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.

Utica Shale Permit Update

The permitted well count in the Ohio Utica Shale continues to rise, with a total of forty one horizontal drilling permits issued through 9/6/2011, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.   

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) is still far ahead of any other operator in the development of the Utica Shale.  There have been twelve additional wells permitted since my previous update in late August, with all twelve operated by Chesapeake Energy.

Date	County	Township	Type	Well Name
8/31/2011	Columbiana	Middleton	V	Weber 35-7-1 8H
8/30/2011	Carroll	Lee	V	Tanner 24-12-4 8H
8/26/2011	Mahoning	Goshen	H	Hutcheson 9-17-4 3H
8/26/2011	Mahoning	Goshen	V	Hutcheson 9-17-4 3
8/25/2011	Guernsey	Wheeling	H	RHDK Invest 21-4-4 8H
8/24/2011	Carroll	Lee	H	Bailey 35-12-4 6H
8/22/2011	Columbiana	West	H	Ayrview Acres 27-16-5 3H
8/22/2011	Columbiana	West	V	Ayrview Acres 27-16-5 3
8/22/2011	Columbiana	Franklin	H	Summitcrest 35-14-4 3H
8/22/2011	Columbiana	Franklin	V	Summitcrest 35-14-4 3
8/22/2011	Portage	Suffield	H	Hosey Por 6H X
8/22/2011	Portage	Suffield	V	Hosey Por 6H

Ohio Utica Shale Permits By Township

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