Chamber cancels oil, gas conference

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber has canceled the Youngstown, Ohio Utica and Natural Gas Conference and trade show scheduled for Sept. 11.

This cancellation also includes the job fair that was set to take place Sept. 11.

The YOUNG golf outing and casino night will go on as planned for Sept. 10.

YOUNG had three successful years, according to the chamber, but this year there was a decline in participation.

“Some of the major oil and gas companies have re-prioritized their areas of exploration, and there are other industry delays overall,” Kim Calvert, the chamber’s vice president of marketing and business services, said in a statement. “We hold our events to the highest standards and did not feel that we could move forward with this particular event if it was going to be anything less than it has been the past three years or not meaningful or valuable to participants and attendees.”