Bacon; Sen. Coley; Sen. Jordan; Seitz; Sen. Uecker; Sen. Brown, ranking minority member; Sen. LaRose; Sen. Patton; Sen. Cafaro, ranking minority Sen. Skindell; Sen. Turner. member; Sen. Brown; Sen. Tavares.

President’s Comments (cont. from page 3)

You overwhelmingly approved an amendment to our heard and to shape the future in areas that matter most to Association bylaws that authorizes the President to appoint you. A listing of standing Committees and Subcommittees a General Counsel and At-Large member to the Executive with contact information is nearby. Committee. Please join me in welcoming appointees Jon I am looking forward to serving you and our industry these next Airey from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP as General two years. If you have a suggestion, a question, or just something Counsel and Scott Rotruck from Chesapeake as our At- to get off of your chest call me. I will do my best to listen. Large member. Joining them are newly elected Executive Committee members Steve Downey from EnerVest and Tom Booth from BHI. Jim Smail will also be joining us as the Sincerely, Executive in Residence replacing Steve Grose, who has served in this capacity the past two years. Steve contributed valuable advice and perspective and continues to serve the industry on the Technical Advisory Council. Joel Rudicil I urge you to get involved in the Association by joining and President serving on a committee. This is a great way to have your voice

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 7 Ohio House of Representatives House Announces Committees for 130th General Assembly By: Brian Hickman

peaker Bill Batchelder has announced the committee Peter Stautberg, and Gerald Stebelton. Democratic members Sstructure for the Ohio House of Representatives for the include , Mike Ashford, John Patrick Carney, upcoming 130th General Assembly. While the chairs of the Kathleen Clyde, Denise Driehaus, Matt Foley, Matt Lundy, energy-related committees did not change, the make-up of Debbie Phillips, Dan Ramos, and Alicia Reece. some of these committees were altered. A full list of the remaining standing committees for the Ohio Representative Dave Hall was announced as the Chair of House’s 130th General Assembly are as follows: the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Commerce, Labor & Technology: Republicans: Chair Ron Representative Andy Thompson will serve as the committee’s Young, Vice Chair Mike Duffey, Baker, Blessing, Conditt, Vice Chair. Both representatives served in these capacities DeVitis, Hood, Landis. Democrats: Ranking Minority during the 129th General Assembly. Rep. Jack Cera was Member Robert Hagan, Barborak, Lundy, Milkovich, Ramos. selected as the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee. This committee is expected to hear the majority of issues Economic Development & Regulatory Reform: Republican: facing the oil and gas industry. Chair Nan Baker, Vice Chair: Lou Terhar, Beck, Burkley, C. Hagan, Henne, Hood, Kunze, Democratic: Ranking Minority Joining Hall and Thompson on the committee will be fellow Member Denise Driehaus, Barnes, Bishoff, Curtin, Williams. Republican Representatives Terry Boose, Jim Buchy, Tony Burkley, Rex Damschroder, Christina Hagan, Brian Hill, Al Education: Republican: Chair Gerald Stebelton, Vice Chair Landis, Matt Lynch, Dorothy Pelanda, Wes Retherford, Margaret , Becker, Derickson, Hayes, Henne, Huffman, Ann Ruhl, and Gary Scherer. Joining Cera on the committee will Kunze, Roegner, Slaby, Smith, Thompson. Democratic: be fellow Democratic Reprensetatives Nick Barborak, Kathleen Ranking Minority Member , Antonio, Bishoff, Clyde, Michael Curtain, Sean O’Brien, John Patterson Jr., Chris Driehaus, Heard, Patterson, Strahorn Redfern, Fred Strahorn, and Roland Winburn. Finance: Agriculture & Development Subcommittee: Representative Peter Stautberg was selected to Chair the Republican: Chair Timothy Derickson, Hall, Smith. Democratic: House Public Utilities Committee. His Vice Chair was also Ranking Minority Member Michael Ashford, Driehaus. retained, as Representative Kristina Roegner will again serve Finance: Health & Human Services Subcommittee: in this capacity. They will be joined by Ranking Minority Republican: Chair Anne Gonzales, Sears, Sprague. Member Representative Sandra Williams. Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Mike Foley, Antonio. The House Public Utilities Committee will also include Finance: Higher Education Subcommittee: Republican: Republican representatives John Adams, Ron Amstutz, Chair Cliff Rosenberger, Dovilla, Duffey. Democratic: III, Jim Butler, Margie Conditt, Mike Duffey, Ranking Minority Member Dan Ramos, Clyde. Anne Gonzales, Christina Hagan, , Cliff Rosenberger, Lou Terhar, and Andy Thompson. Democratic Finance: Primary & Secondary Education Subcommittee: committee members include Representatives Mike Ashford, Republican: Chair Bill Hayes, Maag, Stebelton. Democratic: Kevin Boyce, Nicholas Celebrezze, Jack Cera, Sean O’Brien, Ranking Minority Member Matt Lundy, Phillips. Mike Stinziano, Fred Strahorn, and Matt Szollosi. Finance: Transportation Subcommittee: Republican: Chair Finally of note, the Finance & Appropriations Committee Ross McGregor, Adams, R., Grossman Democratic: Ranking will once again be chaired by Representative Ron Amstutz. Minority Member Alicia Reece, Carney. Representiative Jeff McClain will serve as the Committee’s Financial Institutions, Housing & Urban Development: Vice Chair. The Ranking Minority Member will be Republican: Chair Richard Adams, Vice Chair , Blair, Representative . This Committee will begin Brenner, Brown, Hackett, Ruhl, Scherer. Democratic: Ranking hearings shortly on the FY 2014-2015 state budget proposal. Minority Member Kevin Boyce, Barnes, Mallory, Pillich, Slesnick. Joining them on the Finance Committee will be Republicans Health & Aging: Republican: Chair , Vice John Adams, Marlene Anielski, Peter Beck, Timothy Chair Anne Gonzales, Brown, Hill, Hood, Hottinger, Johnson, Derickson, Mike Dovilla, Mike Duffey, Anne Gonzales, Cheryl Lynch, Maag, Schuring, Sears, Smith. Democratic: Ranking Grossman, Dave Hall, Bill Hayes, Ron Maag, Ross McGregor, Minority Member Nickie Antonio, Barnes, Bishoff, Carney, R. Cliff Rosenberger, Barbara Sears, Ryan Smith, Robert Sprague, Hagan, Mallory, Ramos.

Page 8 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Insurance: Republican: Chair , VC Mike Henne, Rules & Reference: Republican: Chair , Vice J. Adams, Butler, DeVitis, Kunze, McGregor, Retherford, Chair Speaker Batchelder, J. Adams, Brenner, Buchy, Kunze, Romanchuk, Sears, Slaby, Sprague. Democratic: Ranking Pelanda. Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Armond Minority Member John Patrick Carney, Ashford, Heard, Budish, Heard, Phillips, Szollosi. O’Brien, Reece, Stinziano, Strahorn. State & Local Government: Republican: Chair Blair, T., VC Judiciary: Republican: Chair Jim Butler, Vice Chair Dorothy Anielski, M., Adams, R., Boose, T., Brown, T., Burkley, T., Pelanda, Conditt, Hayes, Lynch, Slaby, Stautberg, Stebelton. Damschroder, R., Grossman, C., Hackett, B., Hill, B., Maag, Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Michael Stinziano, R., Young, R. Democratic: RMM Clyde, K., Gerberry, R., Celebrezze, Letson, Pillich, Winburn. Lundy, M., Patmon, B., Rogers, J., Slesnick, S., Sykes, V. Manufacturing & Workforce Development: Republican: State & Local Government: Shared Services & Government Chair , Vice Chair Mark Romanchuk, Efficiency Subcommittee: Republican: Chair Ron Maag, Derickson, Green, Grossman, Hall, Hottinger, Roegner. Anielski, Brown. Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Roland Winburn, Stephen Slesnick, Lundy. Boyce, Letson, Patterson, Williams. Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security: Military & Veterans Affairs: Republican: Chair Terry Johnson, Republican: Chair Rex Damschroder, Vice Chair Margaret Vice Chair Al Landis, Anielski, Dovilla, Perales, Retherford, Ann Ruhl, Becker, DeVitis, Green, Johnson, McGregor, Rosenberger, Young. Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Perales. Democratic: Ranking Minority Member Dale Connie Pillich, Barborak, Bishoff, Fedor, Milkovich. Mallory, Celebrezze, R. Hagan, Milkovich, Patmon. Policy & Legislative Oversight: Republican: Chair Mike Ways & Means: Republican: Chair Peter Beck, Vice Chair Dovilla, Vice Chair Jim Buchy, J. Adams, Blessing, Brenner, Terry Boose, Amstutz, Baker, Becker, Blair, Green, McClain, Huffman, Pelanda, Perales. Democratic: Ranking Minority Scherer, Schuring, Sprague, Terhar. Democratic: Ranking Member Ronald Gerberry, Cera, Clyde, Curtin, Fedor. Minority Member Tom Letson, Barnes, Foley, Patmon, Rogers, Slesnick, Winburn.

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 9 Hydraulic Fracturing U.S. EPA Releases Progress Report on Hydraulic Fracturing Study By: Brian Hickman

n a press release dated December 21, 2012, the United States 3. Well injection: What are the possible impacts of the IEnvironmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) provided an injection and fracturing process on drinking water update on their ongoing study regarding hydraulic fracturing. resources? The update outlined the framework of the study, including 4. Flowback and produced water: What are the possible what relevant topics will be reviewed. The study, which was impacts of flowback and produced water surface spills on mandated by Congress, is scheduled to be released in 2014. or near well pads on drinking water resources? The study’s core goal is to “assess the potential impacts of 5. Wastewater treatment and waste disposal: What are the hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, if any, and possible impacts of inadequate treatment of hydraulic to identify the driving factors that may affect the severity and fracturing wastewater on drinking water resources? frequency of such impacts”. The study is focusing on hydraulic fracturing operations regarding shale extraction, including A report included in the release details the “18 research extraction from tight sands and coalbeds. projects” underway to answer these questions. Generally speaking, the projects include analysis of existing data, The study has been divided into five stage of the hydraulic “hypothetical, but realistic” scenario evaluations via computer fracturing process. Each stage has been given a primary research model, laboratory studies, toxicity assessments, and case question. These stages, as stated in the press release, are: studies (which include case study locations in Colorado, 1. Water acquisition: What are the possible impacts of large North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas). volume water withdrawals from ground and surface A draft report on the results of the study will be made waters on drinking water resources? available by the U.S. EPA in late 2014. 2. Chemical mixing: What are the possible impacts of hydraulic fracturing fluid surface spills on or near well pads on drinking water resources?

