In the past six to eight weeks I’ve been asked by residents in Lycoming  County ‘ you noticing  more white trucks driving around?’ Were they reading my mind…..I was the thinking the exact same thing for weeks.

So I actively started looking for the ‘white trucks’ we all became too familiar with starting in 2009 until about 2015 when there were fewer and less frequent sighting.   But, within the past three weeks there was a Weatherford van with a crew in Clinton County, a Universal truck at a Sheetz gas station and then a Halliburton truck driving through Lycoming County.   Plus, a rig move in the northern tier (PA) this past weekend and knowledge of a mid-size company reaching out to a local trucking company for assistance. In WV sightings of the president of an upstream company from OK having lunch with pipeline operations manager- several times (all of which were done confidentially and under the radar- that’s why we are not disclosing names).

At the OH Valley Expo in April Edgemark and Rice Energy both alluded to their concern of having sufficient experienced trained workforce readily available when drilling activity does resume.   So is it just a coincidence that in addition to the sightings, PIOGA is offering Safeland USA which is almost filled, and Penn College of Technology is offering Ready to Work Field Service Worker & Roustabout Training in Williamsport, PA and additional training is offered in eastern OH.

Is this the beginning signs to drill again or all a mere coincident?  Stay tuned, attend the Utica Midstream June 8, Canton, OH and Midstream PA 2016, October 13, State College, PA -we’ll keep you updated.

Joseph Barone
www.ShaleDirectories.com