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*UPDATE III* The Latest RUMA
Friday, April 19th, 2013 | 0 Comments
UPDATE III (4/19/13, 2:55 pm ET)
For over a year, Energy in Depth has updated our readers about RUMAs, which are agreements between a producer and a county that cover road repairs, upgrades and bonding. The idea behind the RUMA is simple: Leave it better than you found it. Perhaps even more important is that the agreement stipulates designated travel routes for heavy equipment to ensure safety and minimize impact. Recently, the Marietta Times featured one such agreement between PDC Energy and Washington County. It focused on a three-mile street in Adams Township on Dixon Ridge Road where PDC is developing a well pad site. Moving a few counties north into the heartbeat of the Utica play we find ourselves in Carroll County, which has seen great success in road repairs thanks to RUMAs. Here’s some coverage of the PDC agreement:
“Before the work began I reached out to other areas of the state like Carroll County where oil and gas companies have been doing horizontal drilling, In 2011 those companies spent nearly $30 million on road improvements there.” -Washington County Commissioner Ron Feathers (Driller’s road work welcomed in Adams Twp., 4/17/13)
“The RUMA with PDC one of the best things that’s happened for this township.” -Adams Township Trustee Wayne Isner (Driller’s road work welcomed in Adams Twp., 4/17/13)
While RUMAs are with local governments — as written into law in Senate Bill 315 — Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jerry Wray weighed in on the topic during an interview with the Times Reporter.
“It’s important that we do what we can to protect the taxpayers’ investment in our roads and bridges.” -Jerry Wray, Director of ODOT. (State rules protect roads from oil-and-gas impact 5/16/12)
With RUMAs, companies are showing that they are good corporate neighbors. But more importantly, these agreements allow for millions of dollars of investments to improve infrastructure in eastern Ohio, which in turn helps put people back to work.
UPDATE II (4/19/12, 1:00 pm ET)
Yesterday, officials from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as well as township and local trustees, and oil and gas industry representatives met in Jefferson County to discuss the model Road Usage Management Agreement. Producers must have a RUMA to earn a permit to work in a given location. The agreement will ensure proper maintenance of roads used in the development of Ohio’s natural resources in the Utica Shale.
Through ODNR’s website, Ohioans have total access to the information with those permits. Located in the oil and gas section of the website, people can use a map locator or a spreadsheet to find any well in the state. These resources will allow people to contact energy companies in their area directly to address any questions they may have.
UPDATE I (4/17/12, 8:00 pm ET)
According to this afternoon’s report, directors from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Governor’s office of Appalachia will hold an announcement tomorrow providing the details of a model Road Usage Maintenance Agreement that can be used by localities throughout the state.
The announcement is set for 11:15 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday April 18, at the Pugliese Training Center in Steubenville. Be sure to stay tuned to Facebook or Twitter for the latest update.
—Original post from March 15, 2012—
Have you heard the new RUMA? It’s something most Ohioans will be familiar with in the near future. RUMA, or the Road Usage Maintenance Agreement, is an agreement between a governing body, in Ohio typically a county or a township, and an oil and gas exploration company.
An example of this agreement can be found on the Ohio County Engineer’s Association website. It is an opportunity for oil and gas developers and municipalities to reach an agreement that, either on the front end or back-end of a project, the oil and gas company will repair and or maintain a section of road. This agreement needs to be in place before a permit request is submitted to ODNR. So before an oil and gas company begins to set up operations they must have a RUMA in place.
What Does a RUMA Cover?
Mr. Lloyd Macadam, Ohio Department of Transportation, District 11, Deputy Director
Many individuals and groups were involved in creating the working RUMA model for Ohio. ODOT District 11 , lead by Deputy Director Lloyd MacAdam, organized a group consisting of several entities; county commissioners and their association, township trustees and their member association, county engineers and their joint association, the Ohio Railroad Association, the Ohio Department of Public Safety, the Governor’s office, Winter Meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA), several speakers addressed the subject, providing information and answering questions from the audience. The panel of speakers included Mr. Bruce Levengood with Sound Energy Company INC, Mr. Ryan Dean with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Mr. Tom Tugend with ODNR, Mr. Lloyd Macadam with ODOT and Staff Lt. Robert Warner of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
How did Ohio handle creating RUMA agreements with public safety?
Staff LT. Robert Warner, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Office of Field Operations, Commander, Licensing & Commercial Standards
What is ODNR’s role with RUMAs?
Mr. Tom Tugend, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resource Management, Deputy Chief
RUMAs are just another example of how the natural gas industry is a good neighbor and is providing support (along with jobs & revenue) to our local governments.
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Tags: Crude Oil, Energy In Depth, Hydraulic fracturing, natural gas, ODNR, ODOT, RUMA, Senate Bill 315, Shale, shale gas, Utica Shale
*UPDATE II* The Latest RUMA
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | 2 Comments
UPDATE II (4/19/12, 1:00 pm ET)
Yesterday, officials from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as well as township and local trustees, and oil and gas industry representatives met in Jefferson County to discuss the model Road Usage Management Agreement. Producers must have a RUMA to earn a permit to work in a given location. The agreement will ensure proper maintenence of roads used in the development of Ohio’s natural resources in the Utica Shale.
Through ODNR’s website, Ohioans have total access to the information with those permits. Located in the oil and gas section of the website, people can use a map locator or a spreadsheet to find any well in the state. These resources will allow people to contact energy companies in their area directly to address any questions they may have.