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Page 10 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Association Activity Oil & Gas Lobby Day at the Statehouse By: Penny Seipel

ecently, one of Ohio’s elected officials publically said House Bill Batchelder, who has long supported oil and gas Rhe didn’t think that Ohioans were being hired to work activity in Ohio. House Agriculture and Natural Resources in the oil and gas industry. Those of us who work for Chairman Dave Hall and State Representative Sean O’Brien OOGA realized this was a great teaching moment where addressed the crowd. our members, as well as affiliated industries, could have Our members weren’t there to speak about regulatory an opportunity to speak to our elected officials about their policy, pending legislation or tax policy. This was simply an businesses and how oil and gas development has impacted opportunity for legislators to see how diverse the oil and gas them. industry is and for participants to introduce themselves and On January 23, 2013 OOGA, along with the Ohio Shale their businesses to their legislators. As a trade association, one Coalition and the Ohio Petroleum Council hosted a lobby of the best things we can offer our members is to open the day and luncheon for our joint memberships. Over 240 pathway for dialog between them and their legislators. individuals representing a diverse array of businesses who I encourage all OOGA members to continue this dialog benefit, directly or indirectly, from oil and gas activity signed by attending our legislative reception. Due to a scheduling up to participate in the day’s events. conflict with our original date and Governor Kasich’s State of Forty five meetings with legislators took place and over 100 the State address, we have decided to reschedule our OOGA legislators and their staff joined us for the luncheon. Our Legislative Reception. This event will be held on Wednesday, most notable luncheon participant was Speaker of the Ohio April 17, 2013 at the Capital Club in Columbus. Please visit www.ooga.org for additional details.

January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 11 The Ohio Oil and Gas Association Annual Winter Meeting

March 6-8, 2013

Schedule of Events Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:00 - 7:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open (Coat Check) 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. FracFocus 2.0 Training (Regent 1 & 2) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 (cont.) Government Affairs / PAC (Easton D & E) 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Scholarship Luncheon Water Resources Workgroup (Columbus Boardroom) The History of Oil & Gas Development in Ohio 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. – Larry Wickstrom, Wickstrom Geoscience, LLC Past President’s Council Luncheon (New Albany Boardroom) (Separate registration required – Regent 1, 2 & 3) 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Board of Trustees / Committee Chairs Photograph (Regent 1) Business Session (Easton Ballroom) 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting (Easton C & D) Legislative Panel (Easton Ballroom) 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Ohio Geological Society Meeting PAC Reception (Regent) US Shales in Perspective of a World Oil Supply in Transition 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. – Dr. Richard S. Bishop, RSK[UK] LTD Trade Show Reception (Hilton Halls and Trade Show Rooms) (Winter Meeting registration is not required –Regent 1 & 2) 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. President’s Reception (Easton Ballroom) Explorer Foundation Corporate Member Reception (Invitation only – Easton B & E) 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. FrackNation: A journalist’s search for the fracking truth 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. (Documentary film – Limited number of tickets for this screening) FrackNation: A journalist’s search for the fracking truth (Documentary film – Limited number of tickets for this screening) Friday, March 8, 2013 Thursday, March 7, 2013 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration Desk Open (Coat Check) 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration Desk Open (Coat Check) 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Membership Breakfast (Regent) 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Trade Show Open 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Trade Show Open 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. OGPUPS Annual Meeting (Columbus Boardroom) 8:30 a.m. - 11:40 p.m. Business Session (Easton Ballroom) 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Business Session (Easton Ballroom) 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Membership Luncheon and Awards (Easton Ballroom) 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. CEO/Executive Panel (Easton Ballroom)

Page 12 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 For the 66th year, OOGA brings together the top industry leaders from Ohio and the nation to provide the most current state of the oil and gas industry in business sessions and the trade show.

Trade Show Supporting and enhancing the crude oil and natural gas industry, over 70 A limited number of tickets will be available vendors will display their services and for screenings of this documentary film. products during this event.

Business Sessions Thursday Morning Session 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Moderator: Chris Kimble Underground Injection Control (UIC) OOGA Vice President David R. Hill, David R. Hill, Inc. Road Use Maintenance Agreements (RUMA) John K. Keller, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP. Thursday Afternoon Session 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. (cont.) Landmen Regulatory and Policy Update Judson K. Byrd, Artex Oil Company Tom Stewart – Ohio Oil & Gas Association Water Resources Legislative Panel Brent M. Winslow, Borton-Lawson Moderator: Tom Stewart, Ohio Oil & Gas Association Speaker William G. Batchelder EID Ohio Senator Troy Balderson, Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Mike Chadsey, EID Ohio Friday Session 8:30 a.m. – 11:40 p.m. CEO/Executive Panel Moderator: OOGA President Joel Rudicil OOGEEP 15 year Anniversary Ken Mariani, President and CEO, Enervest Operating Company Rhonda Reda, Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program Rick Moncrief, President and COO, Caiman Energy FrackNation: A journalist’s search for the fracking truth Jim Palm, Director and CEO, Gulfport Energy Corporation Anne McEllhinney – Producer Scott Rotruck, VP Corporate Development, Chesapeake Energy How the Government Uses “Science” to Take Your Stuff Thursday Afternoon Session 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. (and How to Stop It) Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, CATO Institute Moderator: Brian Chavez Future Technology Trends 2012 Oil and Gas Activity in Ohio James Venditto – Trican Well Service Peter MacKenzie – Ohio Oil & Gas Association Outlook for Oil & Gas Prices Exploration Report Marshall Adkins, Director of Energy Research, Raymond James Larry Wickstrom – Exploration Committee Chairman Midstream – Utica Development and its Impact on Traditional Ohio Producers Timothy C. McNutt – Dominion East Ohio

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 13 Association Activity OOGA Presents Building Renovation Plans By: Pete MacKenzie

t an OOGA Finance Committee meeting in 1979, the Association membership had grown to over 3,000 members, a Asubject was first brought up about the possible need striking similarity to our Association today. for a new Association building (OOGA Bulletin 12/80). Voluntary contributions for the building fund were solicited Discussed informally for months, in May 1980, President from the membership, an increase in registration charge for Berman Shafer appointed a Special Building Committee the Winter Meeting was allocated to the building, as was an and was instructed to investigate the matter thoroughly. increase in membership dues. The building was in effect, a gift After several months the Committee came to the Board of to the Association from the membership. Trustees with a recommendation to purchase land as soon as possible and proceed to design the offices. The exact cost of The Special Building Committee of 1980 termed the plan the building and a method of financing was determined to be “Building for the Future.” For 31 years the Association presented for approval at a later date. The Board adopted the has enjoyed the benefits of the vision for the future. The recommendation and the land acquisition process began. leadership of the day succeeded, and laid the groundwork for the work of the Association in practice, and in brick. In July 1981 (OOGA Bulletin 7/81), it was reported to the membership that land was being acquired, building plans The Association has once again grown to over 3,000 were nearly complete and construction bids were expected members. OOGA staff has grown accordingly. The Ohio Oil before the end of the month. Ground breaking was expected & Gas Energy Education Program is entering it’s 15th year before the end of summer or early fall. Some of the financing and has grown as well. After a year of deliberations, a plan for the building was to come from existing funds, anticipated has been developed to expand the Association’s offices. It is a future income through the year, and from member donations good plan. A plan that adds 2,000 square feet and renovates through additional dues. By September a long list of members much of the existing 7,560 square feet. A plan that creates and member companies had begun making contributions and appropriate work space for each member of staff, creates pledges toward construction. Many, many familiar names are small work group areas within each area, while updating the on that roster. conference room and maintaining the lower level classroom. A plan that creates quality office space throughout the The site was cleared in September, 1981 and the building building. A plan that maintains and prepares the building for had begun to take shape by November. In March, 1982, the the next 30 years. Association published a notice that the Association office would close starting April 1st through April 5th while they The Association has enjoyed 31 rent free years in the moved to the new office. In July 1982, President Cy Morgan Granville building. The time has come to revive, refit and conducted a building dedication ceremony following a Board refresh the building. Plans are available to review at the office. of Trustees Meeting (OOGA Bulletin 7/82). Please stop by, we’d be happy to share them. The detailed plans and expenses are expected to be presented to the Board It is interesting to note, in 1980 the Ohio Oil & Gas of Trustees at the Winter Meeting.

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Page 16 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management Mike McCormac Retires From DOGRM By: Brian Hickman

ike McCormac, the Manager of the Oil & Gas However, most of you will also remember Mike for his MPermitting Section and Administrator of the Idle & efforts with the “McCormac Report”. For 26 years, Mike has Orphan Well Program with the Ohio Department of Natural presented the annual industry activity report at the OOGA Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management Winter Meeting. As such, OOGA members simply started to (DOGRM), retired from service on December 31st. refer to the presentation as the “McCormac Report”. Mike graduated from Capital University with a Bachelor of In his retirement, Mike plans to volunteer more of his time to Arts degree in Geology in 1978. He went on to spend over charitable interests, along with remodeling the kitchen in his 32 years of his career with the Ohio Department of Natural home. Resources. Mike was the longest tenured employee at the “Throughout the years Mike has been a great public servant DOGRM at the time of his retirement. Mike had served the who worked hard to protect the public interest while also DOGRM in his position as Permitting Manager since 2005. assuring the orderly development of the state’s oil and gas During his career, McCormac was instrumental in crafting resources”, noted OOGA Executive Vice President Tom oil and gas law and technologies. In 2010, Mike helped craft Stewart. “His ‘McCormac Report’ has always been the provisions of Senate Bill 165, the most comprehensive update highlight of the Association’s annual meeting. Who else could to Ohio oil and gas law since 1985. After the law was passed put graphics like that together? We wish Mike the best.” and enacted, Mike was involved in crafting the association The Ohio Oil and Gas Association would like to thank Mike rules package that went along with Senate Bill 165. He also was McCormac for his service to the Ohio oil and gas industry. instrumental in developing oil and gas well online search tools We thank you for your continued efforts to make the Ohio oil located on the Division’s website which helped provide guidance and gas regulatory program one of the best in the nation. for those searching for the latest information on oil and gas wells.

