Gas-drilling webinar series concludes tomorrow
NORWICH – A Montrose, Pa. diner owner told those attending a recent webinar at the Eaton Center that natural gas production had created a positive “hustle and bustle” in his community.
“I’ve seen nothing but a 100 percent positive reaction from people. It’s a welcome sight in the community that we have living there,” said John Payne.
Payne, who also happens to own a crane business and has contracted for Norse Energy, was one of about 20 who participated in the first meeting of a webinar series designed to educate the local business community about business opportunities within the natural gas industry. The fifth and last webinar will be held tomorrow, Nov. 10 at 8 a.m. in the Eaton Center on Conkey Avenue in Norwich.
The webinar series was created by Penn State Cooperative Extension and offered locally through the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Commerce Chenango. About a dozen people have attended each session. Coordinator Jennifer Tavares said she hoped to see more people there at tomorrow’s final session, but the turnout has resulted in “an interesting mix of people who might be able to capitalize on the opportunities over the next several years.”
With a handful of multinational oil and gas companies poised to drill anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 sites in Broome County, interest in Chenango’s shale and other producing strata continues. The Norwegian company, Norse Energy, is currently drilling in Smyrna. There are already 80 wells here now, and the company has leased property at about 1,800 sites.
Each well costs companies about $3.5 million to drill and represents 11.5 direct jobs and involves 410 individuals in 150 different occupations.
Jobs were identified in the following occupations: real estate, water hauling, brine water redemption, pipeline construction, catering, local contracting, stone and prep materials providers, surveyors, attorneys and warehousing.
Retired executive and Norwich City School Board member Perry Owen said the jobs would offer Chenango County’s youths an opportunity to return to the community after college to work. “We need courses for students to be trained in these skills,” he said.
“I’ve seen nothing but a 100 percent positive reaction from people. It’s a welcome sight in the community that we have living there,” said John Payne.
Payne, who also happens to own a crane business and has contracted for Norse Energy, was one of about 20 who participated in the first meeting of a webinar series designed to educate the local business community about business opportunities within the natural gas industry. The fifth and last webinar will be held tomorrow, Nov. 10 at 8 a.m. in the Eaton Center on Conkey Avenue in Norwich.
The webinar series was created by Penn State Cooperative Extension and offered locally through the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Commerce Chenango. About a dozen people have attended each session. Coordinator Jennifer Tavares said she hoped to see more people there at tomorrow’s final session, but the turnout has resulted in “an interesting mix of people who might be able to capitalize on the opportunities over the next several years.”
With a handful of multinational oil and gas companies poised to drill anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 sites in Broome County, interest in Chenango’s shale and other producing strata continues. The Norwegian company, Norse Energy, is currently drilling in Smyrna. There are already 80 wells here now, and the company has leased property at about 1,800 sites.
Each well costs companies about $3.5 million to drill and represents 11.5 direct jobs and involves 410 individuals in 150 different occupations.
Jobs were identified in the following occupations: real estate, water hauling, brine water redemption, pipeline construction, catering, local contracting, stone and prep materials providers, surveyors, attorneys and warehousing.
Retired executive and Norwich City School Board member Perry Owen said the jobs would offer Chenango County’s youths an opportunity to return to the community after college to work. “We need courses for students to be trained in these skills,” he said.
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