Coshocton County

Coshocton County | Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Ohio | Supply Chain

O&G Storage Tank Co. Opens New Plant in Coshocton, OH – 89 Jobs
July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

Fox Tank Company, a Texas-based provider of steel storage tanks and pressurized separation vessels for the oil and gas industry, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Coshocton County, OH, at the former site of Crozier Welding. Fox has pledged to invest $7.9 million and create 89 new jobs at the facility. Fox chose the site due to its proximity to the growing Marcellus and Utica Shale drilling for oil and gas, as well as its proximity to the company’s existing customers. Read More “O&G Storage Tank Co. Opens New Plant in Coshocton, OH – 89 Jobs”
Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Buckeye Brine | Coshocton County | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Wastewater

Buckeye Brine Seeks Permit for 4th Injection Well in Coshocton, OH
July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

Buckeye Brine – Coshocton (click for larger version)

MDN has covered news about wastewater injection well company Buckeye Brine for more than a decade (see our Buckeye Brine stories here). Over the years, the company has drilled and safely operated three injection wells at the same location in Coshocton County, OH. Buckeye recently filed an application with the Ohio EPA to drill and operate a fourth wastewater injection well at the Coshocton location. The OEPA recently held a hearing, and as before, a group of activists and local residents turned up to oppose the plan.
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Coshocton County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Supply Chain

Ohio Welding Co. Expands Thx to Marcellus/Utica Work
July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

We love a good supply chain story. Crozier Welding, founded in 1980, started by servicing coal mining operations. Eventually, the company, located in Coshocton County, transitioned from coal to welding pipelines for the oil and gas industry. Today the focus of the company is on welding pressure vessels (holding tanks) for the shale industry. The company is moving and expanding, thanks to an abundance of work coming from the M-U.
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Buckeye Brine | Coshocton County | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Regulation | Wastewater

Ohio Hearing re Making Coshocton Class II Injection Wells Class I
March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) will hold a public hearing on April 15 to consider draft permits the agency has floated to allow two frack wastewater injection wells (Class II) in Coshocton County to be reclassified as Class I wells, allowing them to accept waste other than frack waste.
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Buckeye Brine | Coshocton County | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Wastewater

Ohio EPA Considers Converting Class II Injection Wells to Class I
November 19, 2018November 19, 2018

Buckeye Brine, a relatively young Ohio-based company, owns and operates three shale wastewater injection wells in Coshocton County. Buckeye has operated their three Class II (as they are known) injection wells “flawlessly” for the past five years. No earthquakes. No spills. No leaks back to the surface. Nothing. Buckeye now wants to re-designate two of the three wells as Class I wells, which would allow them to accept non-shale wastewater–from industrial equipment operators, soap manufacturers, food processors, power plants, and municipal wastewater treatment plants. But antis are kicking up a fuss, claiming the change will pollute everything and everyone from here to Timbuktu. Fortunately state regulators are not swayed by such histrionics. The Ohio EPA is accepting public comments on the conversion until Nov. 26. There’s still time to write in and support the project!
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Buckeye Brine | Coshocton County | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Wastewater

Antis Fight Plan to Convert 2 Class II Injection Wells in OH to Class I
June 11, 2018June 11, 2018

In 2013, Buckeye Brine, a relatively young Ohio-based company, added a second shale wastewater injection well in Coshocton County (see Buckeye Brine Adds Second Injection Well, Business Expands Rapidly). Buckeye later added a third injection well. After an oil or gas well is drilled and fracked, wastewater from fracking flows back out for a week or two. After that, over time (years in most cases) naturally occurring water from deep underground continues to flow. That naturally occurring water contains a lot of dissolved minerals in it, making it much “saltier” than even ocean water–hence the term brine. Buckeye Brine has operated their three Class II (as they are known) injection wells “flawlessly” for the past five years. No earthquakes. No spills. No leaks back to the surface. Nothing. Buckeye now wants to re-designate two of the three wells as Class I wells, which would allow them to accept non-shale wastewater–from industrial equipment operators, soap manufacturers, food processors, power plants, and municipal wastewater treatment plants. The new wastewater sources for a Class I well are considered “nonhazardous.” However, so-called environmental groups are opposing the change from Class II to Class I…
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Coshocton County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH | Wastewater

Coshocton County, OH #1 in Frack Wastewater Injection Volume
February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

The amount of wastewater, both flowback and brine going down Ohio’s injection wells increased by a full third (35% actually) in 2014, according to research by Bob Downing at the Akron Beacon Journal. Wastewater in-state (produced in Ohio) jumped 32% while wastewater from out of state (Pennsylvania and West Virginia) jumped 37% in 2014. Here’s some statistics…
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Buckeye Brine | Coshocton County | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Utica Shale | Wastewater

Buckeye Brine Adds Second Injection Well, Business Expands Rapidly
October 24, 2013October 24, 2013

Buckeye Brine is a relatively new Ohio company that has so far built one brine injection well in Coshocton County, OH and is drilling a second injection now and considering adding a frack wastewater recycling facility. Quick tutorial: After an oil or gas well is drilled and fracked, wastewater from fracking flows back out for a week or two. After that, over time (years in some cases) naturally occurring water from deep underground–not fresh water from near the surface, but water from thousands of feet down–continues to flow from some wells. That naturally occurring water contains a lot of dissolved minerals in it, making it much “saltier” than even ocean water–hence the term brine.

