The drilling permits issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the Utica Shale formation have been concentrated in a small number of townships. The township of Lee in Carroll County leads the pack with five permits, followed by Center, Washington and Wheeling townships with four permits each. The complete list of the 53 Utica Shale wells permitted through 8/22/2011 in Ohio is below.
| Township | Permits |
| Archer | 2 |
| Auburn | 2 |
| Augusta | 3 |
| Brush Creek | 2 |
| Center | 4 |
| East | 3 |
| Goshen | 2 |
| Knox | 2 |
| Lee | 5 |
| Liberty | 2 |
| Marlboro | 1 |
| Middleton | 3 |
| Osnaburg | 2 |
| Palmyra | 2 |
| Ross | 2 |
| Saline | 2 |
| Suffield | 2 |
| Warren | 2 |
| Washington | 4 |
| Wayne | 2 |
| Wheeling | 4 |
| Total | 53 |
