Utica Shale

Utica Shale Permits By County

Carroll County has received 128 well permits to drill into the Utica Shale from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the most of any county in Ohio. Columbiana and Harrison Counties are second and third with 49 and 32 permits, respectively.  The full list is below and covers through August 20, 2012.

Ashland	1
Belmont	8
Carroll	128
Columbiana	49
Coshocton	3
Geauga	1
Guernsey	17
Harrison	32
Holmes	1
Jefferson	28
Knox	2
Mahoning	12
Medina	1
Monroe	17
Muskingum	3
Noble	12
Portage	10
Stark	13
Trumbull	2
Tuscarawas	7
Wayne	1
Total	348

 

 

 

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

Ohio Issues Six Utica Shale Drilling Permits

Six new Utica Shale drilling permits were issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, raising the total number of permits issued to 91 since December 2009 (43 horizontal and 48 vertical).

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) shows no sign of slowing down in the Utica Shale and received five drilling permits.  The company was issued permits to drill the Jan Paul Farms 17-15-4 3 (vertical) and the Jan Paul Farms 17-15-4 3H (horizontal) wells in Hanover Township in Columbiana County.

Chesapeake Energy also received horizontal permits to drill the White 17-13-5 3H in Lee Township in Carroll County and the Mast Gea 6H in Parkman Township in Geauga County. The fifth permit was to vertically drill the Trebilcock 25-15-4 3 also in Hanover Township in Columbiana County.

The final permit was issued to David R Hill Inc., to drill the J & V Pierce, a vertical well in Wills Township in Guernsey County.

Source: Ohio DNR