STEUBENVILLE – Having watched the oil and gas industry shape their own communities, business owners and government leaders from Western Pennsylvania were in Steubenville Thursday to share their insights into what lies ahead for Jefferson County.
The five-member Boomtown Panel, assembled by the Ohio Valley Oil & Gas Association to help its members understand the opportunities that oil and gas development brings, and what they’ll have to do to benefit from it, convened as scheduled despite a power outage that forced organizers to use a generator for lighting.
Leading the storm-shortened, members-only discussion, held at Eastern Gateway Community College’s Steubenville campus, were Paul Battista, president of Sunnyside Supply Inc. in Slovan, Pa.; Billy Kelly Sr., founder of BX3 Oilfield Supply in Wyoming County, Pa.; Eric Planey, vice president of International Business Attraction for the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Cleveland-Pittsburgh TechBelt Initiative in Youngstown; Washington County, Pa., Commissioner Harland Shober Jr.; and Dearald W. Shuffstall II, senior vice president of Northwest Savings Bank’s Oil, Gas & Mineral Division. Read more.
