API Ohio Applauds Ohio House for Advancing Bill to Update Oil and Gas Law, Protect Fund for Well Plugging in Ohio

COLUMBUS, OHIO – June 3, 2026 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) Ohio is applauding the Ohio House Natural Resources Committee and members of the Ohio House of Representatives for advancing Substitute testimony before the Ohio House Natural Resources Committee earlier this year.

Under the current law, the Ohio Oil and Gas Well Fund – funded wholly through industry severance tax revenue – includes two line items: one to fund the Ohio Division of Oil and Gas’s core regulatory and oversight functions, and the other to plug idle, orphaned and abandoned wells.

Pending a concurrence vote in the Senate, Sub. S.B. 219 will then move to the Governor’s desk for signature.

The American Petroleum Institute Ohio is a state affiliate office of the American Petroleum Institute (API). The API represents all segments of America’s natural gas and oil industry, which supports nearly 11 million U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. Our approximately 600 members produce, process, and distribute the majority of the nation’s energy. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization and has developed more than 800 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.