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By: Brian Hickman A uniform system of universal marking standards was also On December 20, 2012, Governor John Kasich signed House created. The legislation codified a series of proposals designed Bill 458 (Rep. Sprague) into law. The bill, which goes into and vetted through the Ohio Utilities Protection Service effect starting on March 27, 2013, updates and changes Ohio’s (OUPS). These standards will be reviewed every two years underground protection law. As a result, OGPUPS has until by a committee of representatives from damage prevention July 1, 2013 to implement some internal procedural changes councils around the state. as a result of this legislation. Finally, the bill requires excavators who utilize an underground As a part of the bill, a few changes were made to the Ohio protection system to receive training. The Ohio Revised Code Revised Code regarding the notification of limited basis Section 3781.261 now reads: “An excavator shall be deemed participants (or LBP’s). All members of OGPUPS participate to have obtained that training if the excavator is a member of in the one-call service as an LBP. a protection service or a statewide association representing excavators and the service or association provides that training. First, all LBP’s are required to provide the one-call service An excavator also may obtain the training from such a service with current, updated contact information of the line locate or association without becoming a member.” professional for their company. Additionally, starting July 1, 2013, OGPUPS will be required by-law to change the way line Other changes to Ohio underground protection law include: locates operate. OGPUPS will now contact LBP’s to inform • Requires utility owners, if requested by a designer, to them that a line locate ticket request has been made near their provide digital or paper drawings of the location of their facilities on file. facilities instead of physically marking them. Generally speaking, HB 458 had several key points regarding • Creates a positive response system for the marking of underground protection. The bill creates a pre-marking utilities (for full participants of a protection service only). requirement by law. Prior to notifying the protection service, an excavator will be required to pre-mark the approximate • For large projects, requires an excavator to provide location of the excavation in white. The excavator is exempt timelines to facility owners. Once a marking program from pre-marking if the utility can determine the precise is agreed upon, the original marking and notification location of the excavation site via their notification, or the requirements no longer apply. excavator and the utility held an on-site pre-construction As stated previously, HB 458 is the first piece of legislation meeting regarding pre-marking, the project deals with that updates Ohio’s underground protection law. Efforts will replacing a pole within five feet of an existing pole, or pre- begin this year to amend the law further, specifically on the marking the location would interfere with traffic control. topics of enforcement and liability.

Page 18 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Compressed Natural Gas IGS Energy Subsidiary Creating CNG Fueling Corridor By: Brian Hickman

n IGS Energy subsidiary announced recently that it will stations will be designed to support light, medium and heavy- Aspend $10 million to develop a compressed natural gas duty vehicles, depending on the station’s location. (CNG) fueling corridor in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. IGS also announced that they have received commitments The corridor, which will run along Interstate 79, will be from several companies such as Chesapeake Energy, EQT designed to serve both businesses and residents in the area. Corporation and Antero Resources to refuel their NGV fleets. “Our plans for a fueling corridor respond to the merging The West Virginia Department of Highways has also committed market demand for fast, convenient refueling of CNG its fleet to refuel their CNV vehicles at these stations. vehicles,” noted Scott White, President, IGS Energy CNG IGS noted that they coordinated their efforts on West Virginia Services. “Our stations will offer convenient locations and due to the efforts by the state to implement economic policies enable drivers to refuel in about the same time it would take encouraging the development of the NGV industry. at a conventional gas station.” “The company believes the state of West Virginia will serve as Four stations are expected to be constructed over the next an excellent opportunity to demonstrate that CNG will not only two months. The facilities are planned to be built at three save taxpayers money, but also encourage further development locations in West Virginia (Bridgeport, Charleston and Jane of natural gas fueling options,” said White in a statement. Lew) and one location in Pennsylvania (Mt. Morris). These

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 19 How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Impact You By: David Shallenberger, CPA

ith the passing of the “Fiscal Cliff Deal,” we now find For the oil and gas industry, it is perhaps more notable Wourselves in a time of a changing federal income what the ATRA did not do. In recent years, the property- tax structure. To accomplish the deal, there were many by-property income limitation for percentage depletion on compromises made, some good for taxpayers, while others marginal production property has been suspended. However, were not quite as friendly. Since some of the changes to the the suspension of the property-by-property income limitation federal tax law are retroactive to January 1, 2012, now is was not extended for the 2012 tax year, nor was it extended in a good time to review what is new in the world of federal the ATRA for any future years. taxation. There has also been recent speculation that the election Effects on Businesses to immediately expense intangible drilling costs would be disallowed. This provision was not included in the ATRA, and How will the new American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) the industry still has the ability to expense IDC’s. affect your business? Several provisions of the commonly referred to Fiscal Cliff Deal are friendly to business or at Changes for Individuals a minimum they are not disruptive. Some of the more The more impactful pieces of the ATRA relate to how popular extensions are those for Section 179 expense, bonus individuals will be taxed for federal income tax purposes. depreciation and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. The Since many businesses are currently taxed as pass-through following highlights items business owners need to know: entities, these sections of ATRA may have a deeper impact on • Section 179. The extension for Section 179 expense the industry. continues the enhanced dollar limit for the expensing of A piece of immediate bad news is that the 2% FICA tax qualified property during tax years 2012 and 2013 of up holiday for employees was not renewed. Beginning January 1, to $500,000 with an investment limit of $2 million. In 2013, the new withholding rate is 6.2% on wages. conjunction with the availability of immediate expensing of qualified capital investments, ATRA also extends Some of the more notable changes will impact “high income the availability of bonus depreciation through 2013. earners.” The definition of a high income earner changes This extension allows fifty percent of qualified capital dependent upon which specific piece of the legislation one investments to be deducted in the year the property is examines. For example, the ATRA permanently extended placed in service. Keep in mind, that for purposes of tax cuts for single individuals with incomes below $400,000 bonus depreciation, the equipment placed in service ($450,000 married filing joint). Those with adjusted gross must be new equipment, and have an expected useful life income above the $400,000 level will now be subject to a of 20 years or less. 39.6% marginal tax rate. Here are a few things high income earners should be aware of: • Work Opportunity Tax Credit. The ATRA also extended this credit through 2013. It generally provides a tax credit • Capital Gains and Qualified Dividends. Other changes to employers who hire employees from targeted groups at this level of adjusted gross income include an increase of hard-to-employ individuals. The benefit allows a credit in the capital gains and qualified dividends tax rates to for up to 40% of the first year wages up to $6,000. 20%, up from 15%. The top rate of 20% will only apply to

Page 20 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 the extent that a taxpayer’s income exceeds the thresholds distributions may be deemed as having been made on set for the 39.6% tax rate for ordinary income. Taxpayers December 31, 2012. not defined as high income earners will continue to The ATRA also made changes to the federal estate, gift and be taxed on capital gains and qualified dividends at a generation skipping transfer tax system. ATRA permanently maximum rate of 15%. provides an annually inflation adjusted exemption of $5 • Phase-Outs. In another section of the ATRA, high million for estates of decedents dying after December 31, income earners now become subject to a personal 2012. With the increased exemption, the ATRA also increases exemption phase-out as well as an itemized deduction the estate tax rate to 40%. The ATRA also continued the phase out, which is also known as the Pease Limitation. unification of the the estate and gift taxes, allowing for Under these provisions, a high income earner is defined the $5 million exemption to apply to gifts made after 2012 as a single taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of (reduced by exemption used in prior years). ATRA also $250,000 ($300,000 for married filing joint). made “portability” of the exemption permanent. If the entire $5,000,000 exemption is not used by the spouse who dies Under the personal exemption phase out, a taxpayer’s first, the unused portion of the $5,000,000 exemption is made personal exemption is reduced by 2% for each $2,500 by available for use by the surviving spouse. which the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income exceeds the threshold. In addition to the provisions included in the ATRA, January 1, 2013, begins the implementation of the surtaxes created in The itemized deduction phase out works similarly, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly but instead reduces the high income earner’s itemized referred to as Obamacare. The first such tax is a 0.9% deductions by 3% of the amount by which adjusted surtax on earned income of a single taxpayer over $200,000 gross income exceeds the applicable threshold. However, ($250,000 for married filing jointly). This surtax applies to itemized deductions cannot be reduced by more than any income defined as earned income. This includes, among 80% of the otherwise deductible amount. others, wages, self-employment income and guaranteed • Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Many of the payments from partnerships. provisions related specifically to individuals have a The second surtax is a 3.8% tax on investment income for a greater effect on how they will be taxed beginning in single taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of $200,000 2013; however, one provision that applies to 2012 is the ($250,000 for married filing jointly). This tax is imposed on permanent extension of the AMT exemption thresholds. the lesser of investment income or the amount that income These exemption amounts will now be adjusted for exceeds the threshold. Investment income includes interest, inflation. For 2012, the amounts were set at $50,600 for dividends, capital gains, annuities, rents, royalties and passive single taxpayers and $78,750 for joint filers. income. It does not include retirement distributions , income Outside of the above revenue raising provisions, there were classified as earned income or gain from the sale of property some tax provisions that can be seen as more taxpayer used in a trade or business. friendly. One such provision was the retroactive extension With the many changes that are upon us, it is clear that we of tax-free distributions from IRAs for charitable purposes. are in an era of increasing taxes. Please consult your tax It’s important to note that there were special provisions to professional for a complete and full discussion on how these address the fact that taxpayers were unable to make direct changes affect you. contributions in 2012. For a limited period in 2013, certain

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Page 22 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 Association Activity Update on Federal and Ohio Tax Seminar, January 10, 2013 By: Tom Giusti, OOGA Tax Committee Chair

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Page 24 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org January/February 2013 In Memoriam

Herschel Gene Grose William “Bill” Boston Herschel Gene Grose, 91, of North Canton, passed away William “Bill” Boston, 51, of Danville, passed away in his on Sunday (Dec. 30, 2012) at Aultman Hospital in Canton. sleep, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. He was born in Scircleville, Ind. on Feb. 1, 1921, to the late Herschel Kenneth and Anna Myrtle (Heaton) Grose. Bill had previously lived in Newark for 18 years and taught Herschel graduated cum laude from Indiana Central at Philo High School for 15 years. He graduated from North College in 1942. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War Canton Hoover High School and then received his B.A. in II, received training at Princeton University, and attended education and M.A. in Geology from Ohio University. He radar school at MIT where he met Charlotte Wilson while went on to Rutgers University where he worked on his she was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. They were Doctorate in Geology. married on April 14, 1944. During the War Lieutenant He had worked for various oil companies in this area Grose served 18 months in the Pacific Theater as radar including NGO, where he was a field geologist. Bill loved officer aboard the USS Tinosa, a Gato Class Submarine. He the outdoors and spent much of his time enjoying nature. received a letter of commendation from Admiral Nimitz for His passion, like his father’s, was sharing his knowledge excellent maintenance of secret electronic equipment used with students that passed through his classroom. in a special mission near the Island of Okinawa. Bill is survived by his mother, Dolores Boston of North After the war, Herschel received his Doctorate Degree in Canton; two sons, Kyle Bryan Boston of Danville and James Chemistry from Indiana University. Dr. Grose was a research Harold of Columbus; a brother, Robert (Carol) Boston of chemist for DuPont and then joined the faculty at Marietta Navarre, Fla.; a nephew, Zakaria, and a niece, Sierra, both of College as a chemistry professor in 1953. During his 32 year Navarre, Fla. tenure at Marietta College, he served as Chairman of the Chemistry Department for 25 years, retiring in 1985. Once His father, Jack J. Boston, preceded him in death in 2010. retired, he relocated to North Canton, and at the age of 84 Memorial contributions may be made in Bill’s name to North he returned to teaching chemistry at Walsh University for American Envirothon, P.O. Box 855, League City, TX 77574. 2 years. His professional publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society of which he was To send a condolence or share a memory with the Boston a member. family, please visit www.dilleylasater.com. He traveled extensively in the American west with his family and during retirement toured 27 foreign countries. Jean B. McConnell His hobbies included photography and developing his Jean B. McConnell, age 93, of Worthington, passed away own pictures, tutoring in chemistry and math, being close Monday, January 28, 2013. Jean was preceded in death to nature at his farm in southern Ohio, and providing by her parents, brother, sisters and her husband of 44 inspiration to his children, grandchildren and great- years Kenner “Jack” McConnell, Jr. Her survivors include grandchildren. her son and daughter-in-law, Kenner “Mac” and Connie McConnell, III; grandsons, Glenver (Kristin) McConnell and Herschel was preceded in death by his wife Charlotte of Ross McConnell; other relatives and friends. Jean was a 46 years on Sept. 15, 1990, and son-in-law Peter Kelley long-time member of the Worthington Women’s Club, the on Jan. 23, 2010. He is survived by his children: Suzanne Worthington Historical Society and the Worthington United (Carl) Glendenning of Kingsport, Tenn., Steven (Carol) Methodist Church. Jean was an avid golfer, and a former Grose of Hartville, Ohio, David (Deborah) Grose of San member of the York Country Club. A Funeral Service was Antonio, Texas, Sandra Kelley of South Jordan, , held at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Rutherford- Gregory (Maryanne) Grose of Marietta, Bonnie (David) Eigel Corbin Funeral Home, 515 High Street, Worthington, with of North Canton, Ohio; 13 grandchildren and 11 great- Rev. Cyndy Garn, officiating. A private family interment grandchildren; sister, Betty Eberhardt of Indiana; other was held at Union Cemetery. The family requests, in lieu of relatives and friends. flowers, that memorial contributions be made to Friendship Village of Columbus Memorial Fund. Condolences for the family may be sent to: www.rutherfordfuneralhomes.com

