FrazierHeiby honored with four Central Ohio PRSA Prism Awards

April 27, 2011
Contact: Denise Clark
Director of Client Services
614.481.7534
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — FrazierHeiby was recognized with four awards for its business performance at the annual Central Ohio Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) PRism Awards April 21 at the Embassy Suites Columbus.
PRism Awards designate exceptional public-relations work from diverse profit and nonprofit entities and industries throughout the region as individual items or components of public-relations programs or campaigns.
The agency received PRisms for designing the special-purpose publication “Sports Imports Volleyball Catalog,” on behalf of Sports Imports — a nationally renowned volleyball-equipment supplier — and for its speech-writing assistance to Sports Imports for the speech, “Sports Imports Induction Into the AVCA Hall of Fame.”
FrazierHeiby also received Awards of Excellence for “Launching the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association” as part of a multifaceted campaign on behalf of the legislative representative of the state’s grain farmers, as well as for designing the “ABM International Brochure” on behalf of Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM) International — a global marketer and manufacturer of biological products for crop production, institutional sanitation and environmental waste management.
For more than 28 years, FrazierHeiby has enhanced awareness of and improved relationships for its clients.

To learn more about the PRism Awards, visit www.centralohioprsa.org

About FrazierHeiby
Since 1983, FrazierHeiby has helped businesses communicate. The well-established firm develops successful and innovative programs to connect people and build relationships with multiple target audiences that are key to client success. FrazierHeiby associates execute research, strategic communications, public relations, brand enhancement, visual design, Web design and online marketing. For more information, visit www.frazierheiby.com.

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Energy-industry study: Oil, gas could add 200,000 new jobs in Ohio over 4 years

By  Dan Gearino
The Columbus Dispatch
September 20, 2011

Growth in Ohio’s oil and gas production could lead to 200,000 new jobs and $14 billion worth of investment in the next four years, according to a study issued today by energy-industry groups.

But at least one economist says the numbers are an overly optimistic view of a rapidly changing situation.

The release of the study, a day ahead of Gov. John Kasich’s energy summit, arrives at a time when industry groups increasingly optimistic about the economic potential of drilling oil and gas from shale formations. At the same time, environmental groups warn that the drilling technique known as fracking will lead to pollution.

“We stand here today firmly united in a common message that this resource will be responsibly developed and doing so will benefit all Ohioans who are looking for economic opportunity and energy security,” said Tom Stewart, executive director of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association.

James Newton, chief economic adviser for Commerce National Bank in Columbus, says the study should be viewed as a best-case scenario as opposed to a likely scenario.

“These kinds of studies are almost always going to give a really exaggerated look at the potential economic impact,” he said.

That said, the numbers would be substantial even if they fell far short of the forecast. For some perspective, Ohio’s oil and gas industry employed 4,490 last year, the study says.

The study was conducted by Kleinhenz & Associates Inc., a Cleveland-area research firm, showing that the oil and gas industry will produce 4,614 new jobs this year, both those directly involved in the industry and those indirectly related to it. That number, including direct and indirect jobs, would rise to 204,520 by 2015.

The figures are based on confidential reports from energy companies about their anticipated hiring and spending, which were then analyzed by the research firm and by faculty at several colleges, including Ohio State University.

To generate such growth, energy companies would need to make rapid progress drilling in the Utica shale, a largely unexplored formation that covers the eastern and central part of the state. The study anticipates drillers will have 20 wells completed in the Utica this year, rising to 1,501 wells completed in 2015 alone.

The forecast for jobs and investment depends on meeting this ambitious target.

Industry groups talk about the need for common-sense regulation of drilling, and Kasich has spoken about his desire to balance environmental and economic interests.

John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute, took a more partisan stance, saying that Obama administration has been hostile to oil and gas drilling.

“This is not a surprise, given its view that oil and gas are yesterday’s energy technology,” he said at a news conference.