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Logistics Is Day 2 Focus of ‘Young 2012’ Conference
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The link between logistics and distribution with shale development will be a focus of the “Digging Deeper” breakout sessions Sept. 7 at the Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas -- Young -- 2012 Conference & Expo.
The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber sponsors the conference.
The second annual Young conference runs Sept. 6 and 7, with the main conference and expo Sept. 6 at the Covelli Centre and the “Digging Deeper” sessions the morning of Sept. 7 at the Holiday Inn-Boardman.
Chamber officials began to notice what they perceived as “a significant information disconnect” between the needs of the shale industry and providers of logistics and distribution services in the northeastern Ohio, said Eric Planey, vice president of international business attraction and the chamber’s point man for shale development. “With a significant emphasis on midstream and what is needed to process the natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil coming from the Utica formation, the movement and transportation of the product to the market is critical to its success,” Planey said.
As a result, the chamber scheduled a logistics breakout session it calls “Logistics in Midstream: Understanding the Essential Build Out” from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 7.
The session is hosted by Neotec, the Kent, Ohio-based Northeast Ohio trade and logistics organization.
Ron DeBarr, president and CEO of Neotec, said, “Young 2012 will be an excellent forum to provide the understanding of the critical ‘Midstream’ part of the Utica play, at which point transportation and interim processing takes place. We will not realize the full economic impact of this promising industry if we don’t have a sound and efficient infrastructure to move the product downstream.”
Moderator for the “Logistics in Midstream” is Bob Fredman, president of SF Global Insights.
Panelists are:
- Chris Ingraham, industrial development manager, Norfolk & Southern Railroad.
- Mark Butta, vice president, midstream, Rice Energy.
- Scott Hallam, manager, development and operations, Chesapeake Midstream Management LLC.
- Ryan Fischer, assistant vice president, emerging markets, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad.
- Dan Mihalik, eastern regional sales manager, V&M USA Corp.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.