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Permalink Reply by Ohiosam on May 30, 2013 at 4:43am

I drove past on Sunday, there has been progress made. I was impressed with what I saw form the road.

Permalink Reply by Indiana Smith on May 30, 2013 at 5:39am

I was told that it will be mostly complete in about 3 weeks (mid June) and that most of the construction guys will be laid off at that time.

Permalink Reply by Kelly Young on June 3, 2013 at 3:41am

I read somewhere about a plant being built in Carrollton or is that one already done?

Permalink Reply by Indiana Smith on June 6, 2013 at 1:58am

Kelly,

The other plant is being built in Scio, which is actually in Harrison county.   Here is some more info on it: 

A natural-gas processing hub being developed in a partnership between Chesapeake Midstream Development, M3 Midstream and EV Energy Partners will be located on state Route 151 northwest of Scio, a North Township trustee has told Harrison County commissioners.

According to the companies, the Harrison facility will consist of natural-gas gathering and compression facilities constructed and operated by Chesapeake, as well as processing natural-gas liquid fractionation, loading and terminal facilities constructed and operated by Momentum.

The hub will receive and process natural-gas liquids, such as propane and butane, that are being extracted from Ohio’s Utica Shale. The facility is expected to be one of the largest of its kind in eastern Ohio and will create 50 to 125 jobs.

Chesapeake Midstream Development (CMD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of  Chesapeake Energy Corp., one of the largest companies in the oil-and-gas industry.

The partnership plans to invest approximately $900 million in this project over the next five years, with the majority of the capital invested in the first two years.

North Township Trustee Danny Henry told Harrison County commissioners that the location had been selected, noting he had been authorized by Utica East Ohio Midstream to officially announce that the company will build the Harrison hub facility on the site known as Crimm farm and the Reese property.

“They’ve signed and settled all the properties out there, with the exception of two they decided to buy after the fact,” Henry said.

M3 Midstream officials said the location was selected because of its proximity to the Ohio Central Railroad line in Scio. Key natural gas pipelines are just eight miles from the tract.

Construction at the site is expected to begin by August and the first phase is to be completed by the second quarter of 2013. All phases under contract will be completed by the second quarter of 2014.

A new road will be build from State Route 151 to the property. The road will intersect between State Route 332 and Stagecoach Road where Scio Auction is located.

Mike Stice, president of CMD, said the project will provide a key link in the value chain for the rapidly developing Utica Shale play in eastern Ohio.

“This partnership allows CMD to focus on building the extensive gathering and compression requirements of the system, while leveraging the expertise of Momentum to build and operate the processing and fractionation facilities,” he said. “The scope of this project will provide an economic boost for companies and residents throughout Ohio as well as hundreds of high-quality, well-paying new jobs for Ohioans.”

Frank Tsuru, president and CEO of Momentum, said the partnership is a “win-win” for the companies and for Ohioans.

“We will invest significant capital and technical resources to develop this project in a responsible manner, utilizing the highest industry standards,” Tsuru added.

A state-of-the-art cryogenic processing facility will be located in Columbiana County and have an initial capacity of 600 million cubic feet per day.

Natural-gas liquids will be delivered to the central hub complex in Harrison County that will feature an initial natural-gas liquid storage capacity of 870,000 barrels and fractionation capacity of 90,000 barrels per day, as well as a substantial rail-loading facility.

Henry said the three partnering companies are working with North Township trustees, Engineer Rob Sterling and the village of Scio. He added that the rezoning process is underway to change the tax designation from agriculture to manufacturing and there would be no change to any taxes for residents located near the facility.

“They are going to invest a large amount of money in North Township,” Henry told commissioners. “This will benefit the township, the village, the county and the schools.”

Henry said trustees are scheduled to meet June 12 and officials from Utica East Ohio Midstream are scheduled to present a set of blueprints for the facility. The zoning board will hold public hearings at the Scio fire hall.

Harrison County Commissioner Don Bethel said the facility is going to be larger than the plant MarkWest Energy Partners announced in early February. MarkWest plans to build a natural gas processing facility in Harrison County that would begin operations in mid-2013, with 40 to 60 jobs created.

Times-Reporter Correspondent Ruth Ann Nabb contributed to this report.

Permalink Reply by TM on June 6, 2013 at 6:06am

In Ohio, the construction of a cryogenic plant will begin later in 2013 in Leesville . The plant is expected to bring  hundreds of construction jobs and 25 to 30 permanent jobs once it goes online in June of 2014.  The plant is part of a project containing another cryogenic plant in Kensington in Columbiana County and a fractionation facility in Scio in Harrison County.  The project is a joint venture of M3 Midstream, Access Midstream, and EnerVest Energy Partners.  Cryogenic processing facilities subject natural gas to low temperatures and recover more than 90 percent of natural gas liquids (NGLs). Once the Kensington and Leesville facilities have completed that process, the NGLs will be piped to the Scio fractionation facility which should come online in June of this year.

The Leesville facility will be part of the Utica East Ohio Buckeye complex, where the three partners are making an initial investment of $900 million.  Ground is expected to be broken in late summer or early fall of this year.  The location was chosen because they needed one cryogenic location in the north and one in the south.  The plant was originally to be constructed in Scio, but the partners recently signed an agreement with Dominion East Ohio Gas, giving them access to their pipelines.  Leesville made sense because the location is close to the pipelines.

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Permalink Reply by jnm on June 13, 2013 at 2:08pm

If you are in area, drive up tunnel road (first road east of plant). It looks big driving by on 644; when you go up tunnel and get view from side/back, all I can say is WOW!