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Regular Council Meeting Minutes <br />5-18-09 <br />Page 20 <br />avoid that, but now we certainly have enough of the community out there that we will be able to <br />achieve that. <br />Mrs. Triner said she was just trying to get clarification. Again, thank you for putting <br />something in the Village Voice. That was very helpful. <br />Jim Triner <br />829 Hanover <br />Mr. Triner said one more thing. This is really kind of a heads-up for the Village. He <br />knows you are going to be working on legislation. He did some research this past week and <br />came up with, a fellow from Hunt Circle talked about the Trojan Horse. He will submit this as <br />part of the record, but there's a thing called Marcellus Shale which is the next drilling frontier as <br />he can see. Right now they are talking about clinton sands drilling. Well, Marcellus Shale, this <br />particular area here which is our area, it's something like 5 times the amount of gas as any part of <br />the country. The only thing is is that it has to be drilled from 4,500 feet to around 10,000 feet and <br />it needs anywhere from 40-160 acres. Now in just putting together the dots on that, he has a <br />lease here from the Ohio Valley Energy Systems and they say that the leasing unit, a drilling unit <br />of no more than 160 acres. Now, isn't it odd that we have been drilling in 20-acre sites and they <br />are putting together a pool for 160 acres which just happens to be the well size for Marcellus <br />Shale which is kind of lilce the next frontier? <br />The other thing Mr. Triner noticed to is there were a couple of energy companies, in fact <br />there was one, he thinks it is called Echo Energy, he would have to look up the name, they have <br />over a million leased acres in Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian region. Then there is another <br />company that's called Echo Resources. They had tried to put together or pool leases from <br />companies in Northeast Ohio. Because maybe it's the economic conditions of natural gas right <br />now, they decided it was in the best interest of their shareholders not to proceed with that. Mr. <br />Triner guesses the only thir..g he is saying is that he thinks there's more to come from these <br />people and there's a much more influence on gas drilling in these areas than we are even aware <br />of now. This is like things to come. <br />The thing that makPs Mr. Triner suspicious is that these gas leases aren't for 20 acres, but <br />they're for 160 acres and that relates also to what the next drilling field is going to be. The <br />difference is that these wells aren't drilled in 10 days. These wells are drilled in a year. It takes <br />a year because they have to go out two miles and many times they'll come out and put an extra <br />pumping station and gas line and everything else because these wells can pump close to 3100 <br />thousand cubic feet per well per day. They are huge gas sources. Again, from a business aspect, <br />these companies might be looking at Northeast Ohio and Mayfield Village, Gates Mills and <br />Highland Heights being kind of the center of this complex as the next frontier for draining this <br />whole area of nothing but a huge gas field. <br />Council President Buckholtz asked what lease he is referencing for 160 acres. <br />Mr. Triner replied, this was from Ohio Valley systems.