A new release of The Utica Shale Local Support Series indicates that there has been a significant increase in the amount of real property tax revenue paid to local schools and governments from the oil and gas production in Ohio since the last report was issued in 2017. These numbers have more than tripled the previously reported amount of $45 million paid out to eight counties between 2010 and 2015. The updated 2019 report, Ohio's Oil and Gas Industry Property Tax Payments, includes data from eight Ohio counties where oil and natural gas development is occurring including Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe and Noble counties...
