Steel Mills

Ohio Cold Rolling Co. Gets New Life as Tri-modal Services Terminal

September 10, 2014

Esmark, Inc. announced it will convert the former Ohio Cold Rolling Company steel finishing mill, in Yorkville, Ohio, into a tri-modal services terminal to support oil and gas companies operating in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.

Ohio Cold Rolling was acquired by Esmark two years ago and subsequently closed. The repurposed facility will be named Yorkville Energy Services Terminal, providing logistics and transportation by rail, truck and barge. The conversion and retrofitting of the one-million square foot facility is already underway and the terminal should be operational by mid-October.

“The steel services industry has changed dramatically since Esmark acquired the Yorkville finishing mill in 2012, and we believed the idled facility was ideally suited to serve companies engaged in oil and gas exploration and production,” said James Bouchard, Chairman and CEO of Esmark Inc. “With its on-site rail, truck and barge access and complementary heavy equipment, Yorkville Energy Services Terminal offers companies a fully integrated logistics and transportation solution.”

J. Gregory Pilewicz, President of Yorkville Energy Services Terminal and Esmark, Inc. is expecting continued steady growth in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Formation’s drilling and exploration fields.

“The significant upstream, midstream and downstream expansion, coupled with the resources required for horizontal drilling in the region, provide a strategic opportunity for the terminal and we believe our tri-modal platforms and services infrastructure will be in great demand,” said Pilewicz.

The terminal may generate a many as 50 to 75 new jobs.

The Yorkville Energy Services Terminal will feature:

Tri-Modal Logistics – Truck, Barge, Rail
Fresh Water Off-Take – Possible 3 million gallons per day (Ohio River Permit);
Existing Water Treatment Plant;
Rail Access – Wheeling Lake Erie & Norfolk Southern Railways, including 13 Internal Rail Spurs;
Barge Access – Ohio River frontage with On-Site Barge Dock;
Dry Storage – one million-square-feet under one roof for interval laydown and trans- loading;
Industrial Utility Support including 33 Overhead Cranes;
Over 100 acres of open land;
Location 10 minutes from Interstate 70