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Drilling Down
New Permits for Wells in Columbiana, Mahoning
Thursday, March 01, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued another permit for Chesapeake Exploration LLC o drill a horizontal well into the Utica shale that lies deep beneath Columbiana County.
The permit allows a well to be drilled on the Henceroth property off Lisbon-Dungannon Road in Hanover Township.
The latest well permit for Oklahoma-based Chesapeake is its18th permit in Columbiana County and fourth in the township.
From ‘Poor’ Appalachia to Rich Shale Gas Fields
Wednesday, February 29, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Appalachian region of Ohio -- once considered among the poorest in the country -- is today the focal point of investments on a scale rarely witnessed before in the state.
"The 32 counties of Appalachia are really the hotbed and center of oil and gas in Ohio and possibly the country," says Jason Wilson, director of the governor's office of Appalachia. "There's a lot of excitement, a lot of opportunity."
New Round of Landowners File Suit Against Chesapeake
Tuesday, February 28, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Thirty-three landowners in Columbiana County filed a lawsuit late Monday against Chesapeake Exploration LLC, asking a common pleas court there to the declare null and void the oil and gas leases they now hold with the company.
"We're rather ticked off, to put it mildly," says Cynthia Koonce, a plaintiff in the case. "It's like these guys have divided the world amongst themselves."