Lancaster OH Commissioner Says Bluegrass Pipeline was Trigger-Happy

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Lancaster (Fairfield County), OH Commissioner Steve Davis is also an attorney who represents landowners who sign leases to allow pipelines to cross their property. Davis has been around the block a few times and has brokered numerous deals with different pipeline companies--so he's well qualified to offer an opinion about the now delayed, and possibly cancelled, Bluegrass Pipeline project from Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners. Davis isn't shy about his opinion, saying Williams didn't have a good strategy for the way they were buying leases for the Bluegrass--calling them "trigger-happy," changing strategy every few weeks. Davis also offered up some numbers as to how high (per acre) some landowners received for Bluegrass signing bonuses--numbers that make the best Utica lease bonuses look like pocket change...

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