BREAKING NEWS: Houston-based company bringing $13M facility to Youngstown

COLUMBUS — A Houston-based company has announced plans for a new $13 million facility in Youngstown to service the area's burgeoning oil and gas production industry.

Exterran Energy Solutions plans a 65,000-square-foot building at the Salt Springs Road industrial park, creating more than 100 jobs in the process.

The company hopes to be open for business by the end of the year.

City officials are calling it the second-largest economic development project Youngstown has landed related to Marcellus and Utica shale formations.

Gov. John Kasich or a representative of his administration is expected to officially announce the project during a Tuesday press conference in Youngstown.