Buckeye injects brine back into the ground. A bit more about Buckeye’s operation to date, and what they have planned…
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Coshocton County | Landowner Coalition News | Muskingum County | Ohio

SE OH Landowner Group Meets, Looking for New Members
March 7, 2013March 7, 2013

The Southwest Coshocton and Muskingum County Landowner’s Association in southeastern Ohio met last night in Dresden, OH to hear from experts and lawyers about progress with a lease for association members.

The group is still actively seeking new landowners to join…

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Coshocton County | Holmes County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Taxation | Wealth Management

Landowners: Make Lease Payments You Receive Tax-Free
February 19, 2013February 19, 2013

MDN ran across a story in the local Zanesville, Ohio newspaper that makes an interesting boast. A group of three financial advice firms have joined forces to offer workshops for landowners in the Coshocton, OH area that supposedly instructs landowners on how to save “virtually every tax dollar” on lease bonus payments. The technique, which involves setting up some sort of special legal structure, will also “save taxes” on royalty payments. We are 100% in favor of landowners keeping their money!

But, is it too good to be true? We don’t know. However, it does sound interesting, and if you live somewhere in the Coshocton vicinity, we’d encourage you to check it out. Let us know if you do…

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Coshocton County | Ohio | Utica Shale

The Prospects for Utica Drilling in Coshocton & Muskingum, OH
February 18, 2013February 18, 2013

Drilling in Ohio’s Utica Shale took off like a rocket in 2012. It seemed a week did not go by without new permits to drill being issued in counties like Carroll, Guernsey, Belmont, Harrison and Noble. But two counties in eastern Ohio have not been caught up in the drilling frenzy, at least so far: Coshocton and Muskingum. Has drilling passed by them? Not according to officials in both counties.

The head of the Coshocton Port Authority says it’s early innings yet:

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Coshocton County | Guernsey County | Ohio | Statewide OH

8 New Utica Shale Permits Issued Last Week in Ohio
September 18, 2012September 18, 2012

The latest information (for last week) shows eight new drilling permits issued for Ohio’s Utica Shale, including one permit in Coshocton County, and four permits in Guernsey County:

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Coshocton County | Energy Services | Enterprise Products Partners | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Pipelines

ATEX Express Ethane Pipeline Begins Construction in Ohio
September 14, 2012September 14, 2012

Earlier this year, Enterprise Products Partners announced a 1,230 mile ethane pipeline called the ATEX Express (Appalachia to Texas) that will run from Pennsylvania to the Gulf Coast (see this MDN story). Part of the pipeline repurposes an existing pipeline from Cape Girardeau, Missouri south to Texas. But part of the line is new construction through Ohio.

Not long after the new pipeline was announced, there was a dispute over whether or not Enterprise would need permission from the Ohio Power Siting Board to build new line through the state (see this MDN story). Apparently the issue is now resolved because construction in Ohio is beginning in Coshocton County:

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Coshocton County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Seismic Testing

Ultrasonic Trucks Map Underground in Coshocton County, OH
July 25, 2012July 25, 2012

Drilling companies like to know, as much as possible, where they stand the best chance of drilling. Horizontal hydraulic fracturing means every hole drilled is much more likely to produce gas (and oil) than a conventional vertical hole, but it’s still no guarantee. Not every hole produces. So to help eliminate as much guesswork as possible, drillers often purchase seismic test data.

Big trucks roll along roadways with large vibrators that emit ultrasonic waves into the ground (or in some cases “thump” the ground) and then record the echoes to draw a picture of the underground rock structure. Ever wonder what it looks like? Just watch the video below of ultrasonic trucks doing their work in Coshocton County, Ohio.

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Anadarko | Coshocton County | Energy Companies | Ohio

Anadarko Set to Drill in Coshocton County, OH
June 25, 2012June 25, 2012

It looks like Anadarko is getting ready to drill in the Utica Shale in Coshocton County, Ohio. New blue signs on rural roads have begun to spring up warning Anadarko truckers to not go beyond certain points (to limit road damage). When queried about the signs, Anadarko’s public affairs rep said:

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Coshocton County | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Muskingum County | Ohio

Utica Shale Drilling Causes Unemployment Drop in Eastern OH
June 21, 2012June 21, 2012

The Coshocton County, Ohio unemployment rate has been stubbornly high, but now it’s starting to move lower. In May of this year the unemployment rate for Coshocton stood at 9.3 percent. It was 10.2 percent in April, one month earlier. And if you go back a year to May 2011, it was 11.3 percent. In fact, the current 9.3 percent rate is the lowest rate seen in Coshocton County since 2008.

What’s caused the Coshocton unemployment rate to go 2 percent lower in just one year? Yep, much of it can be credited to Utica Shale drilling.

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