3 Drilling Permits Issued in Lawrence County, Pa.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded three new horizontal permits for oil and gas exploration in Lawrence County during the first two weeks in February, records show.
The DEP reports it issued a single permit Feb. 13 to SWEPI LP, a division of Shell Energy, to drill a new horizontal well at the Kephart farm in North Beaver Township.
Also, the agency issued permits Feb. 7 to Hilcorp Energy Co. to drill two new horizontal wells at the Mijavec farm in Pulaski Township, records show.
There were no new permits issued for Mercer County in western Pennsylvania, according to the DEP.
No new permits were issued in Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiana counties in Ohio for the week ending Feb. 8, according to the latest posting from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
ODNR did issued three permits in the Utica that week, the agency reported.
Chesapeake Exploration secured two permits for horizontal wells in Harrison and Carroll counties, while R. E. Gas Development was awarded a single permit to drill in Carroll County, records show.
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