Utica Shale

BP Enters Utica Shale Play In Ohio

BP (BP) has reported that the company has signed a deal with a local landowners group to lease acreage prospective for the Utica Shale. The Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley represents mineral owners that control 84,000 acres in Trumbull County, Ohio.

BP said that the actual lease terms will be confidential and be negotiated with each individual mineral rights holder.

Washington Township Lead Ohio With Sixteen Utica Shale Well Permits

Washington Township has received sixteen Utica Shale well permits from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources through February 24, 2012. This is the most of any township in the state. Lee Township and Augusta Township are next on the well permit list, with 13 and 8 permits, respectively.  East Township and Goshen Township are tied for fourth place, with seven Utica Shale well permits each.  The full list is below:

Washington	16
Lee	13
Augusta	8
East	7
Goshen	7
Salem	5
Center	4
Franklin	4
Hanover	4
Ross	4
Springfield	4
Middleton	3
Spencer	3
Stock	3
Wayne	3
West	3
Brookfield	2
Brown	2
Harrison	2
Mead	2
Meigs	2
Morgan	2
Osnaburg	2
Perry	2
Rose	2
Suffield	2
Wheeling	2
Archer	1
Auburn	1
Bethlehem	1
Brush Creek	1
Clay	1
Clear Creek	1
Ellsworth	1
Freedom	1
Harrisville	1
Knox	1
Liberty	1
Linton	1
Madison	1
Marlboro	1
Milton	1
Olive	1
Palmyra	1
Parkman	1
Rootstown	1
Saline	1
Sandy	1
Scio	1
Seneca	1
Sharon	1
Warren	1

Carroll County Leads Ohio With Forty Nine Utica Shale Drilling Permits

Carroll County has received 49 well permits to drill into the Utica Shale from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the most of any county in Ohio. Columbiana and Jefferson Counties are second and third with 18 and 17 permits, respectively.  The full list is below:

Carroll	49
Columbiana	18
Jefferson	17
Mahoning	9
Guernsey	6
Noble	6
Stark	6
Monroe	5
Portage	5
Tuscarawas	4
Harrison	3
Belmont	2
Knox	2
Muskingum	2
Coshocton	1
Geauga	1
Medina	1
Ashland	1
Total	138