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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Devon Energy Corporation Gulfport Energy Corporation Ariel Corporation Dominion East Ohio Ohio Oil Gathering Artex Oil Company Eclipse Resources The Oxford Oil Company BP America EnerVest Operating, LLC Shell Oil Company Chesapeake Energy Corporation Ergon Oil Purchasing, Inc. XTO Energy Inc. Wildcat Members

American Refining Group EQT Corporation Mountaineer Keystone LLC Atlas Energy, L.P. Gatherco, Inc. Ohio Natural Gas & Oil Development LLC Babst Calland David R. Hill, Inc. Producers Service Corporation Caiman Eastern Midstream, LLC J.D. Drilling Company REX Energy Corporation Chevron Ken Miller Supply, Inc. Vallourec & Mannesmann USA Dominion East Ohio KENOIL, Inc. Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP The Energy Cooperative Knox/Jordan Group EnerVest Operating, LLC Local 18 IUOE Scout Members

1st Choice Energy Services Antero Resources Bass Energy, Inc. AECOM Technical Services Apple Mobile Leasing Inc. BDI - Bearing Distributors, Inc. Advanced Energy Services, LLC Aqua Capital Ventures Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Alberts Spray Solutions LLC ARCADIS U.S. Inc. BL Companies, Inc. Alliance Petroleum Corporation ARM Group Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA American Plastic Pipe & Supply Array Products Black Ridge Resource Partners American Road Machinery Co. AultCare Borton Lawson American Structurepoint, Inc. AVT Inc. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Amerimar Realty Company Baker & Hostetler, LLP Buckeye Oil Producing Co. Anderson Excavating, LLC Bakerwell, Inc. Burgess & Niple Anderson Propane Services LLC Barrett Paving Materials Inc Burleson LLP

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Scout Members (cont.)

Cameron Drilling Co., Inc. Industrial Torque Tools O’Brien & Gere Canter Surveying GPS Services, Inc. Infrasource Ohio CAT Canton Erectors Inc. Integrys Energy Services, Inc. North Valley Bank Century National Bank Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. Panhandle Energy Chatham Associates IPS Engineering PDC Energy, Inc. Clean Harbors Iron Mountain Specialized, Inc. Peak Exploration & Production Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. Jackson Kelly PLLC Petrox, Inc. Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Jim Bourbeau Land Service, Inc. Pipe-Valves, Inc. Consol Energy JMW Trucking, Welding & Manufacturing Pipeline Development Company Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc. Joe Knows Energy Plains All American Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd. John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. (Fugro) PNC Wealth Management D.A. Nolt, Inc. of PA JP Morgan Ventures Energy Corp Powder River Land Services, LLC Dawood Engineering, Inc. K & L Gates LLP Principle Energy Services Diversified Resources Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Pro Football Hall of Fame Dominion East Ohio Kelchner, Inc. Producers Supply Company, Inc. Dorfman Production Co. KeyBank PVR Partners DTE Pipeline Company Keystone Insurers Group, Inc. RETTEW East Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Kilburn Law Firm, PLLC Richard L. Bowen & Associates Council Kimble Companies RiskControl 360 EDCO Producing, Inc. Kincaid, Taylor & Geyer R&J Trucking, Inc. Edgemarc Energy Holdings LLC Kirk Excavating & Construction, Inc. Royal Chemical Company E.L Robinson Kokosing Construction Co. Sadler Law Firm LLP Enduring Resources Krugliak, Wilkens, Griffiths & Daugherty SAIC EnerVest Operating, LLC Kwest Group, LLC Sierra Buckeye, LLC Enterprise Fleet Management Larson Design Group Stantec E-Pak Manufacturing Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC Stateline Paving ERM LJ Stein & Company, Inc. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Ernst Conservation Seeds Local 66 IUOE Summit Petroleum, Inc. Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories, Inc. Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C. SunSource Hydraulic Service & Repair Everflow Eastern Partners, L.P. LW Survey Co. Superior Well Services Evets Oil & Gas Construction Services Lyden Oil Company Squire Sanders (US) LLP Express Energy Company M3 Midstream LLC Test America Laboratories, Inc. Falco Energy Marcellus Resource Group Tetra Technologies, Inc. Fifth Third Bank MacKenzie Land & Exploration, Ltd. Tetra Tech Finn Corporation Marathon Petroleum Company Thompson Hine LLP FirstMerit Bank Maric Drilling Company A.W. Tipka Oil & Gas, Inc Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. Tracker Lario Utica, LLC GBQ Partners LLC Mason Producing, Inc. TRC Companies Graybar Electric McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC Trendwell Energy Corporation Great Lakes Geophyscial, Inc. McTech Corp Tri-State Environmental Services H & H Enterprises McTish, Kunkel & Associates Triad Engineering Halcon Resources Corporation Mercy Medical Center Universal Well Services Hall, Kistler & Company MFC Drilling, Inc. URS Corporation Halliburton Mid-Ohio Pipeline Services Velocity Ohio Midstream, LLC Hess Corporation Moody & Associates W.H.Smith Company High Sierra Crude Oil & Marketing Moore Well Services, Inc. Welin, O’Shaughnessy + Scheaf LLC Hillcorp Energy Company MS Consultants, Inc. Weir Oil & Gas Holland Services NCL Natural Resources, LLC Westfield Bank, FSB Hondros College of Business Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineering, Inc. Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Co. Hull & Associates, Inc. Newpark Resources, Inc. William C. Abel & Associates Hunt Oil Company New Pig Corporation Will-Burt Company IA Construction Corporation Nicolozakes Trucking & Construction, Inc.

January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 27 Press Releases

BHE Environmental Announces New Akron Office

ow celebrating our 25th anniversary, BHE For more information on BHE’s new Akron office and NEnvironmental recently opened a Northeast Ohio office consulting services, please visit us at location. Our new Akron office positions BHE to efficiently www.bheenvironmental.com or contact us at: and effectively support our clients in the energy markets, James Manning especially Oil & Gas, Windpower, and Transmission. In Project Coordinator addition to these business sectors, we will provide full 1 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308 environmental engineering and natural resource management Mobile 216.406.2464 services to local and regional government and industrial [email protected] customers. John M. Bruck, PE From our staff in BHE offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; Cedarburg, President 11733 Chesterdale Rd. Wisconsin; Knoxville, ; Omaha Nebraska; Boise, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 Idaho; and now Akron, Ohio, we wish you a happy and Office 513.326.1557 prosperous 2013. [email protected] Karen Tyrell, PhD Senior Vice President 7041 Maynardville Highway Knoxville, Tennessee 37918 Office 865.925.6370

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) Opens New Office in Columbiana, Ohio

erbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) recently For more information on HRG, services and project success Hannounced that they are continuing to expand the stories, please visit www.hrg-inc.com. company’s footprint by opening an office in Columbiana, About Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. Ohio. This office is strategically located to support the firm’s current workload in the natural gas development industry Originally founded in 1962 to serve central Pennsylvania, and enable HRG’s team to offer diverse engineering and HRG has grown into a full-service engineering firm, related services to serve both public and private initiatives providing quality, cost-effective design solutions to a within Ohio. diverse client-base throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The employee-owned firm currently has office locations across the This office is currently being managed by James M. Lopresti, commonwealth of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. P.E., Western Region Vice President, and is located at 330 North Main Street, Columbiana, OH 44408. The phone Offering a full complement of in-depth technical expertise number is (330)482-9622 and the fax number is (330)482-9629. and diversity of engineering disciplines, HRG provides services in land development, water resources, environmental, “HRG places a great emphasis on client service and this water and energy, transportation, surveying, natural gas, new office allows us to dedicate an experienced team to the mechanical/electrical/plumbing, financial consulting, and increasing workload in this region,” stated Robert C. Grubic, geographic information systems. For more information, P.E., President and CEO of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, please visit the Web site at http://www.hrg-inc.com/. Inc. “We are genuinely excited about this opportunity and look forward to establishing roots and building long-lasting relationships within Ohio.

Minard Run Oil Company Announces Acquisition

inard Run Oil Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania upstream natural gas producing assets, situated in the Mis pleased to announce that, effective December Finger Lakes Region of New York State, from Chesapeake 14th, 2012, it has completed the acquisition of certain Energy Corporation affiliate, Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC.

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Minard Run Oil Company Announces Acquisition (cont.)

