Norse Energy drilling activity in Smyrna last year worth $11.5 million
SMYRNA – About $11.5 million generated last year from natural gas production in the Town of Smyrna will be handed over to officials representing the town, Chenango County and the Sherburne-Earlville School district this afternoon at a press conference convened by Commerce Chenango.
Norse Energy Inc., the Norwegian-based company that has drilled 23 wells in Chenango County, will be on hand to present large, symbolic checks based on what the company will pay out in tax to the three entities. The amounts were released by the county’s Office of Real Property Services on May 1 and are based on the estimated assessed value using last year’s tax rates.
The town will receive $83,312; Chenango County, $151,019; and Sherburne-Earlville School District, $264,569.
The new revenue is more than five times what the company generated in taxes to the three entities in 2008. There are currently about a dozen wells in Smyrna, mostly drilled vertically into the Herkimer sandstone formation. The natural gas is pumped north via the company’s pipeline in Chenango and Madison counties and east using a New York State Electrical and Gas pipeline.
The conference will take place at 3 p.m. from the Chenango County Court House steps. It will showcase the “proven results of the positive impacts of the natural gas industry on the local real property tax base and the economy,” said Maureen Carpenter, Commerce Chenango’s president and chief operating officer.
Town of Smyrna Supervisor James B. Bays said Norse’s activity since 2008 has resulted in jobs, increased local business sales, and contributed to overall growth. He said the revenue has s helped stabilize the town’s tax rate and added new money to the highway budget. The town’s wish list for the future, he said, includes building up the highway equipment replacement fund and possibly rehabilitating the town hall and highway garage.
Smyrna businessman Ernie Schraft, owner of S&S Feeds, said he had sold large quantities of grass seed to Norse. The company used it to reseed and restore the site at the well pad, after drilling, and along the pipeline’s path post construction.
“It’s helped our business. Anything right now is good because of the way the economy is, especially in farming. It’s a little extra for me that I normally wouldn’t have,” said Schraft.
For the Village of Sherburne, Norse spent about $15,000 per quarter last year to have formation wastewater treated at the village’s plant. The new revenue was $9,800 for the first quarter of this year, Mayor Bill Acee said.
Troy Irwin, owner and president of Al-Kleen of Earlville, said his four-year-old business had “definitely grown” due to water hauling for Norse. The company employs three and, with the new business, could add more jobs in the future.
“It’s definitely opening up some other opportunities for us,” he said.
Norse Energy Inc., the Norwegian-based company that has drilled 23 wells in Chenango County, will be on hand to present large, symbolic checks based on what the company will pay out in tax to the three entities. The amounts were released by the county’s Office of Real Property Services on May 1 and are based on the estimated assessed value using last year’s tax rates.
The town will receive $83,312; Chenango County, $151,019; and Sherburne-Earlville School District, $264,569.
The new revenue is more than five times what the company generated in taxes to the three entities in 2008. There are currently about a dozen wells in Smyrna, mostly drilled vertically into the Herkimer sandstone formation. The natural gas is pumped north via the company’s pipeline in Chenango and Madison counties and east using a New York State Electrical and Gas pipeline.
The conference will take place at 3 p.m. from the Chenango County Court House steps. It will showcase the “proven results of the positive impacts of the natural gas industry on the local real property tax base and the economy,” said Maureen Carpenter, Commerce Chenango’s president and chief operating officer.
Town of Smyrna Supervisor James B. Bays said Norse’s activity since 2008 has resulted in jobs, increased local business sales, and contributed to overall growth. He said the revenue has s helped stabilize the town’s tax rate and added new money to the highway budget. The town’s wish list for the future, he said, includes building up the highway equipment replacement fund and possibly rehabilitating the town hall and highway garage.
Smyrna businessman Ernie Schraft, owner of S&S Feeds, said he had sold large quantities of grass seed to Norse. The company used it to reseed and restore the site at the well pad, after drilling, and along the pipeline’s path post construction.
“It’s helped our business. Anything right now is good because of the way the economy is, especially in farming. It’s a little extra for me that I normally wouldn’t have,” said Schraft.
For the Village of Sherburne, Norse spent about $15,000 per quarter last year to have formation wastewater treated at the village’s plant. The new revenue was $9,800 for the first quarter of this year, Mayor Bill Acee said.
Troy Irwin, owner and president of Al-Kleen of Earlville, said his four-year-old business had “definitely grown” due to water hauling for Norse. The company employs three and, with the new business, could add more jobs in the future.
“It’s definitely opening up some other opportunities for us,” he said.
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