“We’ve had some indication of interest from a couple of companies, one of which is the company called Advanced Oilfield Services, which currently occupies a warehouse my company owns in Mineral City,” Rutgers says. “They’ve tripled their number of employees and they may be looking for additional facilities.” 

Rutgers says he expects construction on the entire complex to finish in three years.

So far, oil and gas drilling in Ohio has lagged expectations, slowed by low natural gas prices and the need for more pipelines and other infrastructure.