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H.B. 562 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
Click here for H.B. 562’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Brennan
Effective date:
Jeff Grim, Research Analyst
SUMMARY
 Requires horizontal oil and gas well owners that drill in state parks to disclose the
chemical components of the materials used in the drilling operation.
 Requires the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management to immediately
post the information the Chief receives on the Division’s website.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Disclosure of oil and gas drilling information
Background
Current law requires any person drilling for oil and gas within Ohio to file with the
Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management certain records relating to the drilling. The
person must file the information within 60 days after the completion of drilling operations to
the proposed total depth or after a determination that a well is a dry or lost hole. As part of
that filing, the person must disclose both of the following:
1. The type and volume of fluid used to stimulate the reservoir of the well. This
information does not include information that is designated as a trade secret pursuant
to current law.
2. The trade name and the total volume of all products, fluids, and substances, and the
supplier of each product, fluid, or substance used to stimulate the well. The owner must
include a list of all chemicals, not including any information that is designated as a trade
secret pursuant to current law, intentionally added to all products, fluids, or substances
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and include each chemical’s corresponding chemical abstracts service number and the
maximum concentration of each chemical.1
Disclosure regarding drilling in state parks
The bill states that notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary,
the owner of a horizontal well that operates in or under a state park established under state
law must disclose the trade name and all chemical components of all products, fluids, and
substances used in the drilling and operation of the well to the Chief. The owner must disclose
the trade name and chemical components at least 30 days before the use of any such product,
fluid, or substance. The Chief must immediately post the information the Chief receives on the
Division’s website.2
Current law defines “horizontal well” as a well that is drilled for the production of oil or
gas in which the wellbore reaches a horizontal or near horizontal position in the Point Pleasant,
Utica, or Marcellus formation and the well is stimulated. “Horizontal well” does not include a
stratigraphic well.3
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 05-15-24
ANHB0562IN-135/ks
1 R.C. 1509.10(A)(9) and (10) and (I), not in the bill.
2 R.C. 1509.101.
3 R.C. 1509.01, not in the bill.
P a g e |2 H.B. 562
As Introduced