The assets, mainly located in the New York Counties of into new geological and geographic areas of the Appalachian Cayuga and Seneca, consist of 413 natural gas wells that Basin and into other nearby geological provinces. produce primarily from the Queenston Formation of Upper Minard Run Oil Company is a privately owned, family Ordovician Age; 56,130 acres of oil and gas leasehold rights; controlled; Pennsylvania based oil and gas exploration, and approximately 195 miles of field production gas gathering development and production company which was founded in pipelines which are accompanied by associated compression, 1875 as Emery Oil Company. In 1906, the Company became metering and production facilities. Minard Run Oil Company and now is currently managed Minard Run Oil Company plans to continue to expand its by a fourth generation descendent of the founder, Senator presence in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State by Lewis Emery, Jr. At this time, Senator Emery’s great grandson, drilling and developing its newly acquired undeveloped oil Frederick W. Fesenmyer, serves as company President and and gas leasehold rights and by seeking additional producing Chief Executive Officer. For more information, please contact property acquisition opportunities. Further, on a broad scope, the Company at 814-362-3531 or at www.minardrunoil.com it is Minard Run Oil Company’s intention to continue to increase its asset base and cash flow by expanding activities

Thomas F. McGovern Processing Manager

12753 South Parker Road Suite # 104 Parker, Colorado 80134

Email: [email protected] Phone: (303)993-7962 Website: www.sertllc.com Cell: (303)241-5777

Phone 740-452-4503

Producers of Crude Oil and Natural Gas in 31 Counties of Ohio

Purchaser of used casing and tubular goods Box 910, 4900 Boggs Rd. Zanesville, Ohio 43702-0910

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Associate

Howard Offenberger Alice Ratcliffe Paul Robinson Project Manager XTO Energy, Inc. Gas Business Development Representative Wolf Creek Contracting, Co., LLC 810 Houston St. Dominion East Ohio 405 Watertown Road Fort Worth, TX 76102 7015 Freedom Avenue, NW Waterford, OH 45786 817-885-2181 North Canton, OH 44720 740-749-5818 [email protected] 330-266-2036 [email protected] [email protected]

Mack Smith, Jr. Tom Yarnick Manager, Commercial Gas Services Environmental & Regulatory Advisor Dominion East Ohio XTO Energy, Inc. 7015 Freedom Avenue, NW 502 Keystone Dr. Canton, OH 44720 Warrendale, PA 15086 330-266-2115 724-772-8745 [email protected] [email protected] Allied Industry

Justin Abramovich Randall Bridges Jose Maria Camacho Sales Sr. Vice President Account Manager The Pipe Line Development Company Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP Cameron Measurement 870 Canterbury Road 5842 Moore Road 14450 JFK Boulevard Westlake, OH 44145 PO Box 127 Houston, TX 77032 440-871-5700 Williamsburg, MI 49690 708-717-1572 [email protected] 231-267-9775 [email protected] [email protected]

Frank Castro, Jr. Michael Daschbach Kammie Dennis Sales Sr. Project Manager Permit Agent The Pipe Line Development Company Aqua Capital Ventures Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP 870 Canterbury Road 762 W. Lancaster Avenue 5842 Moore Road Westlake, OH 44145 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 PO Box 127 440-871-5700 610-645-4257 Williamsburg, MI 49690 [email protected] [email protected] 231-267-9775 [email protected]

Joe Goodeyon Peter Haburt Glenn Harshman President General Sales Manager Regional Mail Wellhead Systems, Inc. The Pipe Line Development Company Sprung Instant Structures, Inc. PO Box 129 870 Canterbury Road 5000 Tilghman Street, Suite 230 Hill City, KS 67642 Westlake, OH 44145 Allentown, PA 18104 785-421-2255 440-871-5700 610-691-9553 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Committed to providing safe, reliable energy. • National Gas & Oil Cooperative • NGO Development Corporation • NGO Transmission • Producers Gas Sales 1-800-255-6815 www.theenergycoop.com

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Allied Industry (cont.)

Kieran Kavanagh Dan Kelley Edmund Kolodziej Sales Manager Principal - Kelley Industrial President Lumber Resource Solutions, LLC The Pipe Line Development Company Aqua Capital Ventures 2660 South Street, SE #2 PO Box 45181 6650 South Avenue Warren, OH 44483 Westlake, OH 44145 Boardman, OH 40512 330-550-7763 440-835-0818 330-397-0770 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Thomas Lankford Debra Light Elaine Maruca Chief Operations Officer VP Industrial Fibers Marketing Coordinator Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP Central Fiber, LLC The Pipe Line Development Company 5842 Moore Road 1525 Waynesburg Drive, SE 870 Canterbury Road PO Box 127 Canton, OH 44707 Westlake, OH 44145 Williamsburg, MI 49690 330-452-2630 440-871-5700 231-267-9775 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Kevin Meitz Aaron Moody Randy Osburn Crew Manager Industrial Torque Tools Industrial Sales Development Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP 17406 Tiller Court, Suite 900 State Electric Supply Co. 5842 Moore Road Westfield, IN 46074 2010 2nd Avenue PO Box 127 614-302-5262 Huntington, WV 25703 Williamsburg, MI 49690 [email protected] 304-528-0232 231-267-9775 [email protected] [email protected]

Thomas Rafferty Dennis Roberts Mark Schuler Director Corporate Development Macomb Pipe Oilfield Supply Permit Agent Aqua Capital Ventures 695 Johnston Street Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP 762 W. Lancaster Avenue Akron, OH 44306 5842 Moore Road Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 330-379-9006 PO Box 127 610-645-1064 [email protected] Williamsburg, MI 49690 [email protected] 231-267-9775 [email protected]

Mark Smith Cyndi Thomas Aaron Tong Shear + Plug Manager Ohio Corporate Development Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. The Pipe Line Development Company Aqua Capital Ventures 6235 Westerville Road, Suite 200 870 Canterbury Road 5481 Buenos Aires Blvd. Westerville, OH 43081 Westlake, OH 44145 Westerville, OH 43085 614-212-5609 440-871-5700 614-981-4153 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Allied Industry (cont.)

Michael Vollman Area Sales Manager Sherwin Williams Co., The 11350 Alameda Drive Strongsville, OH 44149 440-846-1701 [email protected] Contractor Stephanie Anderson Neil Kimbler Executive Assistant Region Sales Manager Anderson Excavating, LLC Express Energy Services 343 Williams Road 400 SouthPointe Boulevard, Suite 240 Morgantown, WV 26501 Canonsburg, PA 15317 304-983-2296 724-485-2368 [email protected] [email protected]

Producer

William Abel Jenny Adams James Barkdull President Business Development Petroleum Consultant William C. Abel & Associates William C. Abel & Associates JE Barkdull & Associates 304 Rosemont Garden 628 E. Shafer Avenue 4755 S. Xenon Way Lexington, KY 40503 Dover, OH 44655 Morrison, CO 80465 800-948-0343 800-948-0343 303-483-1524 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Jack Johnston Archie Nesbitt Pamela Russell Producer President & CEO Vice President Zenith Petroleum Corporation Marksmen Energy William C. Abel & Associates 7790 E. Arapahoe Road Suite 700, 700 4th Avenue, SW PO Box 655 PO Box S-190 Calgary, AB T2P-3J4 Owengo, NY 13827 Centennial, CO 80112 403-265-7270 800-948-0343 303-779-1900 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

William Tempelton President Dustin Energy Inc. 5498 Country Trail Warren, OH 44481 330-847-6676 [email protected]

Financing | Risk Management | Trust | Treasury Services

Wes Webb | Senior Vice President | 918.588.6981 Jason Webb | Vice President | 918.588.6771 (330) 491-0665 (330) 491-4865 James Smail | 330.264.7500 | Nick Pustay | 740.587.2831

© 2010 Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Opportunity Lender.

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Professional

Joel Browder G. Nicholas Casey, Jr. John DiNunzio Product Manager Member Vice President Hondros College, Inc. Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC Civil & Environmental Consultants 4140 Executive Parkway BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. 8740 Orion Place, Suite 100 Westerville, OH 43081 PO Box 1746 Columbus, OH 43240 614-508-7284 Charleston, WV 25326 614-540-6633 [email protected] 304-345-2000 614-885-0848 [email protected]

William Dunbar Johnathan Easton Carlos Femmer Supervisor of Survey Operations Project Coordinator Vice President, Manager of Geospatial Solutions John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. 200 Dulles Drive 100 Plaza Drive, Suite 3 900 South College Drive, Suite 301 Lafayette, LA 70506 Atlasburg, PA 15004 Lafayette, LA 70503 337-268-3157 337-706-3906 337-268-3167 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

William Finke Paul Garinger Richard Gottlieb Supervisor of Survey Services Associate Member John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC 100 Plaza Drive, Suite 3 BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. Atlasburg, PA 15004 PO Box 1746 PO Box 1746 337-706-3904 Charleston, WV 25326 Charleston, WV 25326 bfinke@fugro 304-345-2000 304-345-2000 [email protected] [email protected]

Donald Harper Milton Haynes Aaron Heydinger Project Manager Vice President - Segment Leader Project Manager / Engineer John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. Peoples Bank, N.A. - Energy, Mining & Utilities Advanced Civil Design, Inc. 100 Plaza Drive, Suite 3 138 Putnam Street 422 Beecher Road Atlasburg, PA 15004 PO Box 738 Gahanna, OH 43230 337-706-3901 Marietta, OH 45750 614-428-7750 [email protected] 740-374-6175 [email protected] [email protected]

Frank Hoagland Sandy Kandel William Kleven CEO Sr. Geotechnician Vice President S.T.A.R.T., LLC Moody & Associates, Inc. Park National Bank 797 Cool Springs Road 7100 Whipple Avenue, NW 140 E. Town Street Mingo Junction, OH 43938 North Canton, OH 44720 Columbus, OH 43215 740-598-4891 330-966-3848 614-228-9026 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Tina Lapp Bob Lovell Ramonda Lyons President Vice President Member Hondros College, Inc. J.P. Morgan Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC 4140 Executive Parkway 100 E. Broad Street, 9th Floor BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. Westerville, OH 43081 Columbus, OH 43215 PO Box 1746 614-508-7224 614-244-0397 Charleston, WV 25326 [email protected] 304-345-2000 [email protected]

Michael Maio Mary McCarty Tony Miller Ohio Lawyer/Landman Herbert Rowland & Grubic, Inc. Senior Ecological Project Manager Michael L. Maio, Atty. at Law 200 West Kensinger Drive, Suite 400 John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. /Colorado Landman, Inc Cranberry Township, PA 16066 100 Plaza Drive, Suite 3 3 Dudley Road 724-779-4777 Atlasburg, PA 15004 Manitou Springs, CO 80829 [email protected] 337-706-3903 719-433-8840 [email protected] [email protected]

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January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 33 Killbuck Columbus (330) 276-2161 (614) 898-7590

Terry Clark Manager | Crude Oil Supply Appalachian Basin 1-800-278-3364 [1-800-CRUDE-OIL]

Magnolia Terminal 1-800-846-2550

Crude Oil Buyers Keith Britton or Bob Moss

Regional Manager, Ergon Trucking, Inc. Tom Leyda

Purchasers & Transporters Of Crude Oil

▪ Urban and Rural Well Plats ▪ Well Pad and Impoundment ▪ Gas Line Surveying and Designs Staking ▪ Wetland Studies ▪ Transportation Management ▪ Water Well Testing ▪ Construction Inspections ▪ Geotechnical/Slope Stability

 •• Utica and Marcellus Wells Designed and Permitted Offices in: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia

www.hammontree-engineers.com Charles Hammontree, P.E., P.S.

