are the oil and gas industry in the Columbus and Cincinnati areas? (Cleveland: to live)

[ethnicappalachian]

How far are these fields from the actual cities?

[dxdtdemon]

Well, the ones in western Athens County are about 70 miles SE of Columbus and at least two hours east of Cincinnati. There are some more that are about an hour and a half east, ENE, and ESE of Columbus in Harrison County and somewhere else that I don't remember at the moment. There are probably more, but I'm not sure where they are. But essentially, the big ones are not near Cincinnati or Columbus.

[crd08]

Not that I know of. It's big here, especially around Noble and Belmont County

[wrightflyer]

If you look at corporate jobs, including refineries, you have Ashland Chemical (old Marathon Oil arm, I believe) in Columbus. Marathon is in Findlay (corporate HQ and refinery), which is NW Ohio. That's a good two-hour drive from Columbus, three or so from Cincinnati.

Ashland, KY, which is tucked just south of the Ohio River near Ironton, OH, and Huntington, WV, has a major Marathon refinery. That's a slog on back roads from Cincinnati. Down US-23 from Columbus to Portsmouth and then US-52 to Ashland.

If fields are what you want, and you are flying here for work, I would recommend checking Akron or Cleveland airports first. Pittsburgh may also offer flights. I have been on flights with oil and gas workers on the plane to Columbus. In a weird twist of fate, I was sitting next to a gentleman from Lafayette, LA. I mentioned I had been there and Morgan City. He was surprised I knew of Morgan City, let alone had been there. Southwest has a good number of flights to Columbus, Pittsburgh. Cleveland also has some Southwest flights. Nice because two free checked bags standard, so helps with equipment.

Most natural gas and some oil is concentrated up in NE Ohio (especially near Youngstown) and portions of E Ohio. Pittsburgh may even be closer to these areas. If looking to live nearby or centrally located to the sites, I would look into Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron-Canton and Youngstown. That order with Cleveland and Pittsburgh being a toss-up.

[dlariv]

The oldest still active refinery in Ohio, and perhaps the country, is the Husky refinery in Lima, OH. It can be traced back to 1870 and the Standard Oil company, when it was owned by John D. Rockefeller. It changed hands a few times in the last 30 or 40 years, like everything else. There is no loyalty to anyone or anything anymore - there is only the almighty dollar and what is profitable for shareholders on the balance sheet this quarter!

[ohioaninsc]

Marathon has a big refinery in Canton, OH as well