Utica Shale

Utica Shale Horizontal Permits Reach 194

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has now issued 194 horizontal permits to drill into the Utica Shale formation in Ohio as of 4/5/2012. The dates, well names, operators and locations of the most recent 54 permits are:

4/5/2012	Belmont	Hess	Porterfield Gas Unit C 1H-17
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 701 S-5HA
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 N-2H
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 N-1H
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 701 N-7H
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 S-4H
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 S-5H
4/5/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 S-6H
4/4/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Tuckosh 35-11-4 1H
4/3/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Coe 34-12-4 5H
4/2/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Wagner 11-13-5 5H
4/2/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Trebilcock South 25-15-4 8H
4/2/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Rensi 4-12-6 1H
3/30/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Slates 16-12-5 3H
3/30/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Whitacre 26-17-7 8H
3/30/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Carney 17-7-1 3H
3/23/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Hanover Farms 34-15-4 3H
3/23/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Hanover Farms 34-15-4 6H
3/23/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 701 N-3H
3/23/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 701 N-1H
3/23/2012	Monroe	HG Energy	Whitacre Enterprises INC 702 N-3H
3/23/2012	Stark	Enervest	Habrun 5H
3/21/2012	Belmont	Hess	Capstone Holdings 2H-9
3/20/2012	Jefferson	Chesapeake	Vahalik 18-11-4 10H
3/20/2012	Muskingum	Enervest	Consolidated Coal Unit 2-H
3/19/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Mangun 22-15-5 6H
3/19/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	P Brown 9-13-5 1H
3/19/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Morris 28-11-2 3H
3/19/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Kernich 3-10-2 1H
3/19/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Henderson South 10-12-6 1H
3/19/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Henderson South 10-12-6 5H
3/19/2012	Stark	Chesapeake	Ronald Smith 3-17-6 3H
3/19/2012	Stark	Chesapeake	Ronald Smith 3-17-6 1H
3/15/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Tuckosh 35-11-4 1H
3/15/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Burgett 7-15-6 10H
3/15/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Buell 10-11-5 10H
3/15/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Jewett Sportsmans Club 4-11-5 6H
3/15/2012	Harrison	Chesapeake	Jewett Sportsmans Club 4-11-5 8H
3/15/2012	Jefferson	Chesapeake	Kirk West 22-10-3 6H
3/15/2012	Jefferson	Chesapeake	Cain 16-12-4 5H
3/12/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Fligiel 29-12-5 8H
3/12/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Henderson 25-16-5 8H
3/8/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	P Brown 9-13-5 8H
3/7/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Coe 34-12-4 3H
3/7/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Tuckosh 36-11-4 3H
3/7/2012	Portage	Chesapeake	Murvay Por 3H
3/6/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Janie Trust 5-12-3 10H
3/5/2012	Carroll	R E Gas	Graham 1H
3/5/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Trebilcock 25-15-4 1H
3/2/2012	Carroll	R E Gas	Brace 1H
2/29/2012	Carroll	Chesapeake	Heaton 24-16-6 8H
2/28/2012	Harrison	Gulfport Energy	Wagner Unit Wagner 1H
2/27/2012	Columbiana	Chesapeake	Reed 28-11-2 8H
2/27/2012	Stark	Chesapeake	Keller 21-19-6 5H

Anadarko Petroleum Reports On Recent Utica Shale Activity

Anadarko Petroleum (APC) issued an update on the company’s Utica Shale activity in Ohio, where it has 390,000 gross acres under lease. The company has received drilling permits for ten Utica Shale wells.

Anadarko Petroleum has drilled and is producing from three Utica Shale wells and reported that the Brookfield A-3H well has produced 9,500 barrels of oil and 12 million cubic feet of natural gas during its first 20 days on line. (Average of 475 barrels of oil per day) The Spencer A-1H and Spencer A-5H wells produced a combined 20,000 barrels of oil and 37 million cubic feet of natural gas in approximately two months.

Anadarko Petroleum called the initial production results from these three wells “encouraging.”  The company is flowing back its fourth well and recently started drilling its fifth well here.

Anadarko Petroleum has seven other Utica Shale wells permitted:

Guernsey Spencer A3H

Meigs C-1H

Noble Olive A-1H

Noble Sharon A-1H

Coshocton Linton B-1H

Muskingum Meigs A1H

Noble Brookfield A1H

CONSOL Energy Updates Utica Shale Operations

CONSOL Energy (CNX) reported on recent activity in the Utica Shale in Ohio, where the company operates its own acreage and is also involved in a joint venture with Hess Corporation (HES).

CONSOL Energy completed its first horizontal well into the Utica Shale in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and is currently evaluating the flow back and results of the well. This well was drilled outside of the joint venture.

CONSOL Energy and Hess did not drill any joint venture wells during the first quarter of 2012.  The company expects to move a drilling rig to Noble County, Ohio, and drill the first horizontal well in that county.