Utica Shale

Ohio Releases First Official Utica Shale Results

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released production results on nine wells drilled and completed into the Utica Shale/Point Pleasant formation. The well names, cumulative production results and other pertinent information are listed below.

County	Township	Well Name	Oil	Gas	Brine	Days
Carroll	Augusta	Calvin Mangum 8H	12,334	322,435	23,585	206
Carroll	Center	Shaw 20-14-5 5H	818	0	10,263	11
Carroll	Center	Burgett 7-15-6 8H-RS	654	0	2,010	5
Carroll	East	Bucey3H	2,167	137,192	2,403	53
Carroll	Washington	Harvey 8H	6,096	183,142	9,102	92
Carroll	Washington	Neider 3H	9,444	395,290	9,519	130
Harrison	Archer	Kenneth Buell 8H	13,472	1,523,465	8,937	198
Mahoning	Milton	Geatches Mah 3H	758	0	8,389	79
Portage	Suffield	Hosey Por 6H-X	583	0	1,796	20

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) is the operator on all the wells, and only five of the wells have been placed onto commercial production to date. The production figures are not necessarily representative of what actual production will be as some of the wells are still flowing back fracturing fluid and may have production restricted by the operator.

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