UPDATE I (4/17/12, 8:00 pm ET)
According to this afternoon’s report, directors from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Governor’s office of Appalachia will hold an announcement tomorrow providing the details of a model Road Usage Maintenance Agreement that can be used by localities throughout the state.
The announcement is set for 11:15 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday April 18, at the Pugliese Training Center in Steubenville. Be sure to stay tuned to Facebook or Twitter for the latest update.
—Original post from March 15, 2012—
Have you heard the new RUMA? It’s something most Ohioans will be familiar with in the near future. RUMA, or the Road Usage Maintenance Agreement, is an agreement between a governing body, in Ohio typically a county or a township, and an oil and gas exploration company.
An example of this agreement can be found on the Ohio County Engineer’s Association website. It is an opportunity for oil and gas developers and municipalities to reach an agreement that, either on the front end or back end of a project, the oil and gas company will repair and or maintain a section of road. This agreement needs to be in place before a permit request is submitted to ODNR. So before an oil and gas company begins to set up operations they must have a RUMA in place.
What Does a RUMA Cover?
Mr. Lloyd Macadam, Ohio Department of Transportation, District 11, Deputy Director
Many individuals and groups were involved in creating the working RUMA model for Ohio. ODOT District 11 , lead by Deputy Director Lloyd MacAdam, organized a group consisting of several entities; county commissioners and their association, township trustees and their member association, county engineers and their joint association, the Ohio Railroad Association, the Ohio Department of Public Safety, the Governor’s office, Winter Meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA), several speakers addressed the subject, providing information and answering questions from the audience. The panel of speakers included Mr. Bruce Levengood with Sound Energy Company INC, Mr. Ryan Dean with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Mr. Tom Tugend with ODNR, Mr. Lloyd Macadam with ODOT and Staff Lt. Robert Warner of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
How did Ohio handle creating RUMA agreements with public safety?
Staff LT. Robert Warner, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Office of Field Operations, Commander, Licensing & Commercial Standards
What is ODNR’s role with RUMAs?
Mr. Tom Tugend, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resource Management, Deputy Chief
RUMAs are just another example of how the natural gas industry is a good neighbor and is providing support (along with jobs & revenue) to our local governments.
Tags: Chesapeake, ODNR, ODNR permit, Ohio Counties, Ohio County Commissioners Association, Ohio County Engineers Association, Ohio Township Association, Ohio Townships, OOGA, OOGA Winter Meeting, Road Usage Maintenance Agreement, RUMA
65 Years and Still Producing
Monday, March 19th, 2012 | 0 Comments
Happy Anniversary OOGA!
Last week EID Ohio joined the Ohio Oil and Gas Association in Columbus at their winter meeting. The association was celebrating 65 years as Ohio’s natural gas and crude oil industry association in the Buckeye State.
This year’s attendance was staggering reaching over 1,500 compared, to 700 last year. Just another example of what developing the Utica shale is doing for Ohio. During the meeting OOGA Executive Vice President Tom Stewart also announced that OOGA gained an additional 850 members within the last year.
During a busy week filled with business sessions, awards presentations and more, EID-Ohio spoke at the board of trustees meeting and as part of an outreach panel held on Friday. The message we provided at the two events was the same, there exists in Ohio a small number of people who are organized, well funded and driven to disrupt, stop and protest the natural gas industry here in Ohio.
Protestors Break and Enter Create False Documents
On the first day of the meeting a small band of protesters snuck into the hotel using a side door and proceeded to wonder around the trade show. Not a problem right? Guess again. These uninvited guests were passing out flyers that were made to look like they were created by OOGA, by using the OOGA logo throughout the document. Of course, the fake pamphlet was designed to appear as if it was a talking points document used by OOGA in discussions with policymakers, landowners and other stakeholders. Of course it was not, this was easily noticeable as soon as one read the document.
In some places this is called fraud, of course based on this offering that seems to be just another day at the office for those seeking to block the responsible development of the Utica Shale.
One has the right to voice their opinion, and they are entitled to it, but you may not have your own facts. So go ahead and protest development outside, you will be in the overwhelming minority but you have the right. But that is not what happened here. They came into the hotel and deliberately distributed false information in an attempt to tear down an industry that is providing tens of thousands of jobs for Ohioans that otherwise would not be available.
This is not a debate for these folks; this is not a difference of opinion among adults, this is a blatant disregard for the truth and a willingness to distort any facts to attempt to further their cause and message. Of course this type of behavior is not new to the anti natural gas development crowd- indeed misrepresentation of the facts is the only message they seem to know.
These protestors were promptly escorted out of the hotel and off the property. They probably, just jumped in their car, that was filled with a petroleum product, and headed home.
Conference Continues By Focusing on Successes of Utica Shale Development
On the second day of the meeting EID joined others in a break out session where the topic of the day was updated state regulations as well as presentations from the leadership of the Ohio Senate about upcoming legislation that would impact the industry.
The second day ended with a reception where large and small local producers and engineering firms relayed excitement about creating jobs for Ohioans throughout the state.
All in all this was a great week for the E&P industry in Ohio. EID-Ohio was able to connect with some old friends and meet some new ones. Everyone is working towards the same goals here in Ohio cheap, home grown, reliable energy that puts Ohioans back to work.
Tags: Crude Oil, EID, EID-Ohio, natural gas, Ohio Oil and Gas Association, OOGA, OOGA trade show, OOGA Winter Meeting, OOGEEP, protesters, Rhonda Reda, RUMA, Senator Tom Niehaus, Speaker Bill Batchelder, Tom Stewart, Utica Shale
