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 |