Members: OOGA, PIOGA, IOGAWV, and IPAA 3376B Main Street 5233 Stoneham Road Weirton, WV 26062 443 Athena Drive PROVIDING SHALE OIL & GAS SERVICES North Canton, OH FROM 5 OFFICE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE Delmont, PA 15626 44720 104 Newell Avenue MARCELLUS AND UTICA SHALE REGIONS 1-800-394-8817 www.hullinc.com St. Clairsville, OH 43950

Mike Bates Professional Landman Cell: (330) 309-1223 Office: (330) 244-0635 Fax: (330) 305-6001 Email: [email protected]

5915 Nella Ave. N.W. North Canton, Ohio 44720

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Professional (cont.)

Lee Nageotte Angela Ramsey Mark Ruffing Sr. Geologist Associate Skynet Managed Technology Services Moody & Associates, Inc. Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC 1 E. Campus View Boulevard, Suite 225 11548 Cotton Road BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. Columbus, OH 43235 Meadville, PA 16335 PO Box 1746 614-423-6400 814-724-4970 Charleston, WV 25326 [email protected] [email protected] 304-345-2000 [email protected]

Mark Sadd Michael Wanchick Stephanie Webb Member CT Consultants, Inc. Marketing Director Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins, PLLC 3769 Columbus Pike, #200 Hondros College, Inc. BB&T Square, Suite 700, 300 Summers St. Delaware, OH 43015 4140 Executive Parkway PO Box 1746 740-363-3792 Westerville, OH 43081 Charleston, WV 25326 [email protected] 304-345-2000 [email protected]

Royalty Owner

David Betts Corp. Officer Amanda Hills Spring Water Co. 9756 National Road PO Box 301 Etna, OH 43018 740-927-3422 [email protected] New Member Profiles

Carmen Andreoli Charles S. Basich Director, Wholesale Services Tax Director ProLiance Energy DeLoitte Tax LLP www.proliance.com www.deloitte.com ProLiance Energy is a natural gas marketing company Experienced tax professional with emphasis of taxation on providing supply to an established end user market in Ohio. partnerships, joint ventures. Significant experience with real We look forward to partnering with OOGA members to extend estate and oil and gas. their market reach to our Ohio customer base. Chip Bell Christine Bade President Director of Marketing Skynet Managed Technology Services Walthall, Drake & Wallace, LLP CPA’s www.skynetmts.com www.walthall.com Provide businesses with unlimited resources for computer Statewide, full-service CPA firm specializing in formation of support and solutions. entity to drill the wells, accounting for drilling operation and distribution of gas, along with other services. Randall Bridges Senior Vice President Great Lakes Geophysical, LLLP www.gl-geo.com

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G. Nicholas Casey, Jr. Milt Haynes Managing Member Vice President Lewis, Glasser, Casey & Rollins PLLC Peoples Bank, National Association www.lgcr.com www.peoplesbankcorp.com Nick Casey has 35 years experience providing government Serving the Appalachian Basin for over 110 years. Providing relations and legal services, at the federal and state levels, to reserve-based lending, equipment and commercial finance, extractive industries. treasury management, investment management, and wealth management. Shawn Croucher Director of Energy Services Tim Lucas Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. Superintendent www.navarrowright.com Schmid Mechanical Since 1996, N & W services energy clients to provide well pad Specializing in design, fabrication and installation. and impoundment, HDD crossing, and pipeline/gathering line Wes Nason design, pipeline construction plans, wetlands, environmental Vice President, Operations and Estimating assessments, archaeological studies, cultural resources, Welded Construction, LP survey and mapping, well pad and pipeline construction stakeout, permits and approvals and construction testing and www.welded.com inspections. Ohio-based pipeline contractor located in Perrysburg and founded in 1966. We build main line pipelines and gathering Thomas Fields systems for long line transmission and midstream clients. President Active in Utica and Marcellus regions. Accurate Investigative Service, Inc. www.accurate-detective.com Jason Shankleton Rental Coordinator Full service PI agency dedicated to individual and corporate Leppo Rents clients offering investigative, paralegal, and employment screening services. Our services include criminal, civil, www.leppos.com domestic investigations, workers comp claims/fraud, drug/ Leppo Rents oil and gas rental activities are based in Canton, alcohol testing, BCI/FBI (webchecks), BMV records, DOT Ohio. Leppo’s handles Bobcat loaders and excavators, JLG lifts collection site and more. and telehandlers, Doosan generators and light towers and an assortment of products for your jobsites. Richard Gottlieb Member John Zehentbauer Lewis, Glasser, Casey & Rollins PLLC Director www.lgcr.com Mahoning County Career and Technical Center Richard has over 30 years experience representing natural www.mahoningctc.com gas companies in complex litigation and regulatory matters, The MCCTC is a full-service career and technical center that including Marcellus and Utica shales. Richard has been serves students in grades 11 and 12 in high school and a full- recognized as West Virginia’s Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year. service adult training center that trains future employees and current businesses in and for the oil and gas industry.

Jason Nicholas Orville “Nick” Nicholas Wooster, OH (330) 264-9146 Cell: 330-219-7604 Cell: 330-717-7994 Fallsburg, OH (740) 828-3385 Junction City, OH (740) 907-5010 Marietta, OH (740) 373-6806 P.O. Box 86 • Cortland, OH 44410 Elkview, WV (304) 935-1055 Fax: 234-244-4293 Glenville, WV (304) 462-5726 Weston, WV (304) 269-3850 Conneautville, PA (814) 587-6370 [email protected] Indiana, PA (724) 465-8875 Pikeville, KY (606) 874-8333 www.nickswellplugging.com Coeburn, VA (276) 395-2042

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The Ohio Oil & Gas Association would like to thank the following companies for their support through advertising in the Bulletin. Classified advertisements for these companies can be found on the pages indicated. Drilling Professional Services (cont.) HAD Drilling Company, Inc ������������������������������������������������������������������������26, 34 Gemondo & McGuiggan L.L.P. �������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Poulson Drilling Corporation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 7 Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. ����������������������������������������������47 Grove, Michael E., Attorney At Law ����������������������������������������������������������������20 Exploration, Development & Production Hall, Kistler & Company, LLP ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Abarta Oil & Gas Co., Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������10 Hammontree & Associates, Limited ����������������������������������������������������������������34 Bakerwell, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Hull 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�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 OGIA Insurance Agency �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 Ohio Valley Energy Systems ���������������������������������������������������� 17, Back Cover Schulberg, Arnold L., Attorney/Huron Land Service ��������������������������������10 Oxford Oil Company, The ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 SherWare, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������50 Petrox, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������10 Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������20 Smail, Inc., James R. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������21 Triad Engineering, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Village of Lordstown �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������38 Oilfield Services Purchasers Barrett Paving Materials Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Bergad Speciality Foams ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 American Refining Group, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������19 CRS Reprocessing Services, LLC ����������������������������������������������������������������������34 Devco Oil, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 Drillers Transportation Services, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������31 Ergon Oil Purchasing, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Ernst Seeds �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������18 Exelon Energy Services ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Excalibur Machine Company ��������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Hess Corporation �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Fiberspar Corporation ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22 IGS Energy ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������10 Hagen Well Service ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Integrys Energy Services, Inc. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������31 IA Construction Corporation ����������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Lakeshore Energy Services �������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 Laughlin & Co., Inc., R.L. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������38 Sequent Energy Management �������������������������������������������������������������������������19 McJunkin Red Man Corporation . �������������������������������������������������������������������47 Geophysical Services Moore Well Services, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Nick’s Well Plugging, LLC �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������36 Elite Seismic Processing, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Ohio Natural Gas Services, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������������50 Precision Geophysical, Inc. ������������������������������������������������������������������������20, 51 Petroset Cementing Services, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������������������10 Seismic Earth Resources Technology �����������������������������������������������������������29 Shoots Meter Check Co. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Smokin’ J Oilfield Services ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������38 Supply Companies Xylem Dewatering Systems dba Godwin Pumps ��������������������������������������29 AJAX Rental �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Appalachian Oilfield Supply �����������������������������������������������������������������������������50 Professional Services Aqua-Clear, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 Appalachian Basin CPAs, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Buckeye Supply Company ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 Bank of Oklahoma �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 Cameron Oil & Gas, LLC, Dow ��������������������������������������������������������������������������38 Bates, Professional Landman, Mike ����������������������������������������������������������������34 Cummins Bridgeway, LLC ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������30 Black McClusky Souers & Albaugh �����������������������������������������������������������������17 Dansco Manufacturing and Pump Unit Service, LP ����������������������������������21 Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. ��������������������������������������������������������� 7 D & K Supply & Equipment, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������30 CompManagement ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 9 Eastern Solutions �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������31 Conestoga Rovers & Associates �����������������������������������������������������������������������29 Merit Pump & Equipment Co., Inc. ������������������������������������������������������������������ 7 Dawson Companies ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Miller Supply, Inc., Ken ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36 DBG & Associates, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 MULTI-Products Co. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 Geiger, Teeple, Smith & Hahn, L.L.P. ��������������������������������������������������������������10 Parmaco of Parkersburg, Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������47

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March August 2013 Annual Winter Meeting 2013 OOGA Summer Meeting March 6-8, 2013 August 5-6, 2013 Hilton Easton, Columbus, OH Zanesville Country Club, Zanesville, OH April December 2013 Legislative Reception 2013 Oilfield Expo April 17, 2013 December 3-5, 2013 5:30-7:30 p.m. International Exhibition (IX) Center, Cleveland, OH Capital Club, Columbus, OH

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Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Foundation

January March (cont.) ShaleNET Midwest Regional Meeting, January 10, 2013 Kent State University at Stark Oil and Gas Seminar, American Welding Institute, January 10, 2013 March 28, 2013 Carroll County Public Safety Committee Meeting, January 16, 2013 April Village of Lordstown Town Hall Meeting, January 16, 2013 Newark Lions Club Oil and Gas Forum, April 3, 2013 PNC Bank Youngstown, January 17, 2013 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo, April 9 - 11, 2013 Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio, January 26, 2013 American Institute of Petroleum Geologists, April 10 - 11, 2013 Community Action Agencies Annual Conference, January 31, 2013 Environmental Education Council of Ohio, April 11 - 14, 2013 Ohio Township Association, January 31 - February 2, 2013 OOGEEP Oilfield Emergency Response Training Workshop, February April 13 - 14, 2013 Construction Financial Management Association, April 16, 2013 Crain’s Cleveland Business 2013 Shale Summit, February 5, 2013 Ashtabula County Trustees Association Meeting, April 18, 2013 Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO), February 7 - 9, 2013 Emergency Management Association of Ohio Spring Conference, R.G. Drage Career Technical Center, February 7, 2013 April 23 - 24, 2013 Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO), Teacher Workshop, May February 8, 2013 OOGEEP Oilfield Emergency Response Training Workshop, Tri County Utica Shale Summit, February 8, 2013 May 4 - 5, 2013 Ohio Horizontal Directional Drilling Association, February 8, 2013 State Science Day, May 11, 2013 eTech Conference, February 11 - 13, 2013 Chemical and Allied Industries of Northwest Ohio Association GEMS Middle School, February 11, 2013 (CAI-NWO), May 14, 2013 Tuscarawas/ Carrollton High School Counselors, February 12, 2013 June Zanesville Chamber of Commerce, February 14, 2013 Jefferson County Oil and Gas Forum, February 21, 2013 Hands on Training (HOT) Teacher Conference, June 12 - 13, 2013 Ashtabula County Town Hall Meeting, February 23, 2013 OOGEEP Teacher Workshop, June 19 - 20, 2013 Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Annual Meeting, July February 25 - 26, 2013 Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association 2013 Annual Conference, East Canton Rotary Club, February 26, 2013 July 19 - 24, 2013 Northcoast Fastener Association Oil and Gas Forum, OOGEEP Teacher Workshop, July 31 - August 1, 2013 February 28, 2013 August March Educators Development Program (EDP), August 8, 2013 Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) Winter Meeting, March 6 - 8, 2013 September Youngstown Chamber Oil and Gas Forum, March 11, 2013 OOGEEP Oilfield Emergency Response Training Workshop, Cuyahoga Public Library, March 13, 2013 September 7 - 8, 2013 The Works Energy Industry, March 17, 2013 Desk & Derrick Club Convention, September 25 - 29, 2013 Cincinnati Chamber Oil and Gas Forum, March 18, 2013 Ohio Law Seminar, March 19, 2013 October Columbus Region Logistics Council Oil and Gas Forum, OOGEEP Oilfield Emergency Response Training Workshop, March 19, 2013 October 12 - 13, 2013

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OOGEEP Exposes “Fracktivist’s” Fraudulent Water Prop

OOGEEP EXPOSES “FRACTIVIST’S” FRAUDULENT WELL WATER SAMPLE In December, known anti-industry protestor Elizabeth Khumprakob began screaming over top of OOGEEP’s Executive Director Rhonda Reda, during one of over 208 OOGEEP public presentations given in 2012, in an attempt to disrupt yet another public meeting. This time the meeting took place during a special Youngstown City Council Committee Hearing on oil and gas. After numerous attempts by Council Committee Members to discourage her outrageous behavior, including her presentation of a “special jar of water” that she declared is proof that “frack fluid” is contaminating water wells, she repeatedly requested that Ms. Reda drink her “water.” This tactic, among many others, has been seen repeatedly around the state. The fractivist’s action eventually led her to being escorted out of the room by the police, without her “water,” which she volunteered to leave. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Khumprakob called 911 and requested the City Council Chamber be evacuated because of dangerous “hazardous materials” sitting in the room. No action was taken, as she had tried this at other meetings in the past. After the presentation, OOGEEP proceeded to have conversations with the local Fire Chief, police and members of the City Council Committee regarding the water sample. OOGEEP asked how this particular scare tactic, and abusing the 911 emergency call center, was any different from a bomb scare, and that Ms. Khumprakob should be arrested for attempting to induce public panic. The water sample was sent to BioSolutions, LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for analysis. The results, which were sent to the City Council, Mayor, and the local media, showed that the “water” was NOT a hazardous material, or even “frac fluid,” but instead a personalized concoction that had similar properties to vegetable oil, malted vinegar, table salt and what appeared to be tobacco leaves. Ms. Khumprakob was arrested. No word on her court date.

A BAN ON AN IMPORTANT OIL AND GAS “CHEMICAL” PETITION WINS FIRST PLACE AT JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE FAIR ---- “HOW GULLIBLE ARE WE?” A junior high freshman won first prize at a science fair in January. In his project, he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical “dihydrogen monoxide.” The reasons on the petition were factual: 1) can cause excessive sweating and vomiting; 2) is a major component in acid rain; 3) can cause severe burns in its gaseous state; 4) accidental inhalation can kill you; 5) contributes to erosion; 6) it can decrease the effectiveness of automobile brakes; and, 7) it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients. He asked 150 people if they would sign his petition and support a ban of “dihydrogen monoxide.” The results: one hundred forty-three (143) said yes; six (6) were undecided; and, only one knew that the chemical dihydrogen monoxide was . . . . WATER !!!!! The title of his winning project was: “How Gullible Are We?” He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. The conclusion was obvious.

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Ergon – As of 01/28/13 ARG – As of 01/28/13 Date Ergon Tier 1 Ergon Tier 2 Ergon Tier 3 Date ARG Tier 1 ARG Tier 2 ARG Tier 3 11/7/2012 86.34 83.34 80.34 11/7/2012 86.34 83.34 80.34 11/8/2012 86.99 83.99 80.99 11/8/2012 86.99 83.99 80.99 11/9/2012 87.97 84.97 81.97 11/9/2012 87.97 94.97 91.97 11/10/2012 87.97 84.97 81.97 11/10/2012 87.97 94.97 91.97 11/11/2012 87.97 84.97 81.97 11/11/2012 87.97 94.97 91.97 11/12/2012 87.47 84.47 81.47 11/12/2012 87.47 84.47 81.47 11/13/2012 87.28 84.28 81.28 11/13/2012 87.28 84.28 81.28 11/14/2012 88.22 85.22 82.22 11/14/2012 88.22 85.22 82.22 11/15/2012 87.35 84.35 81.35 11/15/2012 87.35 84.35 81.35 11/16/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/16/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/17/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/17/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/18/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/18/2012 88.57 85.57 82.57 11/19/2012 91.18 88.18 85.18 11/19/2012 91.18 88.18 85.18 11/20/2012 88.65 85.65 82.65 11/20/2012 88.65 85.65 82.65 11/21/2012 89.28 86.28 83.28 11/21/2012 89.28 86.28 83.28 11/22/2012 89.28 86.28 83.28 11/22/2012 89.28 86.28 83.28 11/23/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/23/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/24/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/24/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/25/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/25/2012 90.18 87.18 84.18 11/26/2012 89.64 86.64 83.64 11/26/2012 89.64 86.64 93.64 11/27/2012 89.08 86.08 83.08 11/27/2012 89.08 86.08 83.08 11/28/2012 88.39 85.39 82.39 11/28/2012 88.39 85.39 82.39 11/29/2012 89.97 86.97 83.97 11/29/2012 89.97 86.97 83.97 11/30/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 11/30/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 12/1/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 12/1/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 12/2/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 12/2/2012 90.81 87.81 84.81 12/3/2012 90.99 87.99 84.99 12/3/2012 90.99 87.99 84.99 12/4/2012 90.40 87.40 84.40 12/4/2012 90.40 87.40 84.40 12/5/2012 89.78 86.78 83.78 12/5/2012 89.78 86.78 83.78 12/6/2012 88.16 85.16 82.16 12/6/2012 88.16 85.16 82.16 12/7/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/7/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/8/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/8/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/9/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/9/2012 87.83 84.83 81.83 12/10/2012 87.46 84.46 81.46 12/10/2012 87.46 84.46 81.46 12/11/2012 87.69 84.69 81.69 12/11/2012 87.69 84.69 81.69 12/12/2012 88.67 85.67 82.67 12/12/2012 88.67 85.67 82.67 12/13/2012 87.79 84.79 81.79 12/13/2012 87.79 84.79 81.79 12/14/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/14/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/15/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/15/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/16/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/16/2012 88.63 85.63 82.63 12/17/2012 89.10 86.10 83.10 12/17/2012 89.10 86.10 83.10 12/18/2012 89.83 86.83 83.83 12/18/2012 89.83 86.83 83.83

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Ergon – As of 01/28/13 (cont.) ARG – As of 01/28/13 (cont.) Date Ergon Tier 1 Ergon Tier 2 Ergon Tier 3 Date ARG Tier 1 ARG Tier 2 ARG Tier 3 12/19/2012 91.41 88.41 85.41 12/19/2012 91.41 88.41 85.41 12/20/2012 92.03 89.03 86.03 12/20/2012 92.03 89.03 86.03 12/21/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/21/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/22/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/22/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/23/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/23/2012 90.56 87.56 84.56 12/24/2012 90.51 87.51 84.51 12/24/2012 90.51 87.51 84.51 12/25/2012 90.51 87.51 84.51 12/25/2012 90.51 87.51 84.51 12/26/2012 92.88 89.88 86.88 12/26/2012 92.88 89.88 86.88 12/27/2012 92.77 89.77 86.77 12/27/2012 92.77 89.77 86.77 12/28/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/28/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/29/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/29/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/30/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/30/2012 92.70 89.70 86.70 12/31/2012 93.72 90.72 87.72 12/31/2012 93.72 90.72 87.72 1/1/2013 93.72 90.72 87.72 1/1/2013 93.72 90.72 87.72 1/2/2013 95.02 92.02 89.02 1/2/2013 95.02 92.02 89.02 1/3/2013 94.82 91.82 88.82 1/3/2013 94.82 91.82 88.82 1/4/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/4/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/5/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/5/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/6/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/6/2013 94.99 91.99 88.99 1/7/2013 95.09 92.09 89.09 1/7/2013 95.09 92.09 89.09 1/8/2013 95.05 92.05 89.05 1/8/2013 95.05 92.05 89.05 1/9/2013 95.00 92.00 89.00 1/9/2013 95.00 92.00 89.00 1/10/2013 95.72 92.72 89.72 1/10/2013 95.72 92.72 89.72 1/11/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/11/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/12/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/12/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/13/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/13/2013 95.46 92.46 89.46 1/14/2013 96.04 93.04 90.04 1/14/2013 96.04 93.04 90.04 1/15/2013 95.18 92.18 89.18 1/15/2013 95.18 92.18 89.18 1/16/2013 96.14 93.14 90.14 1/16/2013 96.14 93.14 90.14 1/17/2013 97.39 94.39 91.39 1/17/2013 97.39 94.39 91.39 1/18/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/18/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/19/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/19/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/20/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/20/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/21/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/21/2013 97.46 94.46 91.46 1/22/2013 98.14 95.14 92.14 1/22/2013 98.14 95.14 92.14 1/23/2013 97.13 94.13 91.13 1/23/2013 97.13 94.13 91.13 1/24/2013 97.85 94.85 91.85 1/24/2013 97.85 94.85 91.85 1/25/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/25/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/26/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/26/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/27/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/27/2013 97.78 94.78 91.78 1/28/2013 98.34 95.34 92.34 1/28/2013 98.34 95.34 92.34 Note: Oil prices only. Some postings do have transportation adjustments.

January/February 2013 Ohio Oil & Gas Association Bulletin – www.ooga.org Page 45 Crude Oil Prices Settle Price, Crude Oil NYMEX v Ohio Wellhead Posted Prices Light Sweet January, 2012 – January, 2013 New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Monday, January 28, 2013 121.00 $ per Bbl 101.00 Month Settle Price 81.00 Mar. 2013 96.66 61.00 Apr. 2013 97.10 41.00 May. 2013 97.52 21.00 Jun. 2013 97.83 1.00 Jul. 2013 97.91

1/28/2012 2/28/2012 3/28/2012 4/28/2012 5/28/2012 6/28/2012 7/28/2012 8/28/2012 9/28/2012 Aug. 2013 97.68 10/28/2012 11/28/2012 12/28/2012

NYMEX Near Month Ohio Post Sept. 2013 97.58 Oct. 2013 97.10 Nov. 2013 96.72 Natural Gas Index Pricing Dec. 2013 96.60 Jan. 2014 95.44 NYMEX Close & Appalachian Index Feb. 2014 95.03 January, 2012 – January, 2013

4.000 Settle Price, Natural Gas 3.500 New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 3.000 Monday, January 28, 2013 2.500 $ per MMBtu’s 2.000

1.500 Month Settle Price 1.000 Feb. 2013 3.298 0.500 Mar. 2013 3.308 0.000 Apr. 2013 3.357 Jul-­‐12 Jan-­‐13 Jan-­‐12 Jun-­‐12 Oct-­‐12 Sep-­‐12 Sep-­‐12 Feb-­‐12 Feb-­‐12 Dec-­‐12 Dec-­‐12 Aug-­‐12 Nov-­‐12 Nov-­‐12 Mar-­‐12 Apr.-­‐12 May-­‐12 May. 2013 3.418 TCo Appalachian Index NYMEX Monthly Se9le Dominion Appalachian Index Jun. 2013 3.479 Jul. 2013 3.536 Aug. 2013 3.564 2013 Gas Index Prices Sept. 2013 3.571

November December January Oct. 2013 3.603 TCo 3.500 3.760 3.330 Nov. 2013 3.726 Dominion 3.460 3.770 3.220 Dec. 2013 3.937 NYMEX 3.471 3.696 3.354 Jan. 2014 4.054

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Federal Policy Review Fiscal Cliff Negotiations May Entail Oil, Gas “Tax Breaks” – Nov/Dec 14 “Gasland” Selected as international “Showcase Film” by the U.S. State Department – Feb 13 How Oil and Gas is Regulated Under the Clean Air Act – Sep 7 How Oil and Gas is Regulated Under the Safe Drinking Water Act – Jul/Aug 7 NSPS Notice Requirement for Well Completions – Nov/Dec 7 Obama Budget Proposal Includes Oil, Gas Tax Increases, Additional EPA Funding – Feb 11 Obama’s Anti-Keystone Pipeline Decision: The Latest in Unconstitutional Moves in Energy Policy – Mar/Apr 14 OOGA Provides Testimony Before Congressional Subcommittee on Shale Development – Jan 8 STRONGER Appoints Tom Stewart New Chair – Sep 13 U.S. EPA Issues Final Rules Establishing Air Emission Standards for the Oil and Gas Industry – May/Jun 13 U.S. EPA Trying to Expand Enforcement Powers to Inspect Fracing at Well Sites – Jul/Aug 13 State Policy Review AG DeWine: Ohio Oil and Gas Law Needs to be Stronger – Feb 7 Court Rules PA Can’t Restrict Local Governments From Using Zoning Law to Regulate Oil, Gas – Jul/Aug 14 County Commissioners Pushing for Model RUMA – Jan 7 Democrats Introduce Three New Oil and Gas Bills – Oct 1 Democrats Sweep Top of the Ticket Races, Ohio House and Senate Remain Relatively Unchanged – Nov/Dec 1 Earthworks Releases New Study, Claims Ohio Has a “Crisis” in Enforcement – Oct 14 Energy MBR Passed, Signed into Law – May/Jun 1 Governor Continues to Aggressively Push for Increased Oil, Gas Severance Taxes May/Jun 4 Gov. Kasich Bans, Oil, Gas Exploration Within and Under Lake Erie – Jul/Aug 5 Governor Kasich Proposes Severance Tax increase, House Strips Language from MBR – Mar/Apr 1 Governor Kasich Says He is investigating “Foreigners” Taking Ohio Jobs – Nov/Dec 5 Governor’s “Energy Policy MBR” Creates Several Changes to Oil, Gas Law, Pipeline Regulations – Mar/Apr 6 Great Lakes Compact Legislation Becomes Law – May/Jun 7 Halliburton Plans on Bringing 300 New Jobs to Zanesville – Jan 6 House Democrats Introduce a Slew of Oil and Gas Related Bills – Mar/Apr 10 “Lame Duck” Session Could Impact Oil, Gas Industry – Nov/Dec 10 Liberal Think Tank Suggests Windfall Profits Tax, Landowner Bill of Rights – Feb 5 Local Governments, CELDF Appear to Want to Test ODNR’s “Sole and Exclusive” Authority – Oct 10 New Great Lakes Compact Legislation Begins Hearings Amid Concerns – Mar/Apr 7 New Rules on UIC Program Now Effective Due to Emergency Executive Order – Jul/Aug 8 NRDC Begins Local Efforts to Stop Hydraulic Fracturing – Oct 8 Ohio EPA Issues a Final General Permit for Oil and Gas Well Sites – Feb 8 ODNR Cuts New Drilling Permit Requirements – Jul/Aug 4 ODNR Holds Informational Meetings on Leasing Their Properties for Oil, Gas Exploration – May/Jun 21 ODNR Press Release: Key Information to Research, Exploration and Development – Nov/Dec 15 ODNR Settles Public Records Lawsuit with Ohio Sierra Club – Sep 4 Ohio’s Attorney General Supports RUMAs – Oct 5 OOGA, OOGEEP Provides Testimony on Workforce Development Related to Shale Production – Jan 12 OOGA Pushes for Resolution of Affected Mine – Jan 4 OOGA Severance Tax Fact Sheet – Mar/Apr 16 Protect Your Vote Ohio Urges Defeat of State Issue Two – Oct 12 Recent Decision on Patriot Water Strengthens ODNR’s “Sole and Exclusive” Authority – Jul/Aug 1 Senate Bill 165 Well Construction Rules Approved – May/Jun 6 Senate Bill 315 Provisions Become Law on Sept. 15 – Jul/Aug 9 State Permits Four Injection Well Sites, Lifting Moratorium – Nov/Dec 11

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Reports & Editorials $900 Million Gas Processing Plant Coming to Ohio – Mar/Apr 5 CleanWaterNet, Ltd. and the Technology Belt Energy Innovation Center Need Your Help – Mar/Apr 13 Cold Related Illnesses and Treatment – Jan 36 Desk and Derrick Report – May/Jun 22 Energy In-Depth Ohio – Jan 16 Executive Vice President’s Comments – Sep 2 Explanation of Potential Changes to the Association’s By-Laws – Sep 8 Exterran, Baker Hughes Announce Expansion of Operations Into Ohio – Mar/Apr 11 Industry to Pay $1 Billion in State, Local Taxes in 2015 Due to Utica Shale – Feb 1 Nominees for the 2013 OOGA Board of Trustees – Sep 9 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Feb 16 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Mar/Apr 12 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – May/Jun 12 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Jul/Aug 12 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Sep 12 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Oct 9 Ohio Map of Utica Shale Activity – Nov/Dec 16 OGPUPS – Sep 15 OOGA Tax Committee Report – Jan 14 OOGA Tax Committee Report – Feb 12 OOGA Tax Committee Report – Sep 12 OOGEEP – Jan 38-39 OOGEEP – Feb 38-39 OOGEEP – Mar/Apr 55 OOGEEP – May/Jun 52-53 OOGEEP – Jul/Aug 53-55 OOGEEP – Sep 46-47 OOGEEP – Nov/Dec 36 Pennsylvania Institutes New Oil, Gas Regulations, Including Impact Fee – Feb 9 President’s Comments – Jan 2 President’s Comments – Feb 3 President’s Comments – Mar/Apr 4 President’s Comments – May/Jun 2 President’s Comments – Jul/Aug 2 President’s Comments – Oct 3 President’s Comments – Nov/Dec 3 Proper Layering of Flame Resistant Clothing – Feb 36 Rhonda Reda Receives 2012 Ohio Oilfield Patriot Award – Sep 1 Royalty Owner Report: Energy Subsidies: An Abused Concept – Jan 18 Serenko Named New Chief of OGS – Oct 7 Study Highlights Positive Impact of Shale Gas on U.S. Manufacturing Industry – Jan 15 VAM USA Connection Technology Center Press Release: VAM USA to Double Technology Center Capabilities – Nov/Dec 17 West Virginia Passes Shale Legislation – Jan 13 What is Energy-In-Depth Ohio? – Feb 17

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OOGA Member News Administrative Journal Entry on the 2012 Uniform Formula for Valuation – May/Jun 15 DEO Letter on PUCO Compliance Requirement for Certain MOA Meters Without Regulation – Mar/Apr 31 Dr. Harrison Schmitt to Keynote 2012 Winter Meeting – Jan 20 Ergon Letter to Appalachian Crude Producers – Mar/Apr 30 IPAA Partners with RegScan to Create Environmental Compliance System – Jul/Aug 10 Lower Your Workers’ Compensation Premiums Today – Sep 29 “Mac” Swinford Retires from OGS – Sep 5 Ohio BWC Article – Using Subcontractors in Ohio? – Nov/Dec 47 Ohio is Looking for a New State Geologist – May/Jun 5 Ohio Oil and Gas Association Board of Trustees: Election Results – Nov/Dec 12 OOGA, OOGEEP Charter Members of the Ohio Energy Resources Alliance – Jan 10 OOGA Outreach Efforts on the Severance Tax – May/Jun 14 OOGA Website Undergoes Redesign – Feb 15 OOGA Welcomes Peter MacKenzie as Vice President of Operations – Jan 11 Penny Seipel Joins OOGA as Vice President of Community Affairs – Feb 6 Safety Article – Don’t Get Caught in the Crosshairs This Hunting Season – Oct 16 Safety Article – Easy Steps to Prevent Slips and Falls – Nov/Dec 46 Safety Article – Good Driving is Good Business - Sep 31 Safety Article – Protecting Workers from the Hazards of Static Electricity – Jul/Aug 49 Safety Article - Safety on the Road – Mar/Apr 53 Superior Dental Care at an Exclusive OOGA Discount – May/Jun 23 Workers’ Comp in Ohio: Are Your Employees Covered? – Oct 19 Events 2012 OOGA Annual Winter Meeting – Jan 21-23 2012 OOGA Annual Winter Meeting – Feb 19-21 2012 OOGA Annual Winter Meeting – Mar/Apr 18-24 2012 OOGA Annual Summer Meeting – May/Jun 18-19 2012 OOGA Annual Summer Meeting – Sep 16-25 2012 OOGA Annual Summer Meeting Sponsors – Jul/Aug 18-19 2012 OOGA Legislative Reception – Jan 9 2012 OOGA Oilfield Expo – May/Jun 27 2012 OOGA Oilfield Expo – Jul/Aug 20 2012 OOGA Oilfield Expo – Sep 27 2012 OOGA Oilfield Expo – Oct 2 2012 OOGA Oilfield Expo – Nov/Dec 42 Stray Gas Incidence and Response Forum – May/Jun 